Plugins & DAWs

The software half of the studio, priced

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Graded picks

The sortable spec plates for plugins & daws land as the database seeds. Meanwhile the Room Matcher already routes this category by room size and budget.

Specs, decoded

DAW

Digital audio workstation — the recording, editing, and mixing hub of a studio.

Gain Staging

Setting healthy levels at each link of the chain — target ~−18dBFS average.

Clipping

Running out of headroom: the waveform’s tops get sheared off.

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