Charles D
Drumcode, Truesoul, Arcane
★★★★★
“Loving this new reference plugin. Much better than Ozone's Tonal Balance Control.”
See the reference plugin in action.
What’s inside.
Live curve plotted against Peak Time / Driving — Mainstage or Groove — Raw, Melodic, or a Custom target built from your own tracks.
One click nudges your mix toward the target curve — dial in Shape Amount to control how hard it pulls, from a light nudge to a full match.
Drag the handles in from either edge of the chart to limit Shape to part of the spectrum — fix the low end and leave everything above it untouched.
Automatically compensates for perceived loudness changes, helping you compare the shaped and unshaped signal more objectively.
Two channel meters read true dBFS output level, live, so you always know what's leaving the plugin.
A scrolling strip locked to your host's playhead, so you always know where you are in the arrangement.
Customer reviews.
What producers and engineers are saying.
4.9
★★★★★
10 reviews of SENTINELLA
Teenage Mutants
Drumcode, Filth On Acid, Terminal M
★★★★★“The Shape feature is simply great. You select what style of music you're going for and it nudges things into place in seconds, instead of squinting at a spectrum analyzer for twenty minutes. Gets you 80% of the way there almost instantly.”
Wehbba
Drumcode, VOLTA, HIFN
★★★★★“Love the plugin, very useful, very straight forward, and I like interface and how the functionality was implemented.”
Why I built a reference plugin.
“For fifteen years I’ve checked every techno mix the same way: A/B it against records that work on a big system, look at a spectrum analyzer, and guess how far off the low end is. It’s slow, and it tells you what’s different, not what to change.
Sentinella does that check inside the DAW. It shows your mix’s tonal balance against a target built from peak time, raw or melodic techno — or from your own reference tracks — and Shape moves the mix toward it in one click. The Frequency Curtain limits that to the range you care about.”
Peak Time / DrivingMainstage and Groove
Raw / Hypnotic / Deep
Melodic Techno
System requirements.
- —VST3, AU — no AAX (not compatible with Pro Tools)
- —macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later — Universal binary, native on Apple Silicon and Intel
- —Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
- —Tested and verified in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Bitwig Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and FL Studio
License.
- —One paid license per user, for use across your own machines
- —No subscription, no iLok, no dongle
- —Refund requests go through the contact form
FAQ.
How do I get started?+
Sentinella is sold on sentineldsp.com — installers for Windows and macOS are ready to download immediately after checkout.
What do I get when I buy it?+
A single license, yours to use on your own machines. No subscription, no iLok.
Which formats does it support?+
VST3 on Windows and macOS, AU on macOS.
Which DAWs does it work in?+
Any DAW that hosts VST3 or AU plugins. It's tested and verified in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Bitwig Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and FL Studio. Pro Tools isn't supported — there's no AAX version.
Does it run natively on Apple Silicon?+
Yes. The macOS build is a Universal binary, so it runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and on Intel Macs — no Rosetta needed.
Is there a free trial or demo version?+
Yes — every feature, free for 7 days. Download the installer from sentineldsp.com, then open Sentinella in your DAW and click Start Trial. When the trial ends, buy a license there and paste it into the same install to keep going.
How is this different from a spectrum analyzer?+
A spectrum analyzer shows you your mix. Sentinella shows you your mix against where a finished techno record sits, and can move it there. Instead of reading a curve and guessing which EQ moves to make, you pick a target, see the gap, and let Shape close as much of it as you want.
Can I use my own reference tracks?+
Yes — alongside the built-in targets, select Custom and load one track or a whole set of them at once. Sentinella analyses them together and builds a single Custom tonal balance target from the lot.
Can I shape only part of the spectrum?+
Yes — drag the frequency curtain in from either edge of the balance chart and Shape only corrects the range between the handles. Everything outside it passes through untouched.
Stop guessing.
Start hearing it.
Get Sentinella
Buy or start a free 7-day trial at sentineldsp.com
