soothe3 is oeksound's dynamic resonance suppressor and the successor to soothe2, released on May 19, 2026. It solves the same problem that made its predecessor a modern staple: harsh resonances, sibilance, and ringing plague nearly every source, from vocals and acoustic guitars to overheads and full masters. Instead of hunting for those peaks by hand and notching them with a dynamic EQ, soothe3 scans the signal in real time and ducks problem frequencies only when and where they spike. The result is a smoother, more polished sound that keeps the tone intact.
The upgrade is about control rather than a new engine. soothe2 split the reduction character across two overlapping controls, sharpness and selectivity. soothe3 folds them into a single Detail knob that oeksound calls the biggest improvement in the release. Tuning is faster and, on vocals especially, smoother across the range. A new adaptive-threshold Soft mode tracks the level of dynamic sources, while Hard mode preserves soothe2's fixed-threshold behavior and the popular sidechain trick.
Two practical additions stand out. A low-latency mode reports zero samples at base sample rates and around 1 ms at higher rates, so soothe3 is finally comfortable to run while tracking. And deeper editing — create and delete nodes, choose from eight band shapes including bandpass and tilt, then set tilt, max cut, and linear phase — turns broad suppression into precise sculpting. A collapsible side panel keeps the everyday view clean.
The trade-offs are familiar. soothe3 is CPU-hungry, particularly with linear phase or high-quality settings on a busy session, and it is easy to overuse; lean on it too hard and a mix loses air along with the harshness. There is no Windows ARM support.
Against its alternatives, soothe3 holds a distinct lane. Soundtheory's Gullfoss is a broadband tonal balancer rather than a targeted suppressor, and iZotope's Ozone 11 is a full mastering suite, not a dedicated resonance tool. Choose soothe3 when your specific problem is resonance and you want the sharpest tool for it. oeksound sells it directly through its own store, with a fully featured 20-day trial and a generous free upgrade for recent soothe2 owners.