Make Believe Studios MB CGII｜Chris Gehringer Signature Mastering Loudness Processor
A Loudness and Dynamics Processor Born for Modern Music Mastering
MB CGII is a professional mastering processor plugin co-developed by Make Believe Studios, Metric Halo, and Grammy-winning mastering engineer Chris Gehringer (Sterling Sound). It utilizes world-class signal processing algorithms and offers user-selectable oversampling up to 16x. Its core objective is to elevate your masters to commercially competitive loudness without sacrificing the clarity, density, and weight of the original mix.
Compared to traditional limiters that solely focus on peak limiting, CGII, through its unique Density and Loudness processors, effectively enhances previously masked low-level details, increasing perceived loudness. It also features an extremely transparent True Peak Limiter, ensuring the final product meets all streaming platforms' strict requirements for LUFS and inter-sample overs. Whether you're working with an already loud mix or not, CGII can add that crucial final touch, making it an indispensable ultimate weapon in the modern loudness war.
Quick Facts
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Brand:Make Believe Studios
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Model:CGII
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Core Developer:Chris Gehringer (Sterling Sound)
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Over-sampling: Up to 16x (User Selectable)
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Meter Standards: LUFS (Integrated, Short Term, Momentary), True Peak
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Applications:Professional Mastering, Music Mix Bus Processing, Pre-processing for Streaming Platforms, Broadcast Audio Production, Podcast Mastering
Make Believe Studios CGII Core Technologies & Features
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Density Processor: Exclusive algorithm that effectively enhances perceived loudness by pushing previously masked low-level details upwards without affecting high-level peak dynamics, enriching the music's "fullness" and detail.
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Loudness Processor: Provides extremely transparent RMS level enhancement while keeping peak levels below full-scale. It can be used to excite pleasing harmonics, adding character and energy to your tracks.
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True Peak Limiter: A world-class lookahead limiter that precisely and transparently controls output levels, ensuring that True Peak never exceeds your set ceiling, preventing any inter-sample overs.
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User-Selectable Over-sampling: Offers oversampling options up to 16x for internal processing at the highest precision, eliminating any possibility of digital aliasing and ensuring the purest sound quality.
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Nixie Tubes Level Meter: A vintage-style visual interface providing precise dB readings, freely switchable to display various industry standard values such as LUFS Integrated, LUFS Short Term (or Hold), LUFS Momentary (or Hold), True Peak, or TP Hold.
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Integrated Final Processing Tools: Built-in DC-Block filter to remove any harmful DC offset; also equipped with professional-grade Dither functionality to process output jitter from 16-bit to 24-bit, serving as the last stop in your mastering chain.
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Professional Workflow Optimization: Designed by top mastering engineers, it includes multiple practical presets. Equipped with MH Preset Manager for seamless cross-platform, cross-DAW preset management and usage. The user interface (UI) size is freely adjustable to adapt to various screen resolutions.
Density Processor
- Focuses on enhancing Perceived Program Level, not just peaks.
- Increases musical fullness and clarity by pushing up masked low-level details in the audio.
- Processing does not affect high-level peak dynamics, preserving the impact of the original mix.
Loudness Processor
- Increases the audio's RMS level with extreme transparency.
- Ensures peak levels remain below 0 dBFS while increasing overall loudness.
- Beyond boosting loudness, it can also be used to excite subtle harmonics in tracks, adding vitality and character to the music.
True Peak Limiter
- Utilizes a lookahead algorithm for precise, zero-overshoot limiting.
- Transparently controls output levels, ensuring True Peak never exceeds the specified ceiling.
- Prevents potential inter-sample overs during the Digital-to-Analog Conversion (DAC) process.
Integrated Final Output Tools
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DC-Block Filter: One-click removal of any residual DC offset in the audio, ensuring a clean output.
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Dither: Provides professional dithering functionality to safely convert high bit-depth audio to 16-bit to 24-bit, while minimizing quantization noise.
Tech Specs
| Plugin Type | Mastering Loudness & Dynamics Processor |
| Development Collaboration | Chris Gehringer, Make Believe Studios, Metric Halo |
| Core Processors | Density Processor, Loudness Processor, True Peak Limiter |
| Oversampling | User-selectable, up to 16x |
| Meter Standards | LUFS (Integrated, Short Term, Momentary), True Peak, TP Hold |
| Dither | 16-bit to 24-bit |
| Mac System Requirements | macOS 10.10 or newer; Intel or Apple Silicon processor; 64-bit |
| Windows System Requirements | Windows 7 or newer; Intel processor; 64-bit |
| Supported Formats | AU, VST 2, VST 3, AAX (Pro Tools 10 or newer) |
| Licensing | Requires iLok.com account (free); one license includes two activations; choose between local computer, cloud, or physical iLok Dongle (optional) authorization |
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