Metric Halo Releases David's 2bus

Metric Halo and Make Believe Studios have collaborated on David's 2bus which they describe as designed for producers, musicians, and mix engineers who want to add heft and space to their mix. They say that you can treat David's 2Bus as your analog 2Bus processing chain and find that your mixes come together faster, bigger, wider, and better. 

David Gnozzi told us, "David's 2bus is the 1st of the signature 'MixbusTv' line of plugins we developed with MH and MB. I wanted to start with what I consider a big part of my sound, a combination of processors that time and time again proved to work on almost every mix. I also wanted to make it simple to use and almost take the guess work out of the equation, just hit the right level and mix into it and your mix will be easier and come together much faster. What I didn't expect is that this plugin turned out to be so versatile and now the biggest engineers out there are using it for creative effects too."

David's 2bus takes inspiration from David Gnozzi's famous 2bus processing.

David is well known for his analog collection and the skills to use it and over the years he developed a quite muscular chain of analog pieces that he found worked the best in a specific combination and with specific settings.

We developed the plugin by capturing his chain and removed the guesswork by giving the user a very friendly interface with a few key controls that do a lot of things under the hood.

The processor was ear-tuned by our team and David himself. David's 2Bus is a combination of tape saturation, transformers and different stereo effects all in one.

Designed primarily as a 2bus processor, is meant to be used as a first instance on your mixbus: hitting it at the right level is key for this plugin. The two green LED in the metering are not there by chance.

Operation is simple: Use the input and output knobs to make sure you hit the right level and get the right amount of tape saturation, bump, and transient control. Then, dial in transformer enhancement with the Texture knob and the two different flavors A and B. Finally,finish it off with a little stereo manipulation. Follow up with your favorite compressor and you're good go to!

While originally conceived as a master-bus processor, the plugin doesn't stop there. Engineers around the world are using this "off label", applying much more aggressive settings and extreme stereo effects to single tracks and groups. From vocals to guitars this plugin is as much a creative tool for modern mixing as it is a subtle processing for your entire mix. 

Key Features

•     Detailed model of David Gnozzi's analog 2Bus chain with tape, transformer and space modeling
•     Add weight and definition
•     Control dynamics with analog saturation
•     Adjust and enhance the spatial aspects of your mix
•     World-class Signal Processing and Workflow
•     Adjustable UI size
•     MH Preset Manager - Provides cross-platform presets

Pricing and Availability:
$89.00 intro price until June 12, 2026. MSRP: $179.00

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