Audition codecs in real-time
We spend our professional lives making mixes sound as good as they can – and then hand them on for encoding and distribution. Later we often wish we could have made some improvements.
What if there was a way to audition and compare up to five audio codecs in real time? Enter the Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plugin.
Its intuitive display helps you quickly focus on key issues such as codec effect on frequencies, audible artefacts and codec-induced overloads. Optimize your mix for specific formats, such as AAC or mp3, before encoding it using the plugin or the separate manager application for background batch processing.
Features
- Real time auditioning & encoding with glitchless switching
- Supported Codecs:
- mp3, Apple AAC (Mac only), AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC-V2, xHE-AAC
- AAC-LC & HE-AAC multichannel
- Select up to 5 codecs for simultaneous real-time encode
- Batch processing using dedicated Manager application
- Comprehensive metadata editing
- ABX mode for blind statistical testing
- DIFF monitoring; listen to effect of codec on input signal
System Requirements
AAX
- Pro Tools 11 and above – AAX Native
- Approved Pro Tools CPU, OS and hardware configuration: www.avid.com
- For legacy versions, including 32bit and RTAS support, please contact support
- iLok2 or iLok3.
Audio Units
- Mac OS X 10.12 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon)
- iLok2 or iLok3.
VST3
- Mac OS X 10.12 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon)
- Windows 7 or later
- iLok2 or iLok3.
Please see the following support article on general DAW compatibility - General DAW Compatibility