Audio engineers and music producers looking for a powerful spectral processor should check out MIA Laboratories Pi & Phi MkII, a powerful mixing software plug-in that provides an innovative way of spectral processing, creating an acoustic effect that can be described as super-enhanced with a warm yet powerful sparkle.
Pi & Phi features 10 bands that cover 80 Hz to 16 kHz, as well as a superlow band and a superhigh band to complement the extremes of the spectrum. This tool is ultimately capable of enriching a mix and each of its separate components with minimum phase distortion, enabling the user to precisely shape the spectral balance. The Pi & Phi plug-in is Windows and Mac compatible and works with most DAWs utilizing AAX, AU, and VST3 plug-in formats.
- The basic elements that make up Pie & Phi are the actual numbers π and φ, omnipresent throughout our surrounding living environment.
- Pi & Phi utilizes the harmony of these magic numbers in order to introduce an innovative way of spectral processing, creating an acoustic effect that can be described as super-enhanced, with a warm yet powerful sparkle.
- Pi & Phi MkII features 10 bands that cover the frequencies from 80 Hz up to 16 KHz, along with a superlow and a super high band to complement the extremes of the spectrum.
- This tool is capable of enriching a mix and each of its separate components with minimum phase distortion, enabling the user to precisely shape the spectral balance as dictated by the Golden Ratio.
- Pi & Phi also stands out for its demasking capabilities, as it is exceptionally suitable for making an instrument or vocal track cut through and stand out from an otherwise cluttered mix.
- Overall, it is a very effective yet easy-to-use tool, as well as very forgiving, since the amount of distortion introduced is minimal compared to the increase in “loudness” perceived, even in extreme settings.
- In this latest version, Pi & Phi utilizes the signal-processing path of the 358 Enhancer for its superlow area, delivering the round and solid low-end that 358 Enhancer is well known for. The updated GUI also incorporates an input/output spectrum analyzer, while the controls are placed in a way that corresponds to the frequency bands displayed