AURA
by ACAS ToolsIndie
Scores your mix against genre targets and says what to fix
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Mix analysis plugin for the master bus: pick one of 40 genre profiles and get a live 0-100 Mix Score, up to four prioritised fixes and per-stem level advice. It never moves your faders. The trial has no time limit and covers all metering and advice; a license adds Assist EQ, Match to Target and Apply Auto-Mix.
About AURA
AURA goes last on the master bus. Pick one of 40 genre profiles, or the neutral Custom profile, and press play: it measures the mix about 30 times a second, shows a 0-100 Mix Score and lists up to four prioritised findings, each with a short explanation and something to try in your DAW. It never moves your faders.
The score weighs spectral balance against the genre (45%), short-term loudness against the target (30%), mono compatibility (15%) and dynamics (10%). Put AURA on kick, bass, vocals and other tracks as senders and those stems appear in the master instance, with per-stem advice such as "Turn UP +2.8 dB" relative to an anchor stem. AURA Link is tested in Ableton Live and FL Studio and needs a host that runs plug-ins in one process.
There's also Reference A/B against a pro track, a Full Track Report from a bounced file, tempo-synced delay and reverb helpers, and a Deep Field view with stem spectra and a spectrogram. An optional local or cloud AI model can add commentary; it gets a text description of the measurements, never audio. The free trial has no time limit and includes all metering and advice; a license adds the features that change the sound.
Specs
| Formats | VST3AU |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Windows,macOS |
| Apple Silicon native | Yes |
| Released | |
| Developer | ACAS Tools |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Open source |
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