Stone Pro

Name: Stone Pro
Price: 169.19 USD
Author: Acustica Audio

by Acustica Audio · Channel Strip · Modular vintage console strip

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Stone Pro is a modular channel processor modeled on British broadcast and studio designs from the 1960s and 1970s, with several EQ stages and a germanium opto limiter.

It is the paid version of the free Stone and costs €149 (about $169.19).

Best for: Mix Bus, Mastering, Vocals, Drum Bus. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: vintage, 60s, 70s, broadcast, germanium, opto, mid/side, modular, bus processing, full mix, inspired by, metering, spacious, beginner-friendly, broad-strokes, clean, drum bus, freemium, gentle, hardware emulation, mastering, minimal controls, mix bus, mixing, musical, single knob, vocals, wide.

What it does

Stone Pro is a modular console strip from Acustica Audio, inspired by British broadcast and studio designs of the 1960s and 1970s. The developer's idea is that "musicality comes before complexity": it favours flow and balance between stages over long lists of options.

Modular signal path: the vintage stages can be arranged in your own order, so the chain behaves more like a patched console than a fixed strip.
EQ stages: several stereo EQ sections, including passive designs, for broad tonal shaping rather than surgical cuts.
Filters: high-cut and low-cut filters with extended ranges.
Germanium opto limiter: an opto-style limiter with Mid/Side control, so you can limit the centre and the sides separately.
Magic Morph: a single control that blends drive, depth, width and movement at once.
Metering: responsive metering with an RMS radial meter; KVR also mentions LUFS radar metering.
Four views: a hardware-style 3D view, a clean flat 2D view, a focused EQ view and a Limiter view for dynamics and metering.

It runs at 44.1 to 96 kHz. A free version called Stone is also available. The product page does not state a trial.

Source: Acustica Audio product page

When to use it

Stone Pro is the pick for older, softer British colour on buses and the master, with stages you can reorder. Compared with bx_console SSL 4000 E and SSL 4K G, it trades the punchy, modern SSL channel for 1960s and 1970s broadcast tone, passive EQs and a germanium limiter. Unlike Scheps Omni Channel, it has no gate or detailed compressor section, and its Magic Morph knob does in one move what would take several controls elsewhere. It is less precise and less visual than Native Channel Strip 2, but more about character than correction.

Best for: vintage British colour and gentle Mid/Side limiting on buses, stems and the master.
Genres: any, especially Rock & Indie and retro styles.
Look elsewhere if: you need a modern, precise console strip with full dynamics; Native Channel Strip 2 or Scheps Omni Channel fit better.

Where to buy

Acustica Audio: $169.19 (€149 (KVR listing price) converted to USD (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))

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