Utility
Pane
A free gain utility.
Add it to your cart and the installers are emailed to you.
Overview
A free stereo gain utility: bit-identical output at unity, no clicks when the gain moves and zero latency. It adds no dither, DC filter, oversampling or look-ahead.
Every DAW multiplies a signal by a number correctly. Pane is bit-identical at 0 dB, makes no clicks when you move it, and adds only the gain you set.
No dither, no DC filter, no oversampling, no look-ahead, and zero latency reported at every setting.
The knob runs −96 to +24 dB with unity fixed at twelve o'clock. The arc is teal at unity and leaves it with the gain, warming toward amber as you boost and cooling toward blue as you cut, so which way you have gone is visible before you read the number.
Features
Bit-identical at unity
At 0 dB, and when bypassed, the output matches the input sample for sample.
No artefacts when it moves
Gain changes are interpolated per sample and mute or return on a linear fade, so automation and live moves produce no clicks and no zipper noise.
Zero latency, always
No latency is reported to the host at any setting. There is no oversampling and no look-ahead anywhere in the path.
Color by direction
Teal at unity, warming toward amber the further you boost and cooling toward blue the further you cut.
Type it, or nudge it
Double-click the readout and type a value. Hold Cmd, or Ctrl on Windows, and click to land on exactly 0 dB, or drag and scroll to move in steps of 0.1 dB.
Light or dark
The face is a switch in the About panel. Your choice is saved with the session and with your presets, and a new instance opens light.
In and out meters
Peak and RMS on both sides, read-only taps, so the level before and after sits side by side rather than in two different places.
Free, with no license at all
No account, no activation, no expiry. Download it and use it.
One knob, and what it tells you.
The arc changes color with the gain, so which way you have gone reads before the number does. Light or dark, switched in the About panel.
Specifications
| Format | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| VST3 | Yes | Yes |
| Audio Unit (AU) | Yes | — |
| CLAP | Yes | Yes |
| AAX Native | Yes | Yes |
The installer ships VST3, CLAP and AAX on both macOS and Windows. Audio Unit is macOS only.
| Requirements | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| OS version | macOS 12.0 Monterey or later | Windows 10 version 1607 or later, 64-bit |
| CPU | Apple Silicon or Intel (Universal binary) | 64-bit Intel or AMD |
