Dualtronix

Dualtronix is a dual-channel opto leveling amplifier built around the simple, primitive control set that’s made this style of hardware sound amazing for decades – Gain and Peak Reduction, nothing to overthink.

However.. 😀

Two genuinely independent channels, each channel has its own Power switch and its own Meter, so you can bypass or re-meter one side without touching the other. Link ties both channels’ entire control set together for classic two-bus glue, or turn it off and run two completely different characters side by side – one gentle, one driven hard, in the same unit.

Auto Level is there because it’s genuinely smooth in this application. Engage it and the “louder always sounds better” illusion still goes away, and what’s left is some character from the reduction, definitely not a volume bump doing the convincing – it’s light enough that it’s genuinely useful in a broadcast sense, where you want the smoothing without an overt personality fight. It’s not the most dramatic way to run this thing, but it turns out a lot of sessions call for exactly that: a light touch, cleanly delivered.

Features:

• Dual-channel opto leveling amplifier, two fully independent channels
• Gain + Peak Reduction – the whole control surface
• Auto Level – automatic output gain matching
• Comp/Limit switch – two genuinely different ratio characters
• SC HPF – keep low end from driving the detector
• Link – tie both channels together, or run them fully independently
• Two VU meters, switchable GR / Output per channel
• Windows / macOS (Universal) / Linux, VST3 + AU