Diatonic granular pitch shifting delay effect
Loomer has updated Shift,its diatonic granular pitch shifting delay effect for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, to version 2.0.
Details on Shift 2.0 below.
Features:
- Five independent true stereo delay lines, with discrete delay, feedback, pitch shifting, filters, pan, and volume.
- Pitch shifting comes courtesy of a powerful granular synthesis engine: with a few simple grain parameters, you can create the perfect granular sound, be it for guitar, synth, drums, loops, or anything else.
- Fast and accurate monophonic audio analysis component extracts pitch information, in real-time, for intelligent in-scale pitch shifting and harmonies. Calibrate the tracker to your sound and style using the built-in tuner.
- Perfect your preset design: use the XY grid to maneuver the seven main delay line parameters in real-time or to get at-a-glance feedback on the overall preset shape.
- A comprehensive modulation matrix allows each delay voice parameter to be individual contoured. Modulation sources come in the form of four tempo-syncable LFOs, each producing five modulation shapes: sawtooth, sinus, triangle, square, or stepped random noise.
- Over 100 presets included, from the simple to the exotic, each tagged ready for searching, and annotated with playing suggestions. Listen to a preset in context with ‘hot-swap previewing’. Create partial presets to build up a library of delay voices, grain engine, and diatonic tracker settings.
Shift is available for £45 GBP (+ VAT). It’s a free upgrade for registered owners of Shift 1. A demo version is available.
Free audio effect VST for Windows
PresetExchange has released a collection of free audio effects VSTs for Windows:
i’ve put the next versions of the effects up in the effects section.
featured in this update are three new effects: reverb, quantizer and limiter.
new features include new knob graphics, caching of bitmaps (allowing better, bigger bitmaps) and some optimization.
the code for the vu meters has been improved – it will now catch peak values more accurately and an rms mode is available – although rms mode is not yet configurable on the gui.
the phaser has been improved – tuning is improved as well as other small changes. it should sound more “stable” now.
the compressor has had a “gain reduction” meter added.
If you give PresetExchange’s free audio effects a try, leave a comment with your thoughts!
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MAGNETIC – truly realistic “Real to Real” audio tape warming effect plug-in
New effect plug-in called Magnetics has been released by Nomad Factory
Nomad Factory, leader in tube emulation technology, proudly announces the launch of “MAGNETIC”, a truly realistic “Real to Real” audio tape warming effect plug-in that gives your audio tracks the exclusive vintage tape sound which your ears crave. This effect can inject sterile audio with the warmth and character of classic tube circuitry and analog tape saturation. The plug-in features pure analog reel-to-reel tape speeds, tape/tube saturation and tape color effects, as well as a dedicated vintage style EQ and a built in Boost mastering section. The result is a creamy, warm sound that can only be achieved by MAGNETIC.
Never before has such a great sounding plug-in effect been so easy to use! At first touch, the plug-in’s interface is modern, simple, and extremely user-friendly which instantly allows you to dial in usable sounds.
MAGNETIC can be used in many different musical ways. Try using it on individual tracks to add subtle warmth and tape color to your drums or use it to create a filtered cassette AM-radio effect on a vocal. But that’s not all… when used on the master bus, MAGNETIC can warm your entire mix and “boost” it up to broadcast level. It’s just like having a 30+ year old reel-to-reel tape machine at your fingertips, without all the maintenance costs.
From Today till November 30, 2010 the new MAGNETIC plug-in will be sold at introductory price of $49 (MSRP $199) or as part of a hot Group-Buy promotion.
Learn more from the Nomad Factory website :
Blaster FX – electro, techno, dubstep soundeffects
Bluezone presents Blaster FX, an amazing new bank of sound effects specially designed for Electro, Techno, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Trance and Hardstyle. You wonít want to miss this hot new pack, which offers extensive possibilities for todayís most demanding productions. As with all products from Bluezone Corporation, Blaster FX is available for instant download and comes with full rights for all uses. Youíve got to hear it to believe it.
The Blaster FX pack provides a range of rich and powerful sounds that will give your creations that extra bit of magic youíve been looking for. The packís 137 WAV files lets you build chains and create innovate breaks and power crescendos that are precise and controlled.
Designed by the creators of Electro FX, the sounds in Blaster FX were created with the best in analog and digital machines and analog modeling techniques, then processed and mastered through numerous effects racks, such as TC Electronics D Two.
Blaster FX comes with full usage rights and can therefore be used in commercial musical productions without any additional cost to you.
Suitable for style such as: Breaks, Dubstep, Ambient, Electro, House, Progressive, Hardstyle, Hardcore, Trance, Grime, Drum and Bass, Soundtrack, Game & TV series.
Blaster FX Contents :
Sound Effects
Technical Specifications :
125 MB Data / 141 Files
Format : WAV
Instant Download
Royalty-Free with no extra cost
Ready to use in commercial production
http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/72/6/products/blaster-fx.html
Weldroid has released a beta of Synesthesia
Weldroid has released a beta of Synesthesia, an effect plug-in for Windows.
Synesthesia is a combined waveshaper / EQ / dynamics processor that is designed to be very light on the CPU, but sounds hi-fi enough to be put on the master buss without hesitation. A special combination of frequency-dependent harmonics generation and oversampling reduces aliasing way below audible levels, allowing smooth coloration of input material free of unwanted artifacts.
Synesthesia features highly flexible – per harmonic definition of distortion / waveshaping characteristics, opening up possibilities to emulate static distortion of many nonlinear devices. It is also possible to use it as a dynamics processor by setting up the dynamic waveshaper curve with respective attack and release time constants.
Synesthesia features
- VST 2.4 effect plugin for Windows (32-bit).
- 2 channels in / 2 channels out.
- All parameters subject to automation except for the distortion characteristics graphs.
- Demo is fully functional but injects some white noise every 40 seconds.
Synesthesia for Windows (VST) is available to purchase at the introductory price of 30 EUR. All “beta” licenses are full licenses (available for reduced price until the product reaches revision A).
More information: Weldroid / Synesthesia
New compressor effect released – the SKWOSH
whiteLABEL unveils SKWOSH, a VST Compressor Effect for Windows.
“SKWOSH, is a versatile compressor offering 4 main modes of hard and soft; compression and signal-boosting. Envelope following comes in a choice of peak or 2 RMS modes with optional peak-hold and simple or complex follow modes.
The sidechain can be either internal (1&2) for regular stereo operation, or external; (3&4) for keyed operation. The sidechain filter offers high, low and band-pass with upto 4 poles for a maximum response or 24dB/octave. There is of course a monitoring switch to hear the filtering applied to the sidechain signal too. “
Features:
- Output wet / dry mix control.
- Input / output flip: 1&2 / 3&4.
- Chain audition: on / off.
- Output limiter: on / off.
- Character: clean / static drive / dynamic drive – with controls for filth level and drive factor.
- Lookahead: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40ms with additional match / half / double modes.
- Key filter: LP / BP / HP: 6/12/18/24 dB/oct – 80hz to 8khz.
- Sidechain: internal or external (2 stereo inputs).
- Operation: hard knee / soft knee / hard boost / soft boost.
- Envelope: peak / RMS 1 / RMS 2 …
Price: £25
Free loudness maximizer effect plug-in
LoudMax is a free loudness maximizer effect plug-in for Mac & Windows.
LoudMax is described as a maximizer with a transparent sound, designed to retain the original character of the music as much as possible even at high compression levels.
New In LoudMax V1.09
- LoudMax VST Plugin ported to Mac OS X. Audio Unit version implemented using Symbiosis from NuEdge Development. Support for Intel Mac and Power PC.
- Winamp Plugin now supports 5.1 Surround. Built-in stereo overdrive protection to avoid distortions in a subsequent stereo downmix.
- Improved limiter algorithm. Transients will remain better.
- Improved release curve at high compression levels for an accurate sound and less artifacts.
Download from the LoudMax site.
New frequency cutter
Kutter is a frequencies cutter effect. Cuts frequencies on the 12 bands easily and synchronizes the effect on the beat with the 16 steps modulation sequencer.
Kutter features
- 12 bands frequencies cutter.
- 16 steps modulation sequencer.
- Sequencer play forward or reverse.
- Full MIDI automation.
- Easy MIDI learn on all parameters.
- Use 7-bit MIDI Continuous Controller or High resolution 14-bit MIDI NRPN and RPN.
- Phase inverter, Effect bypass, Gain boost.
- Works in mono or strereo.
- Patch manager, rename, copy, save, load…
- Undo your changes to initial patch value.
- Randomize parameters position.
- 32 Factory presets.
- Up to 128 user presets per bank.
- Easy installer.
Price: EUR 18.00
Visit: Tek’it Audio
Two new free equalizer effects
J1000 has released version 3.0 of Alpha and Beta, two free equalizer effect plug-ins for Windows.
Changes in Alpha and Beta v3.0
- Redesigned and reorganized interfaces.
- Dynamic loudness processing based on equal-loudness contour.
- Easier frequency selection.
- Saturation mode.
- Two-stage clipping indicator.
- CPU optimizations.
Alpha and Beta are available to download as freeware VST effect plug-ins for Windows PC. Note: Gamma and Delta are now definitely discontinued and no longer available.
More information: J1000
Vintage peak limiter effect
Sir Elliot launches Peak Limiter, a free peak limiter effect for Windows.
“This is a very simplistic yet useful Peak Limiter. As the name implies it’s sole purpose is to prevent overshoot, which is common with high dynamic music without the artefacts of a compressor.
Power Consumption is under 1% on a Pentium 4, 2.8 GHZ CPU in addition to managing 384 kHz sample rate files with no issues whatsoever.”
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