HoRNet AutoGain Pro

AutoGain Pro 1.3.2 is available, this update is free for owners of the plugin and includes:

• Added native support for AAX plugin format with Apple Silicon Processors

Advanced volume levelling and automation

HoRNet AutoGain Pro: Precision Gain Control with Intelligent Automation

HoRNet AutoGain Pro is the evolution of one of our best-selling plugins, the original HoRNet AutoGain. It takes the same powerful and efficient DSP algorithm at its core and enhances it with advanced features like internal reference selection, peak detection, reversed gain processing, and customizable gain limits. While keeping all the fast and effective capabilities of the original, AutoGain Pro offers significantly more flexibility and precision for those who need deeper control over volume automation and dynamic leveling.

If you’re working with vocal tracks, instruments, or any source where maintaining consistent volume levels is key, AutoGain Pro is designed to intelligently assist you in creating smooth, musical gain adjustments in real time. Whether you’re mixing, mastering, live streaming, or post-producing, this plugin becomes an essential tool to automate gain riding with transparency and control.

Adaptive Gain with Internal or External Reference

The heart of AutoGain Pro lies in its adaptive behavior. The plugin works by listening to your audio signal and attempting to keep it dynamically balanced with a reference signal. This reference can be either external—fed from another track or sidechain—or internal, allowing the plugin to respond to its own input. This makes it incredibly flexible in different contexts: from ducking effects and leveling dialogue against background music, to creating tight parallel compression-like dynamics or even automating vocals for constant perceived loudness.

You also get complete control over how the plugin reacts to both the main and the reference signal. With adjustable attack and release times for each side, you can precisely shape the responsiveness of the automatic gain adjustments. Whether you want fast, transparent corrections or slower, more musical movements, AutoGain Pro lets you tailor the behavior to your exact needs.

Advanced Features for Professional Control

Unlike the standard version, AutoGain Pro introduces a series of pro-level enhancements that significantly extend its capabilities. One of the most powerful is the ability to define minimum and maximum gain limits. This means you can restrict how much the plugin boosts or reduces the signal, ensuring that the automated gain riding remains natural and within bounds. No more over-processing or unnatural dips—just clean, musical results.

Another key feature is the option for reverse gain processing, which allows the plugin to operate like a ducker. Instead of increasing gain to match the reference, it reduces gain when the reference becomes louder. This is ideal for use cases like ducking music behind dialogue or sound effects during voiceovers or narration.

You also get peak detection, which adds another layer of analysis beyond RMS-style behavior. Peak detection helps the plugin react faster and more precisely to transients, making it perfect for more aggressive or percussive material where fast response is required.

Visual Feedback and Gain Metering

While your ears always come first, having a visual reference of what’s happening under the hood can be incredibly helpful—especially with subtle automation. That’s why AutoGain Pro features an integrated gain display, offering a real-time oscilloscope-style view of both the input and reference signals, as well as the gain adjustments being applied. This makes it easier to fine-tune parameters, troubleshoot routing, or simply understand how the plugin is reacting to dynamic changes in your material.

Two floating meters show peak levels right next to the input and output gain controls, giving you constant visual monitoring of your signal path. With AutoGain Pro, it’s easy to keep your gain structure clean and under control.

Fine-Tuned Volume Automation

Where the original AutoGain offered a streamlined “speed” control, AutoGain Pro gives you full control over attack and release times for both the main and reference signals independently. This allows you to adapt the plugin’s responsiveness to every unique track or mix context. For example, you can set a fast attack with a slower release for tight vocal control, or a slower attack and fast release to let transients through on drums while managing their decay.

The plugin also features an adjustable gain range, which acts like a dynamic threshold—controlling the intensity of gain changes and avoiding over-correction. Whether you want smooth automation with subtle volume riding or a more pronounced dynamic leveling, AutoGain Pro adapts to your needs.

Classic Mode for Instant Setup

While AutoGain Pro is designed for deep control, it hasn’t forgotten the users who love the simplicity of the original AutoGain. With the press of a button, you can activate Classic Mode, which greys out many of the advanced parameters and restores the internal behaviors of the original version. This is ideal for quick setups or when you simply need a fast, automatic gain rider without tweaking every control.

In Classic Mode, the release controls for both main and reference signals are linked and act like the original plugin’s speed knob. You can also adjust the level gain to change sensitivity and use the gain range as the original “range” control. This mode ensures you still get that fast AutoGain workflow, now enhanced with a modern UI and visual feedback.

Efficient and Transparent Performance

AutoGain Pro is optimized to be light on CPU while delivering transparent and accurate automation. It works seamlessly across a wide range of DAWs and is available in all major plugin formats (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX). Whether you’re working on a detailed studio mix or live performance setup, AutoGain Pro ensures consistent output without adding noticeable latency or coloration.

Conclusion: A Smarter Way to Ride the Fader

With a blend of intelligent automation, precise control, and visual feedback, HoRNet AutoGain Pro is the ultimate solution for gain riding and dynamic volume management. Whether you’re cleaning up vocals, balancing instruments, controlling narration levels, or creating special effects like ducking, AutoGain Pro gives you the tools, flexibility, and speed to get the job done right. It builds upon the original AutoGain with professional enhancements and remains a go-to plugin for producers and engineers who want intelligent dynamics control without the hassle of drawing automation manually.