Dangerous Music Digital® Debuts Its First Official Plugin: The CONVERT-AD+

Mastering-grade analog sonics, unique Gain Fracturing, and color circuits for a new digital era from Dangerous Music.

Dangerous Music today announces a defining moment in the company’s history: the launch of Dangerous Music Digital® and its first-ever official plugin—a certified, meticulously crafted software version of the acclaimed CONVERT-AD+ converter. Developed in partnership with Studio DMI and Acustica Audio, the CONVERT-AD+ Plugin brings one of Dangerous Music’s most iconic analog designs into the digital domain with unprecedented authenticity and expanded creative control.

For decades, Dangerous Music hardware has shaped the sound of modern records with beautiful analog circuits, rich harmonic character, and mastering-grade precision trusted by world-class mixers, producers, and studios. Until now, that sonic DNA has lived almost exclusively in physical hardware. The CONVERT-AD+ Plugin marks an inflection point: a Dangerous flagship has been officially modeled, sanctioned, and released in software form under Dangerous Music Digital.

“For years, artists and engineers have asked when Dangerous would bring our analog heritage into the digital world,” said marek stycos, President of Dangerous Music. “Launching Dangerous Music Digital® realizes that path to hardware re-creation, but more importantly it extends the event horizon into the realm of profound imagination. Every single one of us uses both analog and digital tools every day. Dangerous Music Digital is actively choosing to intertwine both methodologies. The CONVERT-AD+ plugin is simply the first step. Keep your ears peeled.”

A collaboration grounded in real-world workflow
The plugin was designed with creative input from GRAMMY Award-winning producer and mixer Luca Pretolesi, who has relied on the hardware version of the CONVERT-AD+ for years at Studio DMI.

“Having used the CONVERT-AD+ hardware on countless records, expanding it into a plugin only made sense,” said Pretolesi. “Its unique clipping behavior—what Dangerous calls Gain Fracturing—is part of what makes the converter so special. Bringing that into the DAW gives producers and mixers the same punch, attitude, and control we depend on, now with even more flexibility.”

CONVERT-AD+ Plugin: Analog DNA, Digital Precision
The plugin faithfully captures the behavior, dynamics, and harmonic signature of the hardware while expanding its capabilities for the DAW:

● Gain Fracturing for musical, controlled digital clipping
● X-FORMER II captures the classic Hammond transformers
● EMPHASIS for warmth, presence, and 2nd-order harmonic lift
● Advanced metering with LUFS, crest factor, overshoot, peak, RMS, and gain reduction
● Four Views for workflow-tailored monitoring (Standard, Extended, Gain, Meter)
● Dual-Source Inputs for instant A/B instrument and mix-bus chain comparisons
● Oversampling up to 16×, Auto Sample-Rate Detection, Clip Guard®, Wordclock Bypass

Availability
The Dangerous Music CONVERT-AD+ Plugin is available now exclusively through Acustica Audio in VST3, AAX, and AU formats for macOS and Windows. A fully functional 30-day trial can be downloaded through the Acustica Aquarius application.

Pricing
$179

For more information please visit: https://www.acustica-audio.com/shop/...CONVERT-ADPLUS






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