Utility · Gain Staging
AAGS.
Andrestia Audio Gain Staging
The pitch
Hit your target.
Hit your target level in one click. AAGS measures your signal, calculates the gain offset needed to hit your target, and commits it. No guesswork, no riding faders.
Why gain staging?
Plugins sound best when they receive signal at the level they were designed for. Too hot and you get distortion you didn't ask for. Too quiet and you lose detail in the noise floor. AAGS gets every track to the right level before you start mixing, so your compressors, EQs, and saturators all work the way they should.
How it works
Three steps.
- 01
Choose RMS or Peak mode
- 02
Pick your target level
- 03
Play audio, wait for stable, click SET
The fine print
Specs.
- 01RMS and Peak measurement modes
- 02Preset targets: -18 / -20 (RMS), -10 / -6 (Peak)
- 03Confidence indicator: Measuring, Settling, Stable, Committed
- 04One-click gain commit with clip warning
- 05Mono and stereo
- 06Full state recall (DAW session save/restore)
- 07Hardened runtime, notarized, sandbox-safe
Download.
AAGS is free. The installer places AU and VST3 into /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins.
Free · macOS (Apple Silicon)
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