- Product: Dogma
- Developer: AP Mastering
- Version: 1.0.0
- Format: VST3, AAX
- Requirements: Windows 10 or later
- Source: ip.apmastering.com/plugins/dogma
Dogma is a professional mastering plugin designed for mastering albums and EPs as well as single tracks.
Features
- Automatic instance switching
- Vertically decoupled 8 band dynamic EQ with variable convexity
- Stereo plane ribbon correlation meter
- World class true peak limiter
- Direct EQ band commenting
- Macro tonality isolated from spectrum
- Elliptical filter, DC offset filter
- LF constraining, limiter padding
- Full state file based import/export
One window. One workflow. Zero friction.
Automatic instance switching
DOGMA switches instances based on the currently playing song. No more hunting through windows to find which EQ belongs to which track. Your entire album master lives in one seamless view.
Self-documenting processing
Right-click any EQ band and write a note explaining what it does. Come back weeks later for vinyl files and know instantly why that dynamic band exists. Collaborate without confusion.
Vertically decoupled EQ bands
Band position no longer dictates gain — move bands (and the filter curve itself) out of the way of your analyser and keep working with total precision. No control panels covering the exact frequency you’re trying to see.
A radical usability upgrade for professional mastering workflows.
Dynamic EQ with three engines
Up to eight frequency-specific bands, including a redesigned LOG² algorithm, originally designed for Curvature. Frequency-decoupled sidechain detection means you can route any frequency range to any dynamic EQ.
The ribbon meter
Standard correlation meters tell you something’s wrong. DOGMA’s ribbon meter shows you where: correlation and stereo field information across the entire spectrum, simultaneously. If it’s too fat, there’s a problem.
Share entire masters, DAW-free
Export your complete plugin state and send it to anyone, regardless of DAW or OS. Artists can hand their mastering engineer a demo master with every decision annotated directly on the EQ bands. No more bouncing multiple versions with and without limiting.
A limiter that actually sounds good
At sensible levels it’s transparent. Pushed to breaking point, it breaks up gracefully. Compared to some of the world’s best limiter plugins, it’s arguably more transparent.
Loaded with Alain’s own personal defaults
DOGMA opens with the exact settings I use on client work — not a blank canvas. Every feature in this plugin is something I personally use routinely. Zero bloat.
It’s called DOGMA because it’s dogmatic. It’s my workflow. One that’s mastered thousands of records. It says: do it this way.
Also inside
- Sum and difference channel monitoring
- Elliptical filter
- Left, right, mid or side per-band EQ
- Parallel bus compressor with three algorithms
- Bass limiting
- RMS metering
- One-control tilt EQ
- Variable convexity dynamic EQ
- Limiter padding
- Fully resizable, glitch-free UI
- Crystal-clear spectrum analyser
