Real-time comparison of up to 5 simultaneously encoding streams, including AAC, mp3 pro and Apple’s iTunes+.
We spend our professional lives making mixes sound as good as they can – and then hand them on for encoding and distribution. Later we often wish we could have made some improvements.
What if there was a way to audition and compare up to five audio codecs in real time? Enter the Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plugin.
Its intuitive display helps you quickly focus on key issues such as codec effect on frequencies, audible artefacts and codec-induced overloads. Optimize your mix for specific formats, such as AAC or mp3, before encoding it using the plugin or the separate manager application for background batch processing.
- mp3, Apple AAC (Mac only), AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC-V2, xHE-AAC
- AAC-LC & HE-AAC multichannel
| The Pro-Codec offers 2 activations for each product licence you own. | |
| All licences must be kept on the same iLok account, and each activation will allow you to authorise your Plug-In using either of the following methods: | |
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| For more information about these choices please click here. | |
The Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec does not support Avid’s TDM/HDX hardware DSP platform. This includes Venue, S3L and S6L systems.
| Codec | Mode | 44.1 kHZ | 48 kHz | 88.2 kHZ | 96 kHZ |
| MP3 | CBR max/min | 13849/7345 | 13849/7345 | 26978/14690 | 26978/14690 |
| VBR | 37041 | 39127 | 74082 | 78254 | |
| AC-LC | CBR/VBR | 3648 | 3648 | 6144 | 6144 |
| HE-AAC | CBR max/min | 7398/7300 | 7398/7300 | 7296/3648 | 7296/3648 |
| VBR | 7300 | 7300 | 14600 | 14604 | |
| HE-AAC v2 | CBR/VBR | 9153 | 9153 | 18306 | 18306 |
| HD-AAC | n/a | 4096 | 4096 | 6144 | 6144 |
| AAC | VBR | 5120 | 8192 | 12288 | 12288 |
| NATIVE | |
| 44.1 – 48 kHz: | ✔ |
| 88.2 – 96 kHz: | ✔ |
| 176.4 – 192 kHz: | ✔ |
The Fraunhofer Pro-Codec is also available in the following money-saving bundles.
| Pro-Codec | Codec Toolbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time Codec auditioning | ✔ | ✔ |
| Encode to mp3 or AAC formats | ✔ | ✔ |
| Decode to WAV or AIFF | ✔ | ✔ |
| High quality codecs from Fraunhofer | ✔ | ✔ |
| High quality iTunes+ codec from Apple | ✔ | ✔ |
| Encode audio with samples rates up to 192kHz | ✔ | — |
| Encode audio only at 32, 44.1 and 48kHz | — | ✔ |
| Full resolution encoding of 16, 24 and 32-bit files | ✔ | — |
| 16-bit resolution encoding of 16, 24 and 32-bit files | — | ✔ |
| Listen to difference between input and codec output | ✔ | — |
| Visual frequency feedback from FFT | ✔ | — |
| Detailed NMR frequency indicator | ✔ | — |
| Ability to select up to 5 codecs for simultaneous comparison | ✔ | — |
| Encode to 5 different formats simultaneously | ✔ | — |
| ABX Test mode | ✔ | — |
| Trim levels manually | ✔ | — |
| Compression ratio meters | ✔ | — |
| Online / realtime encoding with a DAW | ✔ | — |
| Variable quality settings | ✔ | — |
| Metadata editing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Batch processing | ✔ | ✔ |
