Six Decades of Analog Mastering Character.
One Processor.
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Alternate Timeline puts six decades of analog recording character into a single processor. Pick the era, set the blend, and dial in the tone. Each setting applies the EQ curve, compression behavior, and harmonic profile of that era's best rooms - not a simulation of a simulation. Use it on individual tracks, bus groups, the 2-bus, or the master chain - for performance, production, soundtracks, and sound design. The parallel blend control dials in the compression depth - from a hint to full NYC-style commitment.
Hear it on your mix.
Put it on your 2-bus. Pick an era. Hear what six decades of mastering character sounds like on your session - before you spend a dollar.
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Core Feature
From the warm, rounded low end of the 1960s to the hyper-defined punch of the 2000s, each era captures the mastering character of its decade - the EQ, the compression behavior, the harmonic profile that defined how records sounded.
Control
The Blend knob controls the parallel compression depth - NYC-style, dialed in from a hint to full commitment. Bottom, Middle, and Top give you independent tonal shaping layered on top of the era processing, without fighting the character underneath.
Metering
Dual analog-style VU meters give you a real-time read of output level the way engineers have trusted for decades - ballistics and all. Not because it looks good. Because it tells you something peak meters don't.
Beyond the 2-Bus
Alternate Timeline is built for the 2-bus - but producers have been doing something else with it entirely. Load it on a drum bus, a synth lead, a guitar room mic. Automate the era selector and ride it through a mix. Jump from 1960s to Modern mid-bar. Build tension by moving backward through decades into a breakdown. The character changes aren't subtle - they're usable as a performance instrument.
For composers working in period-specific styles, it's the fastest way to commit a production to an era without faking it. For everyone else, it's a texture engine that happens to double as a mastering processor.
Hear It In Action
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VST3 (64-bit) - Windows, macOS, Linux
AU (64-bit) - macOS only
Windows 10 / 11
macOS 11 Big Sur or later (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Linux - Ubuntu 22.04+ or equivalent
Any VST3-compatible host: Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Nuendo, and more
AU (macOS): Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage
Perpetual, single user
3 simultaneous activations
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SHA-256 (mmedia-alternate-timeline-v1.0.3.zip): 01f5d86d1c02f32f809879cfd7c68849fdfeb135786b4de16116490d6adce205
Tested on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 40. Requires one system library for license verification:
sudo apt install libsodium23 # Ubuntu / Debian sudo dnf install libsodium # Fedora / RHEL sudo pacman -S libsodium # Arch
VST3 only. Confirmed working in REAPER and Bitwig.
Perpetual license - pay once, own it forever.
By purchasing you agree to our EULA and Privacy Policy.
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