The Best Upmix/Downmix Plugins Keeps Getting Even Better
Penteo, the award winning audio upmix and downmix software, keeps getting a whole lot better.
With a raft of improvements to an already powerful feature set, Penteo recent enhancements deliver the ultimate tool for audio reversioning, offering unparalleled versatility for audio professionals navigating through diverse audio formats such as Dolby Atmos, Binaural, and other immersive formats.
Penteo audio plug-ins simplify the complex process of upmixing and downmixing, ensuring that reversioning between formats retain the highest fidelity and spatial accuracy 100% ITU to source. Penteo supports 62 audio formats including all Dolby Atmos and Surround formats, 7th order Ambisonics support up to 64 channels, plus an embeded direct Binaural and LtRt renderer, empowers audio professionals to seamlessly convert between an extensive range of formats, ensuring optimal listening experiences across all platforms.
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All Audio Formats Supported
Alex Gamble | Juno Award-Winning Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Mixer
“Penteo has ended up in almost every Dolby Atmos mix I've done: it is the most robust and best sounding upmixer that I have used. Penteo is perfect for bringing stereo content closer to the centre of the room, but doesn't come with the phase issues I've seen in other upmixers.”
Steven Wilson | Producer, Audio Engineer, Artist | stevenwilsonhq.com
“If I'm remixing a classic album for which some multitracks are missing, Penteo creates an incredibly pure immersive upmix that enables me to keep the intregrity of the album sequence playback in spatial. I can't work without it.”
Thom Paisley | Senior Audio Engineer & Owner Hurricane Sound
“Penteo is still our go-to immersive upmix/downmix plugin. It sounds fantastic, supports all the audio formats we need, can be dialled-in quickly, and always downmixes perfectly.We often upmix Stereo SFX stems to 5.1 Surround or Dolby Atmos and need to keep the mono content in the centre speaker. Penteo's new Autodetect Mono mode does this perfectly, making our workflows faster and more creative.”
Robin Walsh | Owner & Chief Engineer | Assegai Audio
“1 completed the 5.1 Surround music upmixes for Shaka iLembe, delivering 32 massive music cues in 3 days for the first episode! Penteo's ease of use was literally the star of the show, because it made upmixing Stereo sources into Surround so intuitive. The fact that every track downmixed perfectly was mind-blowing! Using the rear shelf and diffuse modes gave me the creative control I needed.”
Alan Meyerson Supervising Score Mixer Remote Control Productions
“I couldn't live without Penteo in my daily Surround and Atmos workflows. Penteo upmixes always deliver the speed and quality I need.”
Alex Gamble | Juno Award-Winning Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Mixer
“Penteo has ended up in almost every Dolby Atmos mix I've done: it is the most robust and best sounding upmixer that I have used. Penteo is perfect for bringing stereo content closer to the centre of the room, but doesn't come with the phase issues I've seen in other upmixers.”
Steven Wilson | Producer, Audio Engineer, Artist | stevenwilsonhq.com
“If I'm remixing a classic album for which some multitracks are missing, Penteo creates an incredibly pure immersive upmix that enables me to keep the intregrity of the album sequence playback in spatial. I can't work without it.”
A Penteo plugin for every audio format reversioning workflow
Surround Upmixer | Downmixer
All Surround formats up to 7.1
100% ITU downmix from 15 formats
2nd Order Ambisonics Encoder / Decoder
Binaural monitor
16 Formats | 14 Creative Controls
Atmos Upmixer | Downmixer
All Surround & Atmos formats up to 9.1.6
100% ITU downmix from 42 formats
3rd Order Ambisonics Encoder / Decoder
43 Formats | 21 Creative Controls
Advanced Audio Reversioning
Every format + enhanced creative controls
100% ITU downmix from 61 formats
7th Order Ambisonics Encoder / Decoder
Binaural, LCRS & LtRt renderers
62 Formats | 28 Creative Controls
Supported Platforms
Why Penteo?
Exceptional Sound - Uniquely Pure Phaseless Upmixer
No unwanted sonic upmix artifacts
Follows original mixers' intent precisely
Wide front stage with broad channel separation
Center and Overhead vocals isolation
Perfect Downmix - Every Upmix Is A Perfect Downmix
Every upmix downmixes 100% ITU
Downmixer with downmix compatibility monitor
Creative Workflow Controls - Automate and Speed Key Tasks
DropVox – suppress vocals from Upper channels
Boost mode- connect Rear channels to front stage
4 Center & 4 Upper & 4 Bottom sound control modes
Tilt – shift Upper channels forward
Left / Right Sweep Control
Advanced LF controls
Group Solo & Mute
Minimal Mode – reduce plugin size by 60%
Presets for Facebook & Youtube audio creation
ITU Downmix Compatibility Monitor
Switch upmix/downmix formats without plugin reinitiation
All Audio Formats - Can Be Upmixed Or Downmixed
DTS X
AURO 3D
PRESETS for Facebook 360 & YouTube 360
New Creative Workflow Controls in Penteo version 6
Autodetect Upmix/Downmix mode
Rear / Upper / Bottom Diffuse controls
Stem Upmix/Passthrough mode
Independent Rear / Upper / Bottom shelf filters
Autodetect Mono – Center vocal isolation
Full Phantom Center
Autodefault upmix DSP
Multi-link Faders
DAW Channel Order Autodetect
5 Universal Music Group Atmos Presets
Peak Signal Meters
Recent Enhancements
Audio Formats Added
7 Ambisonics formats from 2 channel UHJ to 7th Order Ambix
Direct Binaural renderer from 62 audio formats
5 advanced audio formats for Octophonic Cube, hybrid 360RA 16.0 & Atmos 7.0.7
4 audio restoration formats including LtRt, LCRS, LCRS+LFE, 2.1
New Creative Controls and Presets
10 creative sound shaping workflow controls
5 Universal Music Group Atmos presets
Center hold for vocals and mono-like stems
Be The Master Of Your Audio Universe
Audio Reversioning
In the modern world of professional audio production, the ability to adapt and transform audio content is not just valuable; it's essential. This is where the concept of 'Audio Reversioning' comes into play—a term that encapsulates the dynamic process of modifying audio files to suit various playback environments. Read more
The Challenge
Imagine you're tasked with creating an audio landscape for a piece of media that will be consumed in a multitude of environments: in the cinema with Atmos, on television in stereo, or through headphones in binaural. Each of these settings demands a different audio profile for optimum consumption, Penteo is the leader in Upmixing, Downmixing, and format conversion. Whatever your audio reversioning needs, Penteo has you covered.
Formats
Get all your needs met in one plugin. Other similar plugins don’t offer the flexibility of Penteo. To do the same thing using those plugins can cost almost twice as much as the Penteo solution.
Used on Top Film / TV / Streaming / Games / VR / Music Mixes
Since 2012, Penteo Audio Plugins have been at the forefront of audio reversioning. Every Penteo plugin can upmix, downmix and reversion any audio format. Today, thousands of post-production sound designers, mixers, composers and educators rely on Penteo in over 60 countries.
Penteo’s unique phaseless DSP delivers a perfect upmix that will always downmix back to the original source 100% ITU. Penteo’s pure process delivers a deeply immersive upmix with wide channel separation without losing the depth and clarity of the original mix.
