sonible smart:chain is an intelligent AI-powered channel strip designed to make mixing faster, more connected, and more intuitive. Instead of treating EQ, compression, gating, de-harshing, input riding, saturation, and leveling as separate processors, smart:chain analyzes your audio once and allows its intelligent processors to work together as a coordinated system.
Beyond individual tracks, smart:chain connects multiple instances across your session, providing project-wide Auto Leveling, intelligent Front/Middle/Back depth staging, centralized session control, Groups, and multi-instance communication. This lets you establish a coherent starting mix faster while keeping every parameter fully editable for creative control.
With native Apple Silicon support, VST3, AU and AAX on Mac, VST3 and AAX on Windows, and support for sample rates from 44.1 to 192 kHz, smart:chain is built for modern professional mixing workflows.
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sonible smart:chain takes the traditional channel strip concept and turns it into a connected mixing system.
Instead of loading an EQ, compressor, de-esser, gate, saturation plugin and level rider separately and configuring each processor one at a time, smart:chain brings multiple intelligent processors together inside a single environment. Its processors share an understanding of the audio, allowing them to work together from the same analysis.
The result is a faster starting point for mixing while keeping the producer or engineer firmly in control.
smart:chain combines eight intelligent processors into one plugin environment. These include intelligent EQ, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation and leveling functions designed to work together as a connected processing chain.
Instead of treating each processor as an isolated tool, smart:chain analyzes the audio once and uses that shared understanding to create optimized starting points throughout the chain.
This can significantly reduce repetitive setup work.
You can still change individual parameters, adjust the processing intensity, experiment with different settings, or completely reshape the suggested result.
The intelligence provides a starting point — it does not lock you into a predetermined sound.
Traditional mixing often involves a chain of separate processors.
You might begin with an EQ, then add compression, then notice that the compressor changes the tonal balance, go back to the EQ, adjust the threshold, add a de-esser, introduce saturation, and continue making adjustments.
smart:chain approaches this differently.
Its processors share information about the audio, allowing the chain to behave more like one coordinated system.
sonible describes this as connected processing, where the individual modules work together instead of operating independently.
This can be particularly useful when you’re building initial mixes quickly or working on large sessions containing many tracks.
The EQ section helps establish a balanced tonal foundation based on the analyzed audio.
Instead of starting from a completely blank EQ, smart:chain can provide an intelligent starting point that can then be adjusted to suit your production.
This makes it useful for vocals, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, instruments, buses and other individual tracks.
The important distinction is that the suggested processing remains editable.
You can accept the starting point, refine it, reduce the processing, or use it as inspiration for your own mix decisions.
Compression is another major component of the smart:chain workflow.
The intelligent processing analyzes the audio and provides a starting point for controlling dynamics while considering the rest of the processing chain.
Rather than manually building a compressor setting from scratch, you can use smart:chain’s analysis to establish a useful foundation and then customize the result.
This can be particularly valuable when working quickly across large sessions.
High-frequency harshness can make vocals, cymbals, guitars and other sources sound aggressive or fatiguing.
smart:chain includes intelligent de-harshing as part of its connected processing system.
Because the de-harshing stage works inside the same environment as the other processors, it can be considered as part of the overall processing chain rather than requiring another separate plugin window.
smart:chain also incorporates intelligent gating for controlling unwanted signal between useful audio events.
This can help when working with recorded tracks where unwanted low-level material needs to be controlled.
Instead of configuring another standalone gate and trying to make it work alongside the rest of the chain, the gate is part of smart:chain’s connected processing architecture.
Input-level consistency can have a major effect on how compressors, saturation and other processors respond.
smart:chain includes intelligent input riding and leveling functionality designed to help maintain a more controlled signal entering the processing chain.
This is particularly useful for sources with significant level variation, such as vocals and recorded performances.
smart:chain also provides saturation as part of its channel-strip workflow.
Saturation can introduce harmonic character and help give a track additional density and presence.
Because saturation is integrated into the same chain, it can be incorporated into the overall processing strategy rather than added as an entirely separate processing stage.
One of smart:chain’s most significant differences from a conventional channel strip is that its intelligence can extend beyond a single track.
Multiple smart:chain instances can communicate across a session.
This means the plugin can consider tracks in relation to one another rather than treating every channel as an isolated signal.
That connected approach is especially useful in larger projects where maintaining balance and separation between many tracks can become time-consuming.
smart:chain introduces Front, Middle and Back Layers for intelligent depth staging.
Instead of thinking about every track only in terms of volume and EQ, you can organize elements according to their perceived position within the mix.
smart:chain then adapts processing to support separation, clarity and depth between these elements.
This can help establish a more coherent starting point for complex arrangements.
For example:
Front Layer
Important lead elements such as vocals or featured instruments.
Middle Layer
Supporting instruments and secondary musical elements.
Back Layer
Atmospheres, pads, ambience and other elements intended to sit further behind the main focus.
Another major feature is project-wide Auto Leveling.
Rather than creating a rough mix from silence and manually moving every fader into position, smart:chain analyzes the relationships between learned tracks and creates a genre-aware starting balance.
The goal isn’t to make the final mix for you.
Instead, Auto Leveling gives you a more coherent starting point so you can spend more time making creative decisions.
Dedicated trim controls allow you to refine the resulting level relationships while maintaining the established balance.
Large sessions can become difficult to navigate when dozens of plugins are open simultaneously.
smart:chain provides centralized session control that lets you navigate tracks, manage Groups and access smart:chain instances from one window.
This connected approach reduces the need to constantly switch between plugin windows.
For producers working on large arrangements, this can make the mixing process feel more organized.
Multiple smart:chain instances communicate with one another across the project.
This is important because mixing isn’t simply about making individual tracks sound good.
A vocal can sound excellent on its own but still need to sit above guitars, synths and drums.
A kick can sound powerful individually but become problematic when combined with the bass.
Connected processing gives smart:chain the ability to approach these relationships at the session level.
sonible describes its approach as Sonic Intelligence, an AI-oriented system designed specifically for audio production. The goal is to handle repetitive technical groundwork while leaving creative decisions with the engineer or producer.
There are no text prompts required.
Instead, smart:chain analyzes the audio and provides informed starting points.
Every parameter remains accessible, so you can take the intelligent result in any direction you want.
smart:chain is particularly useful for producers who want to get from raw tracks to a workable mix quickly.
A typical workflow could look like this:
This approach can eliminate much of the repetitive setup involved in starting a mix.
smart:chain can be used across a wide range of sources.
Use intelligent EQ, compression, de-harshing, leveling and saturation to establish a polished vocal foundation.
Use dynamics control, EQ, gating and saturation to shape individual drum tracks.
Control dynamics and tonal balance while using saturation to add character.
Shape harsh frequencies, control dynamics and add tonal density.
Create space and balance between multiple electronic instruments.
Use connected processing to establish a more controlled group sound.
The current official specifications list VST3, AU and AAX on Mac, and VST3 and AAX on Windows. smart:chain supports sample rates from 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz and has native Apple Silicon support.
Current system requirements include:
The current official page lists smart:chain version 1.0.
The biggest advantage of smart:chain is not simply the number of processors inside it.
Its real strength is the way those processors communicate.
Instead of building a traditional chain from independent plugins, smart:chain treats processing as a connected system.
And instead of limiting that intelligence to one channel, it can extend across the entire project.
That makes it particularly interesting for modern producers, mixers and engineers who want to reduce repetitive technical work without surrendering creative control.
sonible smart:chain is an AI-powered intelligent channel strip that combines multiple processors into one connected mixing environment.
The current sonible description includes intelligent EQ, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation and leveling functions, with eight intelligent processors in total.
Yes. Multiple smart:chain instances can communicate across a session, allowing the plugin to work with mix-wide relationships.
Depth staging allows tracks to be organized into Front, Middle and Back Layers, with smart:chain adapting processing to support separation, clarity and perceived depth.
Project-wide Auto Leveling analyzes the relationships between learned tracks and establishes a genre-aware starting balance across the session.
No. sonible describes smart:chain as providing intelligent starting points and handling repetitive groundwork while keeping the parameters and creative decisions accessible to the user.
Yes. The current official specifications list native Apple Silicon support.
On Mac, smart:chain supports VST3, AU and AAX. On Windows, it supports VST3 and AAX.
The current requirements list Windows 10 64-bit and macOS 11 or newer.
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