MAAT has announced the debut of its renowned equalizers optimized for both x86 and ARM-based digital audio workstations, bringing native speed and stability improvements.

Building on the legacy of Algorithmix’s groundbreaking original and the modern reference quality MAAT is known for, thEQblue v5 is a powerhouse collection of twelve minimum phase Architectures. Employing proprietary 80-bit floating point algorithms and advanced signal windowing, thEQblue v5 offers an expansive palette of exceptional sound qualities and characters.

The latest version includes enhanced licensing security, improved graphics performance and instantiation speed, along with numerous reliability reinforcements and global optimizations. For visually oriented engineers, a new PicturePerfect™ mode displays or conceals numeric Section controls, highlighting only the frequency versus amplitude curves of the active bands.

Also, a new universal Profile for the innovative FiDef™ feature has been added, one designed specifically for wide dynamic range material and solo instruments. As the first MAAT equalizer to be Universal Binary 2 (UB2), thEQblue v5 is fully native on Apple Silicon, ensuring top-tier performance on the latest macOS machines.

Perpetual licenses for version 5 of thEQblue (VST/VST3, AU and AAX) are available in two tiers. thEQblue6 offers six popular series equalizer Architectures, while thEQblue12 extends the license to include the entire set of all ten series plus two parallel Architectures. Existing license holders need only install the latest build to gain new speed and stability boosts.

New users can purchase thEQblue at the MAAT store and from distributor Plugin Boutique.