CHAINS · MACROS · LISTEN · 33 NEW IN 5.6
Still Chains
Start from a finished chain: Still plug-ins set by our engineers, four macro knobs, and suggestions for your track.
Also in the Vocal bundle
What it does
Still Chains holds 24 ready-made chains for live sound and streaming: vocals, speech, drums, bass, guitars, keys and buses. Each is a row of Still plug-ins set to their own factory presets and tuned to work together.
Four macro knobs per chain move the main settings together; at 50 % the chain is exactly as designed. Click Listen, play the track, and it suggests the chains that fit.
Key features
- 24 chains: worship and gospel leads, harsh or muddy voices, backing vocals, choir; pastor, lapel, podcast, announcements; kick, snare, toms, overheads, drum bus; bass; acoustic, electric, keys; vocal, mix and livestream buses
- Four macros per chain, named for their job (Body, Presence, Control, Space; Clean, Warmth, Clarity, Even; Punch, Low end, Click, Drive)
- Listen: 10 s of the track; says what it hears (voice and range, drums, bass, keys, mix; bright, muddy, sibilant, dynamic, noisy) and ranks the chains
- Every plug-in in the chain: On / Off (click-free, timing kept) and Edit (its own window); changes saved with the session
- Click-free chain switching; 0 samples of latency for every live chain
Quick start
- Insert Still Chains on the channel or bus.
- Play the track and click Listen to this track; after 10 s it suggests chains.
- Click a chain. Set the macros by ear (50 % is the engineer's setting).
- Need more? Edit opens any plug-in in the chain. Save your version as a preset.
Controls
| Control | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Library / Listen | 24 chains / 10 s | Pick a chain, or play the track and click Listen for suggestions. |
| Macros 1–4 | 0–100 % | Each moves several settings across the chain; 50 % = as designed. |
| On / Edit | Per plug-in | Switch a plug-in out, or open it to change anything. |
| Mix | 0–100 % | Blend the whole chain with the dry signal, in time. |
| Input / Output | −24 to +24 dB | Trim before and after the chain. |
FACTORY PRESETS
Your own saved chains (Save, top right); the 24 engineer chains are in the library
GOOD TO KNOW
Tested with every chain: each plug-in found and loaded (nothing scanned), every preset value and macro position checked in the hosted plug-ins, audio through every chain, click-free switching while playing, the session restoring your changes. Listen was checked on lead and choir vocals, male and female speech, kick, snare, drum and bass loops, piano and full mixes.