Zynaptiq has released version 1.1 of its audio plugin that aims to add organic, musical punch and contour to your sounds, tracks, stems or mixes. Punch is a mastering-grade, intelligent impact inductor built on Zynaptiq’s expertise in source separation, signal statistics, frequency domain processing, and filter design.
PUNCH adds anything from airy snap to beefy long attack compressor overshoot impact to smooth dynamics contouring to your audio easily, quickly, and with zynaptiq quality.
PUNCH works equally well for individual sounds and complex material like mixed music, even if excessive dynamics processing was applied that would leave traditional transient shapers nothing to go on, and applies its processing to all sound components separately, with up to more than a hundred bands of exquisitely engineered filtering. Throw in two alternative algorithms, a transparent sounding output clipper, support for up to 16 channels for immersive workflows, and our trademark workflow, and you’re all set for punchy, present and transparent sound in seconds!
Changes in Punch v1.1
- New SUB BOOST and AIR BOOST parameters, which allow applying up to +12 dB of gain to the audio beneath or above the frequency range that the PUNCH processing applies to.
- New post-CLIPPER manual gain compensation function, consisting of a COMPENSATION GAIN control, and a toggle switch to enable/disable it.
- Improved CPU usage for SMOOTH mode.
- Added support for MIDI control of the Load/Save/Next/Previous Preset functions.
- Added support for automatic High DPI Scaling on Windows.
- Bumped up the font size for parameter labels for better legibility.
- Fixed an issue that caused MIDI controllers to not be received in the AU plugin. This fix breaks recall of sessions created with the v1.0.0 Early Access AU.
- Fixed an issue that caused 5 samples of uncompensated latency. Plugin latency is now always 5 samples, and these are correctly compensated for.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Pro Tools to not offer the Plug-In for track widths greater than 7.1.
- Fixed an issue that could cause zipper noise when moving BIAS sliders and/or switching BIAS presets in SMOOTH mode.
- Fixed an issue that caused the preset to not appear dirty (edited) when changing only the selected BIAS preset.
Available in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats, Punch is on sale at Plugin Boutique for the intro price of $99 USD until February 7th, 2025 (regular $159 USD). The update is free for existing users.