Fiedler Audio Armada
Multi-channel VST3 Wrapper
Use Your Favorite VST3 Plug-Ins In Any Channel Layout
Armada lets you use your VST3 plug-in arsenal on your entire Dolby Atmos mix, Higher Order Ambisonics, any given channel layout from mono to 9.1.6 to NHK 22.2, Auro 3D, Eclipsa or whatever will be invented in the future.
Load Armada as VST3, AU, AAX or OBAM plug-in into your favorite DAW or into the Master Channel in Fiedler's Dolby Atmos Composer and Mastering Console.
The intuitive and rapid workflow helps you keep the overview even in the most complex and demanding mixing scenarios.
Really Any Format
Armada lets you load your favourite VST3 effects on anything, from mono and stereo up to 128 channels.
Process any channel layout, Higher Order Ambisonics and entire Dolby Atmos mixes in the DAW of your choice.
Fine tune armada's output with the channel mixer.
Dolby Atmos Mix Processing
As an OBAM plug-in loadable into the Dolby Atmos Composer and the Mastering Console, armada is the only way of processing an entire Dolby Atmos mix with any VST3 effect plug-in in one instance.
Unmatched ease of use and speed, even for the most complex mixes.
Global Sidechaining
Link processing across an arbitrary number of armada instances using the sidechain feature in global groups.
Use the sidechain mixer to customize what is going into the sidechain input of the loaded VST3 plug-in.
Ultimate Flexibility and Speed
Group your channels in a meaningful way for applying individual settings to the effects processing them.
Use global groups for linking various instances accross your mixing session.
Presets for Rapid Session Setup
Armada has a built in preset system for splitting your channels into meaning full groups.
Create your own presets for custom grouping and re-using them across your mixing and mastering sessions.
Multi-threaded Audio Processing
When loading a demanding VST3 plug-in into a multi-channel environment the multithreaded audio processing engine in armada can come in handy.
Adjust the number of threads per armada instance to the needs of your session.
Features
- Load any VST3 FX plug-in into armada for processing any speaker layout, HOA, Auro3D, Eclipsa and entire Dolby Atmos Mixes
- Use your entire VST3 plug-in arsenal in the Master Channel of Dolby Atmos Composer and Mastering Console as armada OBAM plug-in
- Link an arbitrary number of armada instances across your mixing session via global groups
- Use groups and their sidechain mixer to do linked processing, such as dynamics on any format and globally
- Intuitive and rapid workflow even in the most demanding and complex mixing scenarios
- Channel mixer for finetuned output signal
- Multi threading for maximum channel counts even with demanding VST3 plug-ins loaded
- External sidechain input with up to 64 channels (depends on DAW)
- Preset system for rapid session setup (quickly grouping the channels)
System Requirements
- MacOS 12 Monterey and above
- Officially supported up to MacOS 26 Tahoe
- Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
- Intel or Apple Silicon CPU
- 4GB RAM or more
- 1440x900px screen resolution or higher
Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, OBAM, and VST3
User Manual
