Titanium 3

Name: Titanium 3
Price: 214.61 USD
Author: Acustica Audio

by Acustica Audio · Channel Strip · All-tube channel strip suite

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Titanium 3 is an Acustica Audio all-tube channel strip suite with three-band and single-band compressors, a passive tube EQ and a preamp.

It also includes the BASSTard bass processor, for €189 (about $215).

Best for: Vocals, Bass, Drums, Keys & Synths, Mix Bus. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: tube, bass, multi-band, glue, low latency, vocals, warm, bus processing, drums, free, full mix, hardware emulation, mix bus, mixing, zero-latency.

What it does

Titanium 3 is Acustica Audio's all-tube suite, a rebuilt version of its earlier Titanium plugins. It uses the developer's sampling technology to emulate tube-based processors released over the last 25 years, which it calls "an all-tube dreamware suite".

3BComp: a three-band tube compressor; users on Gearspace say it comes from a Tube-Tech multiband circuit.
1BComp: a single-band tube compressor for individual tracks.
EQ: an all-tube passive equaliser.
Pre: a tube preamp module for colour and drive.
Strip: a channel strip that combines the preamp, EQ and compressors in one window.
Titanium BASSTard: a bass-frequency processor that comes free with the suite and is also offered as a separate free download.
Latency options: standard and zero-latency versions are included.

KVR shows version 2.3.5. It launched at a lower introductory price. A trial is available.

Source: Acustica Audio product page

When to use it

Titanium 3 is the better pick when you want tube warmth and multiband compression in one strip. Compared with Scheps Omni Channel and Native Channel Strip 2, which give clean, solid-state console tone and fast workflows, it is thicker and more coloured, and its three-band compressor can glue a mix in a way single-band strips can't. Against bx_console SSL 4000 E it trades the familiar SSL punch for a smoother, vintage tube sound. Like other Acustica plugins it is heavier on CPU than these native strips.

Best for: warm vocals, bass and buses, and multiband glue on mixes that need cohesion.
Genres: any; suits soul, rock and pop that want vintage warmth.
Look elsewhere if: you want clean solid-state tone or low CPU use; Native Channel Strip 2 or Scheps Omni Channel are lighter.
Tip: Gearspace users suggest running the trial first, since the suite overlaps with other Acustica tube EQs you may already own.

What producers say

Early buyers liked the tube sound and the multiband compressor, and saw the launch price as good value; the free BASSTard drew most of the complaints.

Gearspace thread users praised the multiband compressor for bringing "glue and cohesiveness to a mix", and one said it can rescue difficult mixes in mastering.
Value: several posters bought at the launch price, one calling it an "instabuy".
Criticisms: one user called the BASSTard "half-baked" for its missing output knob, another reported bugs with it in Reaper, and a CPU question went unanswered.

Gearspace thread

Where to buy

Acustica Audio: $214.61 (€189 converted to USD (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026); price as listed on KVR)

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