Complement your workflow Halo Downmix enables precise downmixing, surround balancing, mix monitoring and sophisticated stereo fold-down. The glue that brings your workflow together, allowing you to deliver in surround and stereo with ease, and without compromise. Produce better downmixes and enhance the downmix compatibility of your surround mixes, with an interface perfectly designed for the task in hand. Halo Downmix is the ideal complement to any surround workflow. Precise control Streamline your workflow with versatile downmix balancing and mix monitoring. Downmix surround-to-stereo Fine-tune surround-to-surround Regulate low frequency content Maintain dialog clarity Control excess ambient sound Remove delay artefacts Monitor surround and stereo in-place 3D Immersive Extension The 3D Immersive Extension option for Halo Downmix adds the ability to downmix from 7.1.2 and 7.1.4. Parallel workflows Halo Downmix can also be used in conjunction with the NUGEN Receive plug-in (included) to enable a parallel surround/stereo workflow. This allows for rapid A/B checks between the full surround mix and the stereo downmix. Flexible, intuitive interface Halo Downmix provides a highly creative solution for precise downmixing. Intuitive, visual controls for relative levels, timing, and direct/ambient sound balance allow unprecedented fine-tuning, delivering accurate downmixes no longer limited by typical in-the-box processes. Halo Downmix’s highly customisable interface includes both advanced & compact modes, with quick-select ‘in-place’ monitoring of stereo and surround signals, as well as quick linked solo and mute functions at every stage, and clear visualisation of surround energy distribution. Typical applications Surround-to-stereo downmixing Surround re-balancing and fine-tuning Simultaneous surround/stereo workflow Surround restoration Stereo production within a surround workflow Maintaining dialog clarity in surround Removing rear-delay artefacts from legacy upmixing practices