At NAMM 2020 on their booth 14600, oeksound has announced soothe2, a complete rewrite of the original soothe plug-in, offering improvements in performance and sound while adding many new features. These include the expansion of the processing to full frequency range, the addition of attack and release speed parameters, and the inclusion of two processing modes suitable for different situations. We have the details…

What's New In Soothe2

• Completely overhauled processing algorithm.

• Full frequency range operation.

• Attack and release speed adjustments.

• Two different processing modes for different uses.

• Full mid/side processing.

• Lower latency.

• Lower CPU load all-together, along with an even lighter Eco quality setting.

• Quality settings can be adjusted separately for offline rendering.

• Rewritten graphics rendering to offload most of the GUI drawing to the GPU for improved FPS even on older machines.

• Sidechain input.

What Is Soothe2

soothe2 works by automatically detecting resonances in the audio material and then applying a reduction that matches the input signal. It can be used for a range of applications across the full frequency range: To reduce harshness in close-mic’d audio material, to achieve very transparent de-essing, to combat and reduce muddiness and to even out the bass frequencies.

If you want to learn more about Soothe then do check out our article Is Oeksound Soothe The Silver Bullet Processing Plug-in You Need In Your Next Mix? Watch Our Expert Test Video, where we awarded it Experts Choice.

Company founder Olli Keskinen told us…

“Taking soothe completely apart and redesigning the plug-in from the ground up has allowed us to make huge improvements to the sound quality and usability, while lowering the latency and reducing the CPU load of the plug-in. The biggest challenge in creating soothe2 has been to improve every aspect of the original while retaining the ease-of-use, but I feel we’ve managed to achieve that”.

Price And Availability

• Price: Soothe2 will be priced at 199€. Upgrades for soothe owners will be 50€.

• Availability: soothe2 will be released on January 23rd, 2020, priced at 199€. Upgrades for soothe owners will be 50€.