There’s a very smart chap who lives in Wellington in New Zealand called Justin. He works at Park Road Post a lot of the time. He works in audio post. He gets thrown some “curly” problems from time to time, as I’m sure you can imagine.
Consequently, he makes his own solutions - Maggot Software. Not a lovely name, but great tools.
Justin has just released a new plugin which I am quite in love with. If you are mixing ITB in ProTools you’ll be familiar with the old sub path limitations – ie routing an LCR track into a 5.1 track and its fixed to the front array, you cant move it around within that space – until now. Spanner gives you exactly that power, to be able to pan within otherwise un-pannable situations. At only US$199 (introductory offer, normally $250) and with Maggot software’s reliable name on it, it’s an absolute steal for anyone who is mixing in surround in the box. Just buy it already. Here’s some videos showing how it awesomely works – love the smoothing function and shortcuts to toe things in and out. Brilliant work Justin!










