Maniac Audio Bundle

The Complete Maniac Audio Collection in One Box

The Maniac Audio Bundle is the entire Dark Series: 23 mixing and mastering plugins built from scratch in modern C++ with oversampled DSP, transformer modelling and one consistent dark, focused interface. Compressors, EQs, a flagship reverb, delay, a true-peak limiter, a drum gate, preamp and microphone modelling — the Maniac Audio Bundle covers the full journey from raw recording to finished master, with the sound of the classic hardware it emulates and none of the maintenance bills.

Thirteen Compressors and Dynamics Processors

Dynamics is where the Maniac Audio Bundle goes deepest. Dark76 is an 1176-style FET compressor with four revision modes for fast, punchy character. Dark2A recreates the LA-2A tube optical leveller with just Gain and Peak Reduction; Dark3A is its solid-state LA-3A sibling, faster and brighter. DarkVar is a variable-mu tube bus compressor with true dual-mono operation, while DarkComp and DarkLumi cover optical mix-bus compression from two different angles. For console glue there is a whole G-bus family: DarkNova and DarkVelar (VCA bus compressors), DarkStypePro and DarkStype (S-Type bus compression, full and streamlined), and DarkMbuss, a schematic-accurate DIY G-Bus build with a baked-in Carnhill transformer. DarkLim is a true-peak brickwall limiter with lookahead and LUFS matching, and DarkGate is a drum-focused gate with instrument profiles and spectral de-bleed.

Four EQs, From Surgical to Pure Colour

DarkQPro is the flagship: a 24-band dynamic and spectral EQ with mid/side processing and EQ match. DarkQMg takes the same dynamic/spectral concept and adds 16 analogue console saturation voicings with transformer colour. For pure vibe, DarkPassive is a Pultec EQP-1A-style tube passive program EQ that does the famous low-end trick, and DarkTube is a second tube passive EQ in the Pultec/Tube-Tech tradition with warm valve coloration.

Reverb, Delay, Preamp and Microphone Modelling

DarkLXPro is a professional algorithmic reverb built on a 16-line feedback delay network with eight algorithms, shimmer, freeze, EQ and saturation. DarkDelay is a multi-style echo with tape-style wobble, dual lines, ping-pong and a 6-band EQ on the repeats. DarkPre is a preamp and console saturation tool with a large library of mic-pre and console models plus transformer colour, and DarkMic is a virtual microphone system that re-voices your recorded source into a library of classic studio microphones.

Built Modern, Priced Honestly

Every plugin in the Maniac Audio Bundle shares the same engineering: modern C++ code, high-quality oversampled DSP, transformer modelling where the hardware had transformers, and interfaces that stay out of your way. The full collection is version 1.2 and totals about 614 MB. Bought individually, these 23 plugins add up to far more than the bundle price — the Maniac Audio Bundle is the complete studio at the price of a couple of single plugins.

What’s Inside

• Compressors & dynamics: Dark76, Dark2A, Dark3A, DarkVar, DarkComp, DarkLumi, DarkNova, DarkVelar, DarkStype, DarkStypePro, DarkMbuss, DarkLim, DarkGate
• EQs: DarkQPro, DarkQMg, DarkQMg2, DarkPassive, DarkTube
• Reverb & delay: DarkLXPro, DarkDelay
• Channel tools: DarkPre, DarkMic, DarkBuss

Key Features & Benefits

• All 23 Dark Series plugins in one bundle — the complete Maniac Audio collection
• Vintage emulations (1176, LA-2A, LA-3A, Vari-Mu, SSL-style bus, Pultec) built from scratch in modern C++
• Oversampled DSP and transformer modelling throughout
• One consistent dark interface across the whole bundle
• Mac and Windows, VST3 and AU, 64-bit

Who It’s For

Mix engineers and producers who want a coherent, great-sounding toolkit instead of a folder of random one-offs; home studios upgrading from stock plugins; anyone who has priced the hardware these emulate and done the maths. If your mixes need glue, punch, colour and control, the Maniac Audio Bundle is the one purchase that covers all of it.

System Requirements

Mac: macOS 10.14 or later. Windows: Windows 10 or later. Formats: VST3 and AU, 64-bit. Total size about 614 MB, version 1.2. Every customer receives their own individual license key. Your download link and license key are delivered by email after purchase.