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JELSTUDIO's "Otto"


An automatic amplitude wave-shape equalizer for LIVE or mixing/mastering use.


Otto normalizes audio automatically by re-shaping the wave-form to its largest possible size, thereby minimizing the amount of unused headroom.

It is not exactly a dynamic gain-stager, auto-leveler, compressor, DC offset remover, asymmetry remover, dynamic tonal equalizer or limiter, but those would be terms that are not too far off what Otto can be used for.


Technically it is a 32/64 bit VST2 audio-effect plugin mainly for DAWs and sound/video-editors on Windows, but it can also be used in a LIVE VST-host (for example with LIVE stage-performance audio, or with music/TV home-stereo audio)


A few ideas of what Otto can be used for: to balance dialog and sound-effects when watching movies, to avoid loud commercials when watching TV-shows, to balance loudness between songs when listening to music, to balance and maximize track-volume when mixing, to even the levels between songs when mastering a demo.

Otto VST plugin



Some of Otto's key-points:
  • Average RMS volume (flat, unweighted) is adjusted to ~ -18 dB FS (can vary with settings)
  • Runaway volume peaks are clipped at -0.1 dB FS
  • Zero latency (for LIVE use or for tracking)
  • DC offset is removed
  • Stereo imbalance can be canceled (when stereo-channels are unlinked)
  • Stereo image can be dynamically widened to the maximum mono-safe width (when Mid/Side mode is activated)
  • Waveform asymmetry can be minimized (this is the only mode with latency, about 1/5th of a second or ~8000 samples)
  • Can handle incoming audio-signals that has 'overs' (internally handles signals hotter than 0dB, either real peaks or ISPs)
  • Program-dependent THD+N (~0.01% distortion in Classical-music mode)
  • Program-dependent harmonic-response curves (Flat in Classical-music mode, 'Smiley'-curve in HappyHardcore-music mode)
  • Works on mono and stereo signals
  • Can be locked (’glued’) to incoming audio’s amp-envelope
  • Can dynamically EQ the tonal sound in various ways
  • GUI layout is optimized for ’peripheral vision overview’ (when looking at the center of the GUI; all important displays can be read at a glance with peripheral vision)
  • Auto-balance for perceived loudness

(Read the PDF manual) | (Watch youtube demo)

If you buy, or already have bought, a license for "Otto" you also get a license for all other audio-plugins by JELSTUDIO
Download those licenses here

DOWNLOAD: JELSTUDIO_Otto_(20170124_windows7-10,x86,x64,VST2,Demo,Full).zip

Alternative download from cloud-sites: List of cloud-sites

Otto version: 20170124
File-size: <3 MB
File-format: standard .zip file
MD5 check-sum: "609A258021467E4A2FAC8BD6E3B03016" (MD5log)
changelog
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For both downloads: VST-dll files must be manually copied to your VST plugin folder of choice. There is no auto-installer and no registry-changes. To un-install plugin; simply delete it.

The download contains both the demo-version and the full paid-version in the same download.

When you buy a license you get a password to unlock the 7z compressed file containing the paid-version.

The demo-version is exactly the same as the full paid-version, except it briefly cuts the sound once every minute*
*Note that the demo-version can still be tested in multi-track sessions, as multiple instances of the plugin will cut-out sound at the same time.

PURCHASE: https://sites.fastspring.com/jelstudio/instant/jelstudio_otto

Sale is handled via fastspring.com (you can see your options when clicking purchase link above)

Please make sure you have thoroughly tested that the demo runs on your computer without issues before making a purchase!

What you buy is a user-license (in the form of the password needed to unlock the full version in the download file to the left)

Think of this user-license as if it was a piece of physical hardware you purchased (a device or machine, like a tape-recorder or mixing-desk, whether it is for your personal use or for use by employees in your company or students in your institution. You can copy it to your various personal computers as long as it is within common sense of fair-use)

The email you receive after purchase is your proof-of-purchase.



TALK: Links in this section is to social-media, forums, review-sites, where you can read what others have to say about the plugin


CONTACT: jelstudio@hotmail.com
Email for support or if you have questions, comments or suggestions.
You can also contact/follow JELSTUDIO at Twitter: https://twitter.com/JELSTUDIO


Alternative/Experimental versions: link
Special experimental versions of Otto that may or may not be useful


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