SPL Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T

Optimize Your Audio with the Stereo Vitalizer

The SPL Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T harmonic exciter is an indispensable tool for enhancing your audio. Based on research in the fields of psychoacoustics and audiometry, SPL’s unique, patented Vitalizer circuitry heightens detail and transparency, boosts perceived loudness, and beefs up bass response for powerful, radio-ready mixes that blast right out of the speakers. The key to the Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T’s sonic magic is that it works both in the frequency and time domains through a series of minimal temporal offsets of loud frequencies. As a result, superimposed audio transients are unmasked to unveil a whole new level of clarity in your mixes. For decades, recording engineers have used subtle harmonic excitement to help elements sit perfectly in the mix. Now, with the SPL Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T harmonic exciter, you can too.

An indispensable sound-design tool

SPL's Vitalizer technology is known by engineers worldwide as an effective way to polish audio with highly musical results. Use the Drive control to fine-tune the signal level for precise interaction with the filter network and bring out the best parts of an audio signal. The Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T is unsurpassed as a sound-design tool. It adapts the frequency spectrum to the curves of equal loudness, heightening the perception of loudness. It can enhance intelligibility in vocals and augment the soundscape of a complete mix — and more. Low frequencies are subtly shifted to prevent them from masking transient details, giving your tracks and mixes more clarity than ever. The integrated Bass Comp focuses on the bass range so you don't overload downstream equipment in your signal chain. So, even if you use the Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T to bolster your bass tracks, you still have the dynamic control you need to keep signal levels in check.

The cure for iron-poor mixes

Previous versions of the Stereo Vitalizer have proved their mettle in top studios for years. Now, the third-generation Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T ups the ante with a new design that uses a higher internal audio voltage of +/-18V, resulting in enhanced dimensionality and increased detail. Processed through the Vitalizer Mk3-T, you’ll notice your mixes bloom with vitality and richness of detail that makes them more accessible to the ear. They brim with enhanced depth and width, more deeply layered and widely spread apart. Authoritative, natural, and lively-sounding, your mixes will translate better to the world outside your studio, holding up well on real-world playback systems where lackluster mixes go to die. So do your mixes a favor. Energize them with the SPL Stereo Vitalizer Mk3-T.

SPL Audio: supercharged audio products

Formed in Germany in 1983, SPL Audio has been at the forefront of the pro audio industry since its inception. After developing proprietary 120V Technology in the ’90s, SPL decided to make this groundbreaking invention the heart of all its high-end products, and this incredibly powerful yet transparent sound has earned many devotees at Sweetwater and beyond. Other revelatory inventions SPL has become known for include level-independent envelope processing and using phase cancellation in auto-dynamic de-essers for reducing sibilance. Sweetwater is proud to offer audio professionals SPL’s distinguished lineup of innovative products.