Plug-ins

Setup and Manuals

• Where do I find the latest manual for my plug-in?
• How can I completely remove all plug-in files from my machine?
• How do I locate the plug-in files on my system (Mac or Windows)?
• In which DAWs do sonible plug-ins work?
• Why is my plug-in installer crashing?
• Are sonible plug-ins compatible with macOS 11 (BigSur)?

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Authorization

• How to reactivate a plug-in on a known device?
• How can I completely deactivate a device activation?
• Why isn't there a machine based activation via the iLok License Manager available?
• Do I need the PACE License Manager to run sonible plug-ins?
• Why am I not able to copy and paste my license key in Reaper on Mac?
• Can I also activate my plug-in when being offline?

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pure:limit

• What’s the difference between smart:limit and pure:limit?
• What peak level does pure:limit use as the limiter threshold?
• What does the “style” parameter of pure:limit control?
• Can I also use pure:limit on single tracks or buses?

true:balance

• What measurement value does the dB value for the low, mid and high frequency ranges represent?
• Why does the spectrum analyzer not measure a flat spectrum when feeding the plug-in with white noise?
• What does the Mono Filter (yellow line visible when Mono Check is active) tell me about my signal?
• Why do the Level Check hints show other values than the "diff" values inside the main readout section?
• What's the difference between the speech references and the podcast reference?

true:level

• What does the loudness reference zone displayed for streaming platforms (like Spotify) tell me?
• How is the dynamics value displayed by true:level computed?

smart:comp 2

• Why do I get an Error10 in smart:comp 2?
• What are the main new features of "smart:comp 2" compared to "smart:comp"?
• Why do I have to learn to unlock the Spectral Compression and all tuning parameters?
• Why does smart:comp 2 have a processing latency?
• What does the RMS level histogram show?
• What's the main idea behind input riding?

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smart:limit

• How does smart:limit compute its "dynamics" value?
• Does smart:limit use oversampling?
• Why does smart:limit ignore my selected loudness publishing target during learning?
• What if I can’t find a suitable genre profile for smart:limit?
• Is smart:limit a limiter or a loudness monitoring tool?

smart:EQ 3

• Why do I get an interplugin communication error in my DAW on Windows?
• Why doesn't smart:EQ3 validate in Logic or causes an instant crash when loading an instance?
• Why am I not able to open a FL Studio session containing smart:EQ 3 on a M1?
• Why am I not able to add instances to a group?
• What can I do if I see the error message "An inter-plugin communication error occurred"?
• Why are smart:EQ 3 instances sometimes automatically called like the track name and sometimes "Instance x"?

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Plugin Features

• How is the data used that is collected by the plug-ins?
• How can I update my plug-in to the latest version?
• What's the difference between smart:EQ live and smart:EQ 2?
• What's the difference between frei:raum and the Special EQ Bundle?
• Does smart:EQ live support Waves SoundGrid (WSG)?

Troubleshooting

• Why is there a fade-in when rendering transient samples with entropy:EQ or proximity:EQ?
• Why are my sonible plugins showing up invalid in Pro Tools after updating?
• smart:comp v1.1.3 issue
• Plugins not found in Logic Pro X (M1)
• Why are my presets missing for my entropy:EQ+ or proximity:EQ+?
• Why are my sonible plug-ins listed under the "sonimus" plug-in folder within Logic Pro X or Ableton Live?

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