Mixing Essentials · Channel strip
Listn Channel Strip
Gate. Squeeze. Shape.
Gate, Compressor, EQ, De-esser, Tape and Limiter in one window.

The strip in every channel of the mixer, with a module for each job and a curve or meter for each module.
- Six modules, each on or off
- Input trim and polarity
- Presets and A and B
Dynamics
Gate and compress with a picture.
Each module shows what it is doing: the gate curve, the reduction of the compressor, the EQ curve with numbered bands you can drag.

- Gate, Compressor, EQ
- Numbered EQ bands
Color
Tape drive and a limiter last.
Drive the tape for warmth, de-ess the vocal and catch the peaks with the limiter at the end of the strip.
- De-esser, Tape, Limiter
- Each module on or off

Listn Channel Strip
Where it shines
- Vocals
- Drums
- Bass
- Guitars
- Keys
- Every channel
What you need
Windows
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or 11, 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel or AMD, 64 bit
- Memory
- 8 GB, 16 GB for big projects
- Audio
- ASIO or Windows audio
- Plugins
- The Listn plugins, plus your VST3
macOS
- Operating system
- A recent macOS
- Processor
- Apple silicon or Intel
- Memory
- 8 GB, 16 GB for big projects
- Audio
- Core Audio
- Plugins
- The Listn plugins, plus your VST3 and AU
Comes with Listn Studio
Put it onyour track.
Download Listn Studio, open the mixer and it is in the insert list. Every module and every setting, nothing extra to unlock.
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Download
Get Listn Studio for Windows or Mac and sign in.
- 2
Open the mixer
Press + in an insert slot and pick it under Listn effects.
- 3
Make it yours
Save your settings as a preset and learn its knobs on your controller.
Listn Studio
Full license, every plugin
- Every Listn plugin, the ones coming too
- Windows and Mac on your own computers
- Your VST3 and AU plugins beside them
- MIDI learn on every knob
- Updates to this version
Mixing Essentials
Also in the bundle
Listn Reverb Reverb Listn EQ Six band EQ Compressor Compressor Delay Delay Chorus Chorus Phaser Phaser Filter Filter Pitch shift Pitch shifter Listn Width Stereo width Listn Mono Stereo toolsQuestions
Before you ask.
Where is it?
In every channel of the mixer: press the strip button on a channel, or show Strip from the side of the mixer.
Do I pay for the plugins?
No. Every Listn plugin comes with Listn Studio, and the ones still coming arrive as free updates to this version.
Do they work in other DAWs?
The Listn plugins run inside Listn Studio. Your own VST3 and AU plugins run beside them.
Can I control them from a MIDI controller?
Yes. Right click any knob and choose Learn, then move a control on your keyboard, pads or mixer.
How many computers?
Your license works on your own computers, Windows and Mac.
Where do I get help?
Write to us from the Contact page, or use Help, Report a bug or an idea in Listn Studio.