OUT NOW: smart:chain by Sonible
The deal
$99 at Audio Plugin Deals (down from $179), 45% off, through September 9, 2026. If you already own another Sonible smart plugin, it drops further to a $59 crossgrade price.
What it is
smart:chain is an intelligent channel strip built around Sonible's Sonic Intelligence engine. It reads your source audio once and uses that single analysis to set tailored starting points across six linked modules: input gain riding, EQ, compression, noise gating, de-harshing, and saturation.
Who it's for
Mix engineers and producers who want a fast, transparent starting point on busy sessions, especially anyone running full mixes with dozens of tracks who wants to skip repetitive channel-strip setup without losing manual control.
Key features
- Six processors work from one shared spectral analysis so they complement instead of fight each other
- Session-wide Auto Leveling balances gain across all tagged tracks for a genre-aware rough mix in seconds
- Depth Staging lets you place instruments into Front, Middle, or Back layers for instant spatial separation
- Runs as VST, VST3, AAX, and AU on macOS and Windows with both machine-based and iLok licensing
