Volume Buddy
LUFS gain matching for Ableton Live
Volume Buddy is a Max for Live LUFS auto-gain utility that matches pre-effect and post-effect loudness, allowing producers to hear processing changes without volume bias.
Remove Volume Bias
LUFS measures how our ears perceive sound and makes for an efficient measurement in eliminating volume bias from your mixing. It only takes a .2db difference in volume for us to falsely think something sounds better. With Volume Buddy, hear what the effect is doing, not how loud it's making it.
Automatic loudness matching
Volume Buddy automatically matches pre-effect and post-effect loudness, so you can make mix decisions without riding gain by hand.
- The only volume compensation plugin to do all routing within one plugin. It's no longer necessary for a send and receive pair of plugins.
- Gain stages in LUFS measurements for extreme perceived volume accuracy
- Target Mode allows you to specify a specific LUFS level you want Volume Buddy to maintain. Volume Buddy automatically raises or lowers incoming audio to meet that level.
- Works with all plugin types (VST, AU, native Ableton effects).
- Low CPU usage.
- A Max for Live plugin for Ableton Suite 10, Ableton Suite 11, Ableton Suite 12 or Ableton Standard with a Max for Live License.