Alternate Timeline - Bus and Mastering Processor by M Media Audio
Alternate Timeline VST3 - Bus and Mastering Processor Interface

Shape your sound across the eras.

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.

VU meter

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

Six Eras. One Processor.

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.

  • 1960s - Warm, rounded, subtle harmonic saturation
  • 1970s - Open high end, natural tape limiting character
  • 1980s - Punchy mids, fast attack, studio clarity
  • 1990s - High-definition presence, extended top end
  • 2000s - Dense, aggressive, maximum loudness density
  • Modern - Transparent, wide, streaming-optimized
ERA selector
Alternate Timeline controls

Control

Parallel Mix. Surgical 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.

  • Blend - Parallel compression wet/dry (NYC-style)
  • Comp - Era-matched compression depth
  • Bottom / Middle / Top - Three-band tonal shaping
  • Limiter - Transparent output ceiling
  • Output - Final level trim

Metering

Read the Room.

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.

VU meters

Beyond the 2-Bus

A performance instrument.
A texture engine.
A period-piece machine.

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.

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    System Requirements

    Format

    VST3 (64-bit) - Windows, macOS, Linux
    AU (64-bit) - macOS only

    Platform

    Windows 10 / 11
    macOS 11 Big Sur or later (Apple Silicon + Intel)
    Linux - Ubuntu 20.04+ or equivalent

    DAW Compatibility

    Any VST3-compatible host: Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Nuendo, and more

    AU (macOS): Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage

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