Centre Weight
Shift a band toward a firmer centre or a more open stereo distribution while keeping the move musically balanced.
Jagger Audio / Jab
Make the mix hold together.
Jab is a four-band stereo conditioner built around the part of the mix that has to survive: the centre.
VST3 · AU · macOS / WindowsInterface previewDevelopment build / visual reference
01
The idea
One stereo mix. Four different jobs.
The low end rarely wants the same stereo treatment as cymbals and ambience. Jab splits the signal into four coherent bands, so each part of the spectrum can carry the right amount of centre strength and width.
Internally, Jab uses M/S processing. Externally, it talks about the decision you are actually making: whether the centre feels solid, whether the edges are helping, and whether the result survives mono.
Low20 Hz – 120 Hz
Keep weight and impact anchored.
Low-Mid120 Hz – 1 kHz
Manage body without clouding the centre.
High-Mid1 kHz – 6 kHz
Protect vocals, snare, and forward motion.
High6 kHz – 20 kHz
Open the air without losing mono confidence.
02
The controls
Broad decisions, not parameter archaeology.
Width
Scale the stereo spread independently in every band, from mono to deliberately wide.
Drive
Four voiced saturation stages add weight, density, edge, or smooth high-frequency colour where it belongs.
03
Translation
Check the failure modes while you work.
Mono
Fold the full mix to mono and hear immediately whether the centre still carries the arrangement.
Speaker
A blunt, band-limited mono lens for the question that matters: does the punch survive a small box?
safe
Each band reports a quiet, glanceable warning before phase cancellation becomes a surprise.
Under the panel
Signal flow
Minimum-phase crossovers, coherent band processing, and latency-aware Drive. The neutral path is verified by null testing, not by assumption.
Input→4-way crossover→Centre / width→Drive / dynamics→Monitor→Output
Availability
Jab is in active development.
The core processing and interface are being built and tested now. Pricing, trial details, and the public beta date will be announced when the release is ready to earn a place in a real session.
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