母带均衡效果器插件 Acustica Audio Maize 2024 [WiN+MAC]

版本 | WiN-v7.3.0 | MAC-7.2.0
Win 10-11 | AAX | VST | VST3 | 120MB
Mac10.15-14.X | AU | VST | VST3 | 146MB

Maize是Markbass PP-10 Parametric Equalizer的正宗插件形式，是他们PP10 EQ硬件的官方再现。

Maize是Markbass PP10 EQ的官方再现。Maize是一个VST/VST3/AAX/AU Acqua插件，忠实地复制了Markbass的高度珍贵的PP10：一款受到1970年代和80年代经典均衡器声音启发的固态参数均衡器，由Acustica进一步增强，引入了使其更加强大和多功能的功能。

这个项目开创了Acustica与Markbass合作的先河，为专业音频领域提供了在今天市场上很少见的非凡品质的产品。

完美的雕塑工具
Maize体现了PP10的主要特点，是一款非常音乐，但同时非常精确的均衡器。它有10个频段，每个频段包括19个可选择的频率，一个增益旋钮，控制削减和增益（-16到+16dB），以及一个旋钮，调整钟状宽度（Q）从0.3到6.0。后者对于均衡器来说是一个异常高的Q值；该设备专门设计为允许使用非常窄的钟状，以便在频谱中进行精细、手术般的修正。它的声音特色是独特的，虽然在母带处理时适应得非常出色，但在混音阶段，当您正在修正或雕塑乐器的声音时，它表现得更好。

Maize复制了所有这些以及更多。

这个插件是音频专家们定义为神秘的均衡器，因为它在频率响应和相位方面对带的极端呈线性。在低频范围内，它的线性性几乎延伸到直流（DC）！这是一款有着独特声音个性的均衡器，并具有很强的塑形潜力。在使用它时，您会立即注意到每次干预都可以在分贝方面精确校准，特别是在减法阶段。

Acustica对PP10设备的卓越品质印象深刻，以至于无法抵挡创建数字版本的想法，并引入一些额外的功能，提供更多的灵活性。这些功能包括控制链接、M-S、可切换的前置放大器（固态和真空管）、输入/输出仪表、频段激活按钮和前置放大器部分的超采样选项。

一点历史
PP10立体声均衡器诞生于约2006年左右，是由Markbass公司希望建立一台精密均衡器的愿望所致——因此有了PP的首字母缩写，代表“Pure Precision”（纯粹精度）。为了确保他们正在创建的是真正特殊的东西，他们依赖于意大利最伟大的制作人和音响工程师之一Rodolfo“Foffo” Bianchi的专业知识。

Bianchi是意大利最伟大的制作人和音响工程师之一，几十年来一直致力于写作他所在国家音乐历史上一些最重要的篇章。Foffo的丰富经验可以追溯到RCA的黄金年代，并帮助Markbass创建了一款先进的均衡器。这款毫不妥协的硬件设备经过精心设计，经过优化工程，使用了最优质的组件。

然而，对绝对质量的不妥协追求在这个雄心勃勃的项目的发展中产生了一个意想不到的结果。几乎不可接受的生产成本使该设备难以市场推广，Markbass不得不决定是否冒险进入一个新的领域：专业音频。在权衡了各种选择后，他们决定搁置项目，以评估在企业和商业层面上的潜在风险。

最终，只制造了两台

Maize is the authentic Markbass PP-10 Parametric Equalizer in plugin form: an official recreation of their PP10 EQ hardware.

Maize is the official recreation of the PP10 EQ by Markbass.
Maize is a VST/VST3/AAX/AU Acqua plugin that faithfully replicates the behavior and sound of the highly-prized PP10 by Markbass: a solid-state parametric equalizer inspired by the sounds of classic equalizers from the 1970s and 80s, and further enhanced by Acustica with the introduction of features that make it even more powerful and versatile.

This project inaugurates Acustica’s collaboration with Markbass, offering the pro audio sector a product with extraordinary qualities rarely found in the EQs on the market today.

The Perfect Sculpting Tool
Maize embodies the main features of the PP10, which an extremely musical, but simultaneously very precise equalizer. It features 10 bands, each of which includes 19 selectable frequencies, a gain pot that controls cuts and boosts (-16 to +16dB), and a rotary control that adjusts the bell width (Q) from 0.3 to 6.0. The latter is an unusually high Q value for an equalizer; the machine was specifically designed to allow the use of very narrow bells, allowing fine, surgical corrections in the frequency spectrum. Its sound signature is distinctive, and while it adapts extraordinarily well to mastering, it gives its best in the mixing phase, when you’re correcting or sculpting the sound of your instruments.

All of this and more is replicated by Maize.

This plugin is an equalizer that audio experts would define as esoteric, in that it’s linear to the extremes of the band with regards to frequency response and phase. In the low range, its linearity goes almost up to DC! This is an equalizer with its own distinct sonic personality, and with great shaping potential. While using it, you will immediately notice how each intervention can be calibrated with precision in terms of decibels, especially in the subtractive phase.

Acustica was so impressed by the extraordinary qualities of the PP10 unit that it couldn’t resist the idea of creating a digital version, as well as introducing some additional features that provide even more further versatility. These include control-link, M-S, switchable preamps (solid-state and vacuum tube), in-out meters, band activation buttons and oversampling options for the preamp section.

A Little Bit of History
The PP10 stereo equalizer was born as a prototype around 2006 due to the Markbass company’s desire to build a precision equalizer — hence the acronym PP, which stands for “Pure Precision.” To make sure they were creating something truly special, they relied on the expertise of none other than Rodolfo “Foffo” Bianchi.

Bianchi is one of the greatest producers and sound engineers in Italy, who, for decades, has helped to write some of the most important pages of his country’s music history. Foffo’s wealth of experience date back to the golden years of RCA, and helped Markbass to create a state-of-the-art equalizer. This uncompromising hardware unit was meticulously designed, optimally engineered and built with the best components available.

However, the uncompromising pursuit of absolute quality had an unintended consequence in the development of this ambitious project. The almost prohibitive production costs made the unit difficult to market, and Markbass had to decide whether or not to venture into a new field: pro audio. After weighing the options, they decided to set aside the project in order to evaluate the potential risk at both an entrepreneurial and commercial level.

In the end, only two units were created. One is still in possession of the Bianchi family, while the other belongs to renowned sound engineer Sabino Cannone. Thanks to Acustica’s development of the Maize plugin, sound engineers can finally reap the benefit of this excellent product, which is both unique and nearly impossible to find in the non-digital realm.