FREE Mix Bus Polisher
One knob for master bus polish — turn it up and your mix s...
- Type
- Audio Effect
- Author
- AnalogWaveStudio
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- None
- Live version
- 12.0.5
- Max version
- 8.6.2
- Downloads
- 0
- Updated
- 2026-04-12
FREE Mix Bus Polisher is an Audio Effect for Ableton Live by AnalogWaveStudio, distributed as freeware, with no license specified by the author. It targets Live 12.0.5 and Max 8.6.2. Published 2026-04-12.
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Description
One knob for master bus polish — turn it up and your mix sounds finished.
OneKnob Finisher is a single-control master bus processor that adds compression, saturation, EQ sweetening, and limiting in one move. No routing, no plugin chain — just turn the knob from clean to polished and stop when the mix sounds done. Built for that last 5% of polish without changing your mix.
Quick Start
Place on the master bus — very last in your chain, after everything.
Turn the knob clockwise until the mix feels glued and present, then back off slightly.
A/B with bypass at matched loudness to make sure you’re improving, not just loudening.
Tips
Less is more — the sweet spot is usually between 9 and 2 o’clock on the knob.
Use before export or streaming to add that finished quality without a full mastering chain.
Pair with AWS Trim before the device if your mix is already running hot into the master.
Requirements
Ableton Live 11 or later (Suite or Standard with Max for Live)
Max for Live enabled in Live’s preferences