Plugin Alliance Manley Ecliptic v1.0.0 is Manley’s first original equalizer plugin for Windows.
Developed in collaboration with Manley hardware developers, Ecliptic combines analog transformer models, filters, and equalizers for intuitive mixing and mastering of midrange and side frequencies. Shape the center and sides with a single set of controls, all out of the box.
Parallel EQ bands and interacting curves add depth, airiness, warmth, and an analog character. Ecliptic makes your sound bigger, wider, and more vibrant, from subtle mastering adjustments to bold mix bus shaping.
From Plugins to Hardware
For nearly two decades, Brainworx has been bringing legendary analog hardware to your DAW. With Ecliptic, they are exploring the opposite. User feedback will help shape Ecliptic future, and if enough users share the vision, Ecliptic will become Manley next hardware product.
Parallel, Not Serial
Most digital equalizers cycle through their ranges one after the other. Ecliptic low, mid, and high frequencies are summed in parallel, like a classic passive mastering equalizer. It enhances blending rather than layering, allowing you to push harder while still maintaining an open mix.
A Phase That Enhances Rather Than Cancels
Each stage in Ecliptic is a bell or a shelf, even the high and low frequencies. This allows parallel tracks to be phase-aligned, so the phase shift adds analog-style density to the sound rather than dulling it. The HPF and LPF are voiced to sound like filters without the typical filter phase shift.
Bands That Behave Like Electronic Circuits
Each Ecliptic control governs three or four bands that interact with each other, just like in real electronic circuits. The Mid Contour adds a wide ripple, a cutoff with a boost on both sides, to alter the midrange timbre in a way a standard EQ cannot. The low and high frequency bands have a curve that experienced mixing and mastering engineers use when working with real recordings.
Smooth When You Want It, Sharp When You Press the Pedal
A clean EQ sounds the same at any setting. Ecliptic does not. The harder you press the pedal, the more color and analog richness the EQ adds. Use it to add sophistication or create a distinctive sound.
Key Features
Modular creative multi-effects for tone, ambience, and movement
Build your own effects racks from six reorderable modules: Drive, Circuit, Drift, Comp, Noise, and Filter
Mid and Side processing available in every module
Global Scale control for instant overall intensity adjustments
Global Movement control for controlled unpredictability
Designed for quickly finding inspiration and achieving subtle results
More flexible than classic lo-fi instruments and more musical than destructive effects
Built from the ground up with Brainworx tone shaping expertise
Drive-dependent analog color and instability
Single set of Mid and Side controls with offset
Brainworx section with Solo M/S, Delta, Mono, and Width
Metering and auto gain
VST3 and AAX formats for Windows
Format and Compatibility
Formats: VST3, AAX for Windows.
Compatible with major DAWs including Ableton Live, Cubase, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Studio One, Reaper, and Bitwig.
File Size: 110.8 MB
