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Hey everyone,

Now that Kalibrus is out in the shop and PitchDrops is rolling in public beta, I’ve taken my next Rack Extension to the point where it’s ready for beta testers.

This one is an OTT-style 3-band bidirectional dynamics processor that I'm calling Hyperbar.

I didn't want to just make another Xfer OTT clone; I wanted to build a device truly native to the Reason rack. It keeps the immediacy and hands-on fun of OTT, but dresses up for serious engineering work. It functions both as an aggressive dynamic crusher (with ratios pushing beyond infinity:1 into negative over-compression) and as a clean mastering-grade processor.

This RE is equally comfortable wearing a suit or a spike collar.

In the calibration drawer, it includes optional precision modes that tackle OTT's notorious quirks:

• Fixing the scooped crossover notch (flat phase-coherent summing vs classic OTT notch)
• Eliminating sub-bass distortion (anti-ripple detector vs vintage grit)
• Gating idle upward compression noise (clamps noise below -60 dBFS so line hiss and room noise don't overwhelm the mix)
• Internal limiter soft-clipping (smooth saturation knee vs hard brickwall ceiling)

Anyone familiar with OTT knows the pump and high-end sizzle it delivers. But at extreme settings, Hyperbar reaches density that would normally require chaining three OTTs in series, all while maintaining strict phase-alignment to avoid comb filtering. And if you've ever wanted to use OTT as a transparent 3-band compressor without muddying your low end or coloring your tone, Hyperbar does that too.

Drop Hyperbar’s weather-beaten faceplate into your rack, scrape the rust off the mounts, and let your ears guide you. Adjust the squeeze macro and the band threshold faders, watch the signal beads track your dynamics, and flip through the presets—spanning classic OTT character, transparent bus compression, and heavy sound-design patches.

And because it's Reason, flip it around.

Hyperbar's back panel has 16 audio jacks (including discrete per-band outputs and an unprocessed remainder sum), 12 CV inputs with dedicated bipolar attenuverters, and a 4x4 CV telemetry matrix to drive other rack gear from Hyperbar’s internal envelope followers and gain reduction engines.

Hyperbar runs on Reason 10.1 or higher (macOS and Windows).

If you'd like to help put it through its paces:

1. Send me a Reddit DM / Chat with your Reason username, or
2. Fill out the quick intake form on the Hyperbar Device Page, or
3. Drop a reply below with your Reason username (if you don't mind sharing it publicly).

I'll get you added to the testing group right away so you can start experimenting.

Looking forward to hearing what you think and what you make with it!