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Mixing Challenge: You’ve completed the mix but everything sounds crowded in the center. To enlarge the stereo image, you start using numerous plugins. However, the result feels like a stretched rubber band—ethereal, insubstantial, and lacking focus.

Mastering Challenge: You need to focus on the voice. Compressing vocal frequencies also boosts the guitars. The same issue arises with the bass—boosting it makes the kick drum overpower everything, muddying the mix. Mastering with stems complicates things further.

What if there was an audio tool that broadens the stereo image without the elastic effect, without altering the mix’s tones? A tool that allows group work, focusing on specific details without affecting the rest.

MCAudioLab’s LUNA.5K

Whether you are looking to enhance the spatial perception of a track or need a reliable tool for complex audio processing, the MCAudioLab LUNA.5K offers the versatility and high-quality performance required by professional audio engineers. It is designed to fit seamlessly into your workflow, providing an analog solution that complements modern digital production techniques.

The LUNA.5K is a fully analog audio processor that creates two levels: foreground (FRG) and background (BKG). The foreground contains elements like the voice that you want “in your face,” while the background includes the band, strings, and synths, like on a stage or in a painting. You can act independently on each level, creating an environment without digital conversions. This is why it’s called the LUNA.5K Analog Ambient Processor.

A revolutionary fully analog audio processor designed to address common mixing and mastering challenges. Unlike traditional digital plugins, the LUNA.5K offers precise control over your audio’s spatial dimensions without introducing the unwanted elastic effect often caused by digital stretching.

This analog gear allows you to broaden the stereo image while maintaining the mix’s integrity and focus.

– Three-band EQ dedicated to each BKG and FRG level.
– 4 LED peak meter to monitor output levels.
– Bypass pushbutton (hard bypass).
– Stereo width control for those nostalgic for ‘old school stretching.’

The LUNA.5K is a powerful analog processor capable of reshaping stereo sound by controlling its dimensional characteristics. It’s an excellent tool for mixing and mastering, effectively altering the spatial perception of a track. Operating independently of the signal level, the LUNA.5K’s unique three-band EQ offers enhanced control over processing complex material. All electronic components use through-hole technology for optimal sound performance in an original project — not a clone or copy!

The LUNA.5K is an Analog Ambient Processor in the 500 Series format, compatible with industry-standard API 500 Series Racks.

It’s stereo (requiring 2 slots) and accepts line-level inputs only.