Plugin Alliance – SPL BiG for WiN

Stereo imager

SPL and Brainworx, the masters of analog modeling, are back with the SPL BiG plug-in. Winner of the 2024 TEC Signal Processing Award, this studio stereo expander has received praise from professionals for its powerful sound and ingenious design. BiG is easy to use. BiG is unique. BiG offers new creative possibilities for shaping sound. Make your mixes sound massive with zero phase issues.

Go BiG or Go Home

Improving your stereo imaging is an essential tool for winning the loudness wars and adding depth and immediacy to your tracks. But phase issues have always limited professionals and discouraged the less experienced. With its unique internal filtering, SPL BiG solves these problems and lets you do even more. BiG processes the stereo input with a unique filtering network that prevents phase shifts, cancellations, and unwanted artifacts when summing to mono. Now everyone can benefit from scale.

Take your stereo imaging to the next level

SPL BiG is a powerful stereo imaging processor that gives you exceptional control over the width and character of your stereo. Enhance individual tracks by widening them and bringing them to the forefront of the soundstage. Add analog tone for fresh, bold mixes. Use it subtly or aggressively to make keys, strings, vocals, or full mixes as BiG as you need.

Depth and scale with just five controls

With three knobs and two switches, SPL BiG makes radically improving your stereo image simple, enjoyable and free of phase issues.

Range Control

Adjusts the filter frequency for precise control of the range being processed.

Stage Control

Controls slope and bandwidth: Make key elements of your mix more present or push them back to shift focus and create a greater sense of depth.

Big Sound Control

Give it the “big sound.” This unique blend knob blends the processed and original sound using our proprietary SPL blending method, giving you dynamic control over stereo widening and balance.

Simple at first glance, but complex in essence

SPL BiG uses a unique stereo processing technology, different from M/S processing. Thus, it improves the stereo image without introducing phase problems or cancellations in individual tracks, stems and mixes, even when summed to mono.

AirBass EQ plus exclusive plug-in features

SPL BiG also features a bass boost function, using a passive filter inspired by the AirBass circuit in the SPL IRON Mastering compressor to enhance your tracks with low-frequency warmth. SPL BiG offers exclusive plug-in features including pan control, automatic gain compensation, M/S metering and Mid/Side solo functionality.

Possibilities

• An exact model of the 24-foot TEC Signal Processing Award-winning hardware, created in collaboration with SPL Audio.
  
• Expands mixes beyond traditional stereo boundaries.
  
• Rich tonal variety with minimal, intuitive controls.
  
• Increases stereo width and bass, adds depth and dimension.
  
• Mono compatible – clean mono signal without phase issues when summing processed stereo signal.
  
• Intuitive three-utton system for width, presence and depth adjustment
  
• Bass boost filter similar to SPL IRON’s AirBass circuit.
  
• Streamlined workflow with ultra-low CPU usage.