Eventide has announced a new channel strip plug-in – the UltraChannel 64-bit native plug-in for AU, VST and AAX64 for Mac and PC.

Claiming ‘unprecedented flexibility and sonic control’, this features micro-pitch processing from Eventide’s flagship H8000, stereo delays with variable feedback paths, plus two stages of compression, gating and five bands of parametric EQ.

UltraChannel features a pair of dynamics processors: the O-Pressor, capable of extreme compression (this is the compressor section of the Omnipressor) and a conventional compressor with de-essing and side-chain capability. It also offers Soft-Saturation and Transformer emulation, which recreates transformer core saturation. This adds harmonics to low frequency material while remaining relatively transparent to the rest of signal.

FlexiPath routing allows drag-and-drop reordering of the signal path of the top level components (O-Pressor, compressor/de-esser, EQ, gate).

UltraChannel also includes a variety of factory presets tailored to signal sources such as guitar, bass, kick drum, snare, piano, strings, synths and vocals. A number of these presets were created by Eventide artists.

For a short period (until midnight on 8 July 2014) UltraChannel is available as a free download. After this promotion closes, UItraChannel native will cost US$249.

‘Eventide invites all native plug-in users to own this flexible sound shaping tool with our compliments,’ says Ray Maxwell, VP of Sales & Marketing. ‘We can think of no better way of inviting new users to join the Eventide family than to share this great plug-in with everyone. We are confident that once you’ve had a taste of Eventide, you’ll be back for more.’