I won't say where from, but I only just purchase an A/B app and it only just about comes up to scratch to this amazing and FREE release! It will be my go-to for sure!
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True AB helps you hear why your mix sounds different from a released track, from overpowering bass to details that get lost. Compare at matched loudness, see frequency differences, and explore phone, car and club speaker models without leaving your session.
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True AB Referencing helps you hear how your track stacks up against released music, so you know what needs adjusting before it leaves your studio.
For the first five years of my career, I underestimated A/B referencing. Then I took my laptop to a club where I used to DJ and played my unfinished track beside a released record. I immediately heard differences I’d been missing in the studio.
That experience showed me why referencing matters. We made flow AB referencing so you can make those comparisons inside your own session and hear what needs work, whatever setup you’re mixing on.
Erik Heirman, Founder of Rapid Flow
Switch between your mix and a finished reference to hear the difference immediately. True AB referencing brings the reference down to your track’s level, so extra loudness won’t skew your judgment.
Start with the club system model and compare your track’s low-end weight with a released reference. Then explore the other playback models to hear which details stay clear and where the balance changes, while you can still make adjustments in your session.
True AB lets you check what weakens in mono and listen to the side signal for low-end clutter in wide reverbs. Hear where the problem is before deciding what to change.
Expand the spectrum to inspect the frequency balance, check your loudness and peaks, or listen to the side signal for low-end clutter in wide effects. Give your next adjustment a clear reason.
Mixing without a reference
Mixing with True AB
Choose the view that keeps your session easy to follow. Switch between Light and Dark themes to suit your workspace, and expand the spectrum when you need a closer look at your mix’s frequency balance.
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 155 reviews.
I won't say where from, but I only just purchase an A/B app and it only just about comes up to scratch to this amazing and FREE release! It will be my go-to for sure!
Everyone should get it! CPU easy and easy to navigate!!
I love it, I wish they would add more monitoring options or something like that, but it's good.
Loving the swiftness and simplicity of True AB from Rapidflow. There's so many useful features packed into this tool. I especially love how everything is essentially "right there". Nice one!
Great plugin—you can do so many important things with it ! thank's a lot !
Perfect tool, for made perfect job !! love it !!
I was able to fix some issues with this tool in a quick way. Thank you
low on cpu usage and pretty helpful!
Most easy to use and understand reference vst
super bon produit j,adore merci a toi
I really found this helpful using a reference track to compare my mix with. I made changes that I wouldn’t have otherwise made. Thank you for helping my mixes sound more professional.
Un plugin increíble, era usuaria del A/B de otra compañia y lo reemplace por completo, mas claro, más intuitivo, hace todo lo que tiene que ser, realmente útil y preciso!! Feliz!!
Very nice plugin!
True AB by Rapid Flow has quickly replaced my previous EQ reference plugin. It outperforms other market leaders thanks to several standout features: • Real-time visual feedback for both active and reference tracks • Seamless level matching • Delta monitoring • Support for up to 5 reference tracks simultaneously
It's awesome, autogain is a bit finicky, maybe add different modes? Like one for, peak, rms, etc, some filtering options - being able to hone in on any part of the spectrum, compare lows, high mids etc, stereo image, correlation and dynamics would be great, also different slope options, I prefer 4.5, and optimised sync...
It’s a great tool; I also have Melda MCompare—that one is just as good, plus it has a spectrum analyzer. Thanks a lot!
Very useful tool to see in What frequencies I should revise.
I've been loving this product so much since I got it. It's very straightforward to use, and the auto-gain compensation makes comparing my mix with my reference track such a breeze. I love how intuitive the plugin is to use!
Easy to install works well. Great to compare with other tracks as a reference gives accurate feedback
Love True AB by Rapid Flow!
Really awesome!! Exactly what I needed
great plugin! Helps a lot with my mixes. Now they are much better! Thanx a lot!
True AB became essential to me in no time. It offers what metric ab is still missing.
Truthfully, I have only used it on 3 projects that I am currently working on, but am seeing a big benefit so far. It is very promising given the fact that even though it is rough drafts that I have used it on, my car test is pretty spot on,so far.
Not yet in reference stage but the layout and flexibility is very good.
Simples e funcional!
True help in master!!!!
A convenient and useful utility! Thanks!
Cool tool !! Thanks!
Is the modern version of Metric AB...very nice!
True AB Good product. Thank you! It's a shame there's no option to isolate any frequency range. Overall, everything is fine.
Thank you, it's genius!
True A B plug-in is amazing. Super helpful to make your mixes sound like pros. Thanks to the Rapidflow team for making this tool available for free.
i think this is great tool. but maybe this tool need one more feature like ability to show the width by frequency band or show dunamics by frequency band. forgive me for my english is not my native language.
It's nice to have an alternative to the old industry standard, metric AB. It was even cooler of Rapid Flow to give this out as a freebie to folks! Thanks guys!
Looks great but still trying to figure it out. A tutorial for beginners would be greatly appreciated.
Loved the speaker environments sections and the AB and reference section made it easier than in my daw. The icing on the cake was getting it for free, thank you very much.
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This plugin has a simple display and is easy to use—it's excellent.
It's everything one could wish for in a referencing A-B plugin!. I must be honest ! I am new to referencing and comparing my mixes with pro mixes, but it is so intuitive and easy to do that I now use it all the time. I now feel more confident with my musical output!! Thanks for a great tool!! And it was free!! ;-)))
True AB Referencing runs as a lightweight plugin inside your DAW, designed to integrate seamlessly with your system and existing workflow.
VST3 64-bit
AU 64-bit, VST3 64-bit
Windows version on Wine + bridging VST3 with Yabridge
No physical dongle necessary
Our plug-ins should work with any compatible DAW. We test against the following:
