American pro audio software company the Plugin Alliance has announced the bx_refinement native plug-in from German software developer Brainworx.

bx_refinement is the work of mastering engineer Gebre Waddell of Stonebridge Mastering, who designed the prototype as a tool to remove harshness arising from the transfer of analogue audio files to digital, and the prevalence of over-compressed mixes.

‘Harsh recordings are one of the most common problems mixing and mastering engineers deal with,’ he says. ‘The idea with bx_refinement was to create something that addressed harshness with little impact to the recording, and a great workflow. While it represents a genuine technical achievement, it’s the listening during development that was key.’

‘Brainworx grew out of my desire as a producer and mastering engineer to create tools to enhance my own work, and we always strive to maintain that practical approach in our product development,’ adds Brainworx founder and, CEO Dirk Ulrich. ‘bx_refinement is a plug-in that solves a key problem no other plug-in on the market directly addresses.’

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