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Lunchbox

An eight-slot, 500-series style rack. Seventeen modules, any module in any slot, and a mix knob on every one.

$12$20launch price

Mac · Audio Unit and VST3 · Apple Silicon and Intel · macOS 11 or later. Also in the All plug-ins bundle ($40).

Lunchbox puts a whole 500-series rack on one insert. Click the plate under any slot to choose its module: a tube preamp, a console EQ, a de-esser, an opto leveler, a FET limiter, a VCA compressor, tape, and more. Use the same module twice if you like; every slot remembers its own settings.

Each module looks and behaves like the classic hardware it's styled after, and the small Mix knob beside each plate lets you blend any module in parallel.

Pre

Tube, transistor or tape preamp with high-pass, gain, grit and trim.

Equaliser

Four-band console EQ with high- and low-pass filters.

De-Esser

Wide or split-band de-essing with look-ahead and a listen switch.

Leveling

A smooth optical leveling amplifier.

FET 76

A fast FET limiting amplifier, all-buttons-in included.

VCA Comp

A punchy VCA compressor with Thrust and old/new modes.

Sonic

A phase-aligned enhancer for low contour and clarity.

Gate

Gate or expander with hold, range and key filters.

Phase

Polarity, phase shift and fine time alignment. Best in the first slot.

Transient

Push or tame attack and sustain, at any level.

Graphic EQ

Ten bands from 31 Hz to 16 kHz.

Program EQ

A passive tube EQ with the classic boost-and-cut low end.

Air EQ

Broad tone bands and an open air shelf up top.

Tape

Record level, three tape speeds, bias and wow and flutter.

Recovery

Bring up or pull down the room on a track.

Width

Stereo width, mid/side balance and mono bass.

Air Space

A short, natural space that gives close-miked sounds a sense of room.