Essential Information About FabFilter Pro-C 3 Software
- 14 Compression Styles (including 6 new ones) for everything: transparent mastering, bus "glue," modern punch, creative pumping, and dialogue control.
- Stereo and Immersive Processing up to 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos with ultra-flexible channel routing and linking.
- Express Workflow: animated interface, Compact mode, redesigned preset browser (search, tags, favorites).
- Advanced Dynamic Control: upward compression, Auto Threshold, Pro-Q-style side-chain EQ, host/MIDI tempo triggering, oversampling up to 32x.
What FabFilter Pro-C 3 Is For
Designed for mixing and mastering, "FabFilter Pro-C 3" excels on vocals, drums, basses, synths, and mix buses. It delivers as much transparency as character, depending on the chosen style, and integrates into post-production workflows thanks to its consistent behavior, loudness metering, and Auto Threshold ideal for variable sources like dialogue.
Main Features
Styles and Character
The third generation introduces Modern, Classic, and Utility algorithms, including new "Versatile," "Smooth," "Upward," "TTM," "Op-El," and "Vari-Mu" modes. The "Character" modes add analog saturation and color (Tube, Diode, Bright) with Drive adjustment and Pre/Post placement to shape dynamics without losing musicality.
Triggering and Shaping
The Pro-Q-inspired side-chain EQ offers free multiband filters, slopes up to 96 dB/oct, and all-pass or brickwall types. Triggering can follow the host tempo in synchronized pulses, with Offset and pulse length, while MIDI triggering and side-chain analysis provide surgical control.
Interface and Productivity
The animated display visualizes input/output and gain reduction, with an option to view the knee curve. Compact mode focuses on essentials. The new preset browser manages folders, metadata, tags, favorites, copy/paste between instances, and loading via MIDI Program Change.
Audio Quality and Immersion
Up to 32x oversampling limits aliasing during extreme settings. Pro-C 3 handles surround and Dolby Atmos up to 9.1.6 with configurable links (stereo pairs, Center, Sides, Tops, LFE) for perfect coherence of immersive sound fields.
Technical Specifications
System Requirements
- Windows: Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista; 64-bit or 32-bit; VST2/VST3, CLAP, AAX Native, and AudioSuite formats.
- macOS: macOS 10.13 or higher (64-bit only); Intel or Apple Silicon processor; VST2/VST3, AU, CLAP, AAX Native, and AudioSuite formats.
Supported Formats
- VST, VST3, CLAP, Audio Units, AAX Native, AudioSuite
Features
- 14 Modern, Classic, and Utility compression styles, including 6 new algorithms: Versatile, Smooth, Upward, TTM, Op-El, and Vari-Mu.
- Character modes with analog saturation, coloring, and drift (Tube, Diode, Bright), Drive adjustment, and Pre/Post routing.
- Auto Threshold mode for input-level-independent compression (perfect for unstable dialogue).
- Pulsed triggering synchronized to host tempo (Host Sync) with Sync, 50-200% Offset, and pulse length.
- Upward compression and multiband processing combining upward/downward compression (TTM).
- Highly advanced side-chain EQ: free multiband filtering, Pro-Q shapes including all-pass, slopes up to 96 dB/oct, and brickwall high-pass/low-pass options.
- Immersive/surround and Dolby Atmos support up to 9.1.6, customizable links by stereo pairs and all-channel linking.
- Surround linking controls including Center channel (C) linking and adjustable groups (Sides, Tops, LFE).
- Oversampling up to 32x to reduce aliasing during fast/aggressive compression and high Drive levels.
- New preset browser with folders, search, tags, metadata, and favorites.
- Copy/paste settings between instances directly from the preset browser.
- Improved preset management: "Save As Default" and loading via MIDI Program Change.
- Integration with "Pro-Q 4 Instance List" (from Pro-Q 4.10) to control Pro-C 3 alongside Pro-G and Pro-DS.
- Animated level and gain reduction display, with optional knee visualization (Threshold/Ratio/Knee/Range).
- Accurate peak and loudness metrics (Momentary EBU R128 / ITU-R 1770).
- Lookahead up to 20 ms with global "Maximum Lookahead" control to manage total latency.
- Hold control for more transparency or pumping effect.
- Range control to limit maximum gain reduction.
- Variable knee up to 72 dB (extended soft knee).
- Triggering via external side-chain, MIDI, and trigger signal monitoring.
- Intelligent Auto Gain (with Mid-only/Side-only consideration).
- Program-dependent Auto Release behavior.
- MIDI Learn.
- Undo/Redo and A/B comparison.
- Smart Parameter Interpolation.
- Sample-accurate automation of nearly all parameters.
- Available in VST, VST3, CLAP, Audio Units, AAX Native, and AudioSuite formats.
Included Content
- "FabFilter Pro-C 3" software license
- Downloadable installer
- Manual and integrated context help
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