Maag Audio

Maag Audio

Also known as: Mäag Audio, Maag

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Mäag Audio is a professional audio equipment manufacturer based in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, founded in 2009 by sound engineer Cliff Maag Sr. alongside his sons Ryan and Cliff Jr. and partner Travis Allen. The company is a continuation of Cliff Maag's earlier work at NTI/Nightpro in the 1990s, where he first introduced the AIR BAND® — a high-frequency shelving band designed to add open, tr...

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Mäag Audio is a professional audio equipment manufacturer based in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, founded in 2009 by sound engineer Cliff Maag Sr. alongside his sons Ryan and Cliff Jr. and partner Travis Allen. The company is a continuation of Cliff Maag's earlier work at NTI/Nightpro in the 1990s, where he first introduced the AIR BAND® — a high-frequency shelving band designed to add open, transparent top end to recordings without the harshness associated with conventional high-shelf EQs. The original inspiration came from a vocal chain combining a C12 microphone, Boulder preamp, and LA-2A compressor.

The brand is best known for the EQ4, a 6-band equalizer built around the AIR BAND, available in rack, 500-series (EQ4-500, EQ4-500-BK), and dual-channel mastering (EQ4M) formats. Other hardware includes the EQ2-500 and PREQ2/PREQ4-500 microphone preamplifiers, and the MAGNUM-K compressor. Software versions of the EQ2, EQ4, EQ4 MS, and MAGNUM-K are distributed through Plugin Alliance and Brainworx, with Universal Audio offering UAD-platform versions of the EQ4.

Mäag's reputation centers on musical, low-phase-shift equalization rather than surgical correction, with the AIR BAND in particular becoming a widely-used tool for adding presence to vocals, drum overheads, and mix buses in professional studios.

Maag Audio has 5 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Effects Processors, Preamps, and EQ Plugins. Their gear is featured by 8 artists, with the strongest followings in Hip Hop, Electronic, and Pop. Notable users include Mick Gordon, Noah "40" Shebib, and John Osborne.

Artists Who Use Maag Audio

Mick Gordon uses 1 Maag Audio product

Mick Gordon

Guitarist, Composer

Noah "40" Shebib uses 1 Maag Audio product

Noah "40" Shebib

Music Producer

John Osborne uses 1 Maag Audio product

John Osborne

Guitarist · Brothers Osborne

TYDOLLA$IGN uses 1 Maag Audio product

TYDOLLA$IGN

Bassist, Rapper · Taylor Gang

Dave Pensado uses 1 Maag Audio product

Dave Pensado

Audio Engineer

12th Planet uses 1 Maag Audio product

12th Planet

Music Producer · Evol Intent & Infiltrata

Alex Tumay uses 1 Maag Audio product

Alex Tumay

Music Producer

Jeremy Lutito uses 1 Maag Audio product

Jeremy Lutito

Drummer, Music Producer

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