Eventide Audio announces Fixate:Midrange (developed by Newfangled Audio), a new intelligent EQ plugin designed to help solve challenges in the midrange. Built on a model of human hearing, Fixate:Midrange identifies and corrects issues such as mud, harshness, and imbalance, helping engineers and producers get to a more polished, professional mix with less effort.
“Nailing the midrange is the key to a great mix, and I’ve always found it challenging,” says Dan Gillespie, owner of Newfangled Audio. “I wanted to build a tool that made perfect midrange easier for those who struggle and faster for those who’ve already mastered it.”
Melody, harmony, texture, and ambience all compete for space in the midrange, with Fixate:Midrange designed to help bring order to that complexity. With an Analyze and Fix workflow, the plugin “listens” to incoming audio, detects problem areas, and applies dynamic, signal-dependent processing only when needed.
At the core of Fixate:Midrange are six dedicated processors targeting the most common problem areas: Mud, Thinness, Honk, Nasalness, Harshness, and Spectral Imbalance. Each operates automatically, responding in real time to the material. For users who prefer a hands-on approach, visual hints highlight exactly where issues occur across the interface, making it easy to fine-tune by ear.
Fixate:Midrange is powered by critical-band analysis, a method based on how the human ear groups frequencies. By evaluating energy across these bands, the plugin detects resonances and imbalances that traditional analyzers can miss, leading to more natural, musical results.
