The Freqport Tube Collection is a hybrid-ready plugin bundle that combines FreqTube FT1-EMU (true analog tube saturation & harmonics) and FreqLift (multiband dynamics, saturation & advanced clipping). Both plugins run entirely in-the-box in VST3, AU and AAX on macOS and Windows — and both can switch their tube stage to real analog tube processing when FreqTube FT1 hardware is connected.

Two plugins, one tube foundation

FreqTube FT1-EMU brings true analog circuit behavior into a fully standalone software plugin. Built using component-level circuit modeling based on a SPICE reference model of the original FreqTube FT1 hardware, it captures true tube saturation, rich harmonics and natural dynamic behavior — with deep control over drive, harmonics, filtering and signal flow. FreqLift is a next-generation audio enhancement plugin that combines multiband upward & downward dynamics, FreqTube saturation, harmonics and advanced clipping in one streamlined processor. Where traditional compression mainly controls what is already loud, FreqLift’s upward dynamics bring quieter detail, ambience, sustain and texture forward — independently across two bands, LOW and HIGH.

Why the bundle

• One tube voice, two jobs. FT1-EMU shapes tube saturation, harmonics and filtering. FreqLift handles multiband dynamics, density and peaks — with FreqTube saturation built in.
• Real hardware integration. Both plugins can switch their tube stage from digital emulation to real FreqTube FT1 hardware — FT1-EMU for its full signal path, FreqLift for its saturation and harmonics stage.
• Same workflow. Both run like any other plugin, with full DAW automation and session recall.

Where to use it

• Tube saturation, harmonics and tone shaping across your entire mix — on the road, in a hotel room or in the studio, with no hardware required (FT1-EMU).
• Bringing quieter detail, ambience, sustain and texture forward, and making audio feel bigger, richer and clearer (FreqLift).
• Tightening transients, increasing perceived level or pushing sounds into more aggressive territory (FreqLift clipping).

Start in software. Finish in analog.