A multi-format spatial audio toolkit bundling a channel-agnostic mixer, mastering compressor, and spatial reverb/panning plugin for immersive mix workflows.
Spatial Mixing Hub
Armada serves as a spatial mixing hub that loads your existing VST3 plugins across any channel layout, from mono to Dolby Atmos, Higher Order Ambisonics, Auro 3D, or future formats. It is designed to integrate into DAWs or Fiedler’s Atmos Composer, providing a streamlined path for complex immersive sessions.
The plugin emphasizes rapid navigation and visual clarity, helping engineers keep track of many sources in demanding setups. Its compatibility with multiple plugin standards (VST3, AU, AAX, OBAM) ensures flexible placement within a mixing chain, whether on individual tracks or a master bus.
Multichannel Dynamics Control
Gravitas MDS is a mix bus and mastering compressor engineered for multi-channel audio, particularly Dolby Atmos mixes. It aims to deliver the cohesive glue and polish commonly associated with stereo mastering, but across full immersive layouts, preserving transparency while shaping dynamic range.
The compressor suits a wide range of sources—individual tracks, groups, buses, or the complete mix. Its design allows for gentle, almost invisible dynamics treatment or more aggressive punch on drums, making it a flexible tool for both subtle and pronounced compression tasks.
Spatial Perspective and Reverb
Spacelab Interstellar combines reverb, panning, and spatial audio into a single plugin, offering a unified approach to placing tracks within an acoustic scene. It addresses the natural interconnection of these elements, providing a more cohesive method than using separate processors.
This tool is aimed at music production as well as film, broadcast, game, and VR/AR mixing. It helps position every track in the correct acoustic perspective, whether for a realistic room feel or a creative, immersive soundscape, all within one interface.
Workflow Integration
The bundle is designed to streamline immersive mixing workflows by offering tools that cover spatial routing, dynamics, and ambience in a unified manner. This reduces the need to juggle multiple plugins or patchwork solutions, which is particularly beneficial for complex Dolby Atmos or Ambisonics projects.
In practice, users can insert Armada on the master channel of their DAW or in Fiedler’s Atmos Composer, load their favorite VST3 processors, and then use Gravitas MDS and Spacelab Interstellar for bus compression and spatial placement. This setup supports a coherent, efficient mixing session.
Key features
- Supports channel layouts from mono to NHK 22.2, including Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, and Eclipsa
- Hosts VST3 plugins within the Armada environment
- Compatible with VST3, AU, AAX, and OBAM plugin formats
- Multichannel mastering compressor for mix bus and individual sources
- Combined reverb, panning, and spatial audio in one plugin
- Designed for music, film, broadcast, game, and VR/AR content
Best for
Ideal for audio engineers and producers working in immersive formats like Dolby Atmos, Ambisonics, or Auro 3D, who need a cohesive set of tools for spatial routing, bus compression, and acoustic placement, especially when mixing complex, multi-channel projects.