Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Do you offer an educational discount for students and teachers?

Yes! We support the next generation of producers and engineers by offering a 30% educational discount on our plugins.

To apply for the discount, please follow these steps:

1. Gather your documents: You will need a digital copy of your current proof of enrollment (from your school, college, or university) and a scan of your ID.
2. Submit your request: Send these documents via email too This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Once we have reviewed and verified your documents, we will provide you with a personal discount code to use at checkout.

Q: I have purchased a license code at a reseller, how can I redeem and activate my plugin?

To get started with your new plugin, please follow these steps:

1. Redeem your code: Visit the »User Area« to create an account or log in. Once logged in, navigate to the 'Redeem' section in the menu and enter your license code
2. Download the installer: After successfully redeeming your code, go to the 'Products' tab in the navigation menu. Here you will find your plugin available for download
3. Install and launch: Install the plugin on your computer and open it within your preferred DAW
4. Complete Activation: When you open the plugin for the first time, a browser window will automatically open. Log in to your account (if prompted) and select the license you wish to activate.

Once selected, your plugin will be fully activated and ready for use!

Q: Why is there silence every 30 seconds? Isn’t there a free trial?

Yes. Silence every 30 seconds means the plugin is in demo mode, not the trial.
The first time Gyrator X opens, a browser window appears so you can create a free account and start the 14-day trial. If that window is closed before you finish, no trial license is issued and the plugin stays in demo mode.
Remove the plugin from the channel and create a new instance, complete registration in the browser, then reopen Gyrator X. The trial runs fully after that — no silence.

Q: Will price changes affect my existing rent-to-own plan?

No. If you already have a rent-to-own plan, your monthly payments and terms will remain unchanged. All rent-to-own payments count toward the purchase of your license.

Q: Why does Gyrator X use more CPU than some other EQ plugins?

Because it is doing a different job.

Most digital EQs draw a frequency curve and apply a compact filter. Gyrator X is a topology-preserving, physics-based simulation of analog circuits. It models how individual components interact — not just the resulting curve. That is what gives the Low, Mid, High, and Sky bands their movement, weight, and musical response, and it is why the filters and dual ADAA saturation stages behave like hardware instead of like a static picture of hardware.

That extra realism costs cycles. A lightweight parametric EQ will almost always look “cheaper” on a CPU meter. That is expected. You are not comparing two plugins that solve the same problem.

We treat CPU as a first-class design constraint

Algorithm optimization has always been a highest priority at Okmog — not an afterthought after the sound was finished. From the first prototype to the current release, the models have been rewritten and tightened so the circuit behavior stays intact while the work per sample stays as low as we can make it. We use modern SIMD paths (AVX2 on Intel/AMD, Neon on Apple Silicon) for that reason. The goal is not “as light as a surgical EQ.” The goal is: as efficient as this kind of model can be, without throwing away the interaction that makes it sound like Gyrator X.

If a cheaper approximation would have given us the same feel, we would have shipped that. It did not

Please do not treat the DAW CPU meter as an absolute measurement

Please do not read the DAW CPU meter as an absolute measure of how hard the plugin works, or of how efficient it is compared with another EQ on another system.

That meter is a real-time deadline reading: how long it took to process the current audio buffer, compared with the time available before the next buffer must be ready. It is useful for spotting overload. It is not a wattmeter, and it is not a lab measurement of algorithm cost.

On modern CPUs the clock is not fixed. Turbo, power saving, and thermal limits continually raise and lower frequency. The same processing at a lower clock takes more milliseconds, so the percentage goes up — even though the plugin did not suddenly become heavier. It also matters which kind of core the audio thread runs on. A Performance core finishes the same work faster than an Efficiency core; some DAWs keep audio on Performance cores, others may use both. The operating system and the DAW choose that placement, not Gyrator X.

Two identical instances can therefore show different numbers depending on clock state and core assignment. If the audio playback is clean, the percentage is not a problem to solve.

What you can do if a session feels tight

You do not have to run every feature at once.

• Turn the spectrum analyzer off when you are not using it.
• Use oversampling when you need it, not as a default on every insert.
• Keep unused saturation stages off. Two ADAA stages are there when you want color; they should not sit idle and “hot.”
• On very dense sessions, print or freeze tracks that are already finished.

Gyrator X is built for mix and master work where a few well-chosen instances matter more than dozens of ultra-light EQs. If the session plays back cleanly, the meter reading is not a problem to solve.