Venn Audio releases Utility free channel strip plugin

Venn Audio has announced the release of Utility, a channel strip effect plugin for Windows and Mac. Utility is a free, lightweight, universal general purpose all in one digital channel strip plugin offering precise controls over various aspects of an audio signal, from mid/side processing to soft clipping.

Utility features

Input routing with separate pans for the left and right channels, or alternatively a pre mono balance control to decide how the left and right channels are blended for conversion into mono.
Gain, and individual left and right channel gains, mutes.
Pan and phase inversion of either channel.
Width control, along with separate mid and side gain sliders and mutes.
Maximally flat minimal phase high and low pass 12db/octave filtering.
Optional hard and soft clipping at 0db.
Everything is fully automatable with sensible parameter ranges/scaling.
Utility (VST/AU) is a free download, donations are appreciated.