Smash Happy Audio is a small, independent plugin studio built by one working engineer with twenty years in real studios — DSP engineered by ear and verified by measurement, controlled by knobs that do exactly what they say. No presets, ever, and no fake 80%-off sales — just honest tools at an honest price. Right now our flagship work is a full mastering chain, one plugin per stage, plus a growing set of creative tools built with the same ear.
Linear-phase surgical parametric EQ, sibling to Airwaves. Engineered for the signal, not the preset.
IN TESTING $39Low-end control and translation — the counterpart to Airwaves.
IN TESTING $39Transparent broadband glue compression — the lineup's missing compressor.
IN TESTING $39Mid-range enhancer for presence and clarity.
Eight stages of mastering-grade DSP behind four knobs — Air, Clip, Width and Output — and a row of Happy switches that tell you exactly what they do.
IN TESTING
$39
Mastering-grade sense of space and depth. Never touches the dry signal.
IN DEV & TESTING $39Tape, multi-stage and analog-inspired limiting in one plugin.
IN TESTING $39Precision metering and monitoring for the mastering chain.
All 8 core plugins, one window — a full mastering chain, reorderable, in a single instance. Every module is the real plugin's own code, verified bit-exact against running the chain standalone.
Creative and workflow tools that stand apart from the mastering chain — same ear, different job.
Circuit-modeled fuzz/distortion pedal with a built-in octave shifter. Not part of the mastering lineup.
IN DEV & TESTING $39Creative convolution reverb built on real captured room impulse responses. Pairs with Foundwaves Capture.
IN DEV & TESTING iOS · PRICE TBDThe iPhone companion app that captures a real room's acoustic signature for Foundwaves.
IN DEV & TESTINGHands-free looping for Logic Pro — build the set, press Go, and Logic makes every sound.
Companions to the plugin lineup — not mastering plugins themselves.
Turn any MIDI knob into a scroll wheel over the parameter you're hovering, in any plugin.
IN DEV & TESTINGOffline and live-insert repair — click/crackle, clipping, hum, noise, and reverb removal.
IN TESTING $20Delivery and packaging workflow for finished masters.
We're a small BC company run by engineers, not a marketing department. We price plugins to be genuinely affordable up front — not permanently "on sale" — and we'd rather be in the comments and the inbox with the people using these than hiding behind a storefront. See full pricing →