Protility
by Process.Audio · Utility · Channel utility
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A free all-in-one utility plugin for everyday channel fixes: gain and trim, pan, polarity flip, sample delay, phase rotation, a high-pass filter, stereo width with mono bass, and mid/side encoding.
It includes a correlation meter, so you can check phase and mono compatibility while you adjust.
Best for: Bass, Drums, Mix Bus, Sound Design. Genres: all genres.
Keywords: utility, bass, metering, wide, mid/side, free, mono-compatible, bus processing, drums, flat UI, full mix, mix bus, mixing, sound design, synths.
What it does
Protility collects the small fixes you'd otherwise do with several plugins.
- Phase and timing: polarity invert per channel, all-pass phase rotation and left/right sample delay.
- Tone and width: high-pass filter (12–18 dB/oct), stereo width from 0 to 400% with mono bass, and a mid/side encoder/decoder.
- Level and pan: gain (-60 to +24 dB), a separate trim for automation, and pan with independent channel options.
- Metering: correlation meter; light and dark modes.
Free.
Source: Process.Audio product page
When to use it
A good default insert for fixing phase between mics, narrowing or mono-ing the low end of synth bass, and gain staging. Where Panipulator and bx_control V2 focus on monitoring checks, Protility is more about fixing the signal itself.
What producers say
- Bedroom Producers Blog found the bass mono feature especially useful for electronic synth basses and liked the clean interface.
Where to buy
- Process.Audio: Free (Free with a Process.Audio account)
Tutorials and reviews
- Fab Dupont's Overview of Protility | Process Audio's Free Mixing Plugin (PROCESS.AUDIO)
- FREE NEW Plugin! Protility PROCESS AUDIO by Puremix - Music Production Best Pick (CoinxDaProducer)
- Free Protility by Process Audio - No Talking Demo (AudioPluginDemos)
- NEW UPDATE of This GREAT FREE Plugin! Protility 1.1 - Sound Demo
- Puremix Protility - Canivete Suiço Grátis com Muitas Ferramentas para a sua Mix
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