Ground Control

Sub-Bass Management.
We've Identified Some Unnecessary Movement Downstairs.

$9 Perpetual License
3 Platforms
VST3 + AU on macOS
Ground Control VST3 - Subsonic and DC Cleanup Utility

Ground Control

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There's Low End You Want to Feel. Then There's Low End You Can't Use.

There's low end you want to feel. Then there's low end you can't hear, can't use, and somehow still have to make room for. Ground Control helps you tell them apart.

Its dynamic subsonic limiter watches energy at the very bottom of the signal and steps in when that energy gets out of line. When the low end behaves, the limiter backs off. You can control stray excursions without automatically thinning every kick, bass note, and synth that passes through the plugin.

VU meter

The Bass May Stay. The Structural Damage May Not.

Set Threshold, dial in Release or flip on Auto-Release, and watch the reduction meter show you exactly when Ground Control steps in. A healthy low end doesn't have to spend the whole song behind a high-pass filter.

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A Limiter That Backs Off When the Low End Behaves.

Set Threshold for the amount of sub-bass you're willing to tolerate. Release controls how the limiter recovers, from 50 to 1500 ms; Auto-Release adjusts the recovery to the material. A reduction meter shows when Ground Control is actually working, and Mix lets you blend the result with the original signal.

  • Threshold & Release - Release runs 50-1500ms, manual or fully automatic via Auto-Release
  • Mix - Blends the limiter's correction back in as a parallel signal
  • Dual/Stereo - Independent channel treatment, or shared detection for a stable center
Ground Control Threshold, Release and Mix controls
Ground Control high-pass filter and DC Removal controls

For Persistent Trouble, Close the Floor

Zero Should Mean Zero.

The separate high-pass filter handles problems that don't come and go: room rumble, handling noise, turntable or transfer debris, and other low-frequency clutter. Set the corner anywhere from 5 to 60Hz, select a 6, 12, or 24dB/octave slope, or switch the filter Off. DC Removal is its own switch, clearing offset before the filter and limiter ever touch the signal.

  • HP Filter Freq - 5-60Hz plus Off, selectable 6/12/24dB/oct slope
  • DC Removal - Independent switch, clears offset before anything else processes
  • Delta - Audition exactly what's being removed
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3 Activations

Install on up to three machines simultaneously. Need to move a license? Email us.

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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 22.04+ 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

Latency

Plugin buffer only - no lookahead, no oversampling latency

License

Perpetual, single user
3 simultaneous activations
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SHA-256 (mmedia-ground-control-v1.0.0.zip): e7e897f6ca67c7e771fc68720f9072693d1c60715b5aa7ddc2c6a469e154f27e

Linux System Requirements

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.

Version History

v1.0.0 Sep 2026 Initial release.

Ground Control

Perpetual license - pay once, own it forever.

$9 Buy Now

Secure checkout · Instant license delivery

Try the free demo
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