Strata

See Your Mix from a New Perspective

Strata Standard by Crickets Audio is an innovative spectral analysis and monitoring tool that helps you understand the relationship between every track in your project. Instead of displaying only a single channel or the master output, Strata visualizes your mix as layered spectral data, making overlapping frequency content, relative track levels and low-end buildup immediately visible.

Using synchronized Strata Track and Strata Vision instances, Strata creates a real-time spectral visualization of your entire session. This clear overview lets you identify competing frequency areas between instruments and make precise mixing decisions with greater confidence.

Fast, Intuitive Workflow

Strata is built around two dedicated components that work seamlessly together:

• Strata Track is inserted at the end of every track you want to analyze. It passes the audio through unchanged while transmitting spectral information.
• Strata Vision acts as the central display, collecting data from all Track instances into a single real-time visualization.

The result is a comprehensive view of your mix, allowing you to spot tracks that intrude into the low end, high-frequency areas or other parts of the spectrum where they should not be.

Highlights

• Visualize the frequency content of all tracks simultaneously
• Compare the relative levels of all tracks at a glance
• Reveal overlapping frequency areas between instruments in real time
• Analyze your entire mix in one unified spectral display
• Observe the relationship between kick, bass and sub in the frequency spectrum
• Detect tracks that are intruding into the low end or high end
• Identify which tracks to boost or cut in specific frequency areas
• Quickly identify tracks that should not be sounding in certain song sections
• Automatic DAW track color mapping for improved navigation
• Lightweight track instances that leave your audio untouched
• Global Low CPU mode for demanding sessions
• Multiple high-contrast color palettes
• Smooth high frame rate visualization
• Resizable interface for any screen or multi-monitor setup
• Internal synchronization without complex routing

Whether you're balancing a full production, checking the relationship between kick and bass or searching for unwanted low-end buildup, Strata Standard gives you a clear visual overview of your mix. By showing how all tracks interact across the frequency spectrum in real time, it helps you make faster, more informed decisions and create cleaner, better balanced productions.

Mac:

• macOS 14 Sonoma or later
• Intel CPU or Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5)
• 64-bit
• AU, VST3 or AAX compatible host

Windows:

• Windows 10 or later
• Intel CPU
• 64-bit
• VST3 or AAX compatible host