Boasting comprehensive processing modules and desirable SSL tone, Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3 is a console-style channel strip plug-in widely used by Grammy-winning engineers for both its sound and workflow. Complete with a compressor, gate/expander, fully parametric 6-band EQ, limiter, and separate dynamics sidechains with EQ, ChannelStrip 3 acts as an all-in-one solution for channel-by-channel control of timbre and dynamics.
ChannelStrip 3 also features input and output gain, switchable polarity, user adjustable sample delay, high-resolution metering on every block, and SpectraFoo real-time spectral analysis, so it provides all the elements of an analog console's I/O module along with powerful advantages of digital processing in a user-friendly and resizable interface. With over 100 factory presets, the plug-in provides fertile ground for building custom combinations or just getting a solid sound in a hurry.
- World-class signal processing and workflow
- Used by Grammy award-winning engineers on countless hits
- Smooth analog sound with razor-sharp digital precision
- Widely acknowledged to provide that SSL sound
- Expander, compressor, multiband EQ, and limiter
- Scalable gain reduction meters
- More than 100 presets included
- Adjustable UI size and disclosable graphs
- MH preset manager provides cross-platform presets
- Supports AAX (Native and DSP), Audio Units, and VST plug-in formats
- macOS and Windows compatible
- Input gain/trim and polarity invert
- Six-band fully parametric EQ with six selectable filter band types
- Fully adjustable expander/gate with sidechain
- Fully adjustable compressor with sidechain
- Integrated sidechain EQ for dynamics
- Individually switchable sidechains for dynamics blocks
- Individual sidechain listen for dynamics blocks
- EQ/compressor routing control
- User-adjustable delay up to 255 samples
- Limiter with adjustable threshold and automatic gain
- Output gain/trim fader
- High-resolution metering for each processing block
- SpectraFoo spectral analysis built in