Friday, February 29, 2008

Phase Bus

BetaBugsAudio

Its primary function is to shift the phase of an incoming audio signal. This is a critical function in fixing source signals that have phase errors in relation to one another, which can cause inappropriate cancellation or reinforcement of frequencies in a mix.


Simple Squeeze

BetaBugsAudio

Simple Squeeze is a one knob overdrive unit. Auto gain make-up is present, and there is an always-on smooth brick-wall limiter at the end, just to make sure you never get any nasty digital clipping. The knob simultaneously controls threshold and gain, so that the more you crank it, the more squashed your signal gets.


MonstaChorus

BetaBugsAudio

MonstaChorus a true analog style stereo chorus effect with a simple set of controls and fantastic sound quality. It features the usual depth and speed controls, plus a mixture knob to control the ratio of original to effected signal.


Crayon Filter

BetaBugsAudio

Crayon Filter is a multi-band filter plug-in. The band controls allow you to add a type of filter to the output of the signal. You can engage up to five filter types at once (one of each type). Low Pass attenuates high frequencies, giving your sound a “dull” feel. Band Pass attenuates both above and below the cutoff frequency, for a “thin” or “nasal” sound...


W1Limiter

BetaBugsAudio

The BetabugsAudio edition of George Yohng's W1 takes the same spectacular limiting engine and gives it a new interface.


BugPass

BetaBugsAudio

Bugpass is a a dual-function plug-in. Its primary job is to serve as a bandpass filter, with sliders which enable a quick visual reference to the size of the frequency band being passed through. However, by reversing the sliderpositions, BugPass will also serve as a notch filter, eliminating frequencies between the sliders while leaving the remaining frequencies intact.


Moneo

BetaBugsAudio

Moneo is a stereo plug-in which treats each channel as a separate monaural source. Each channel may then have its volume attenuated, its position in the stereo field panned, and its sonic character altered with a resonant lowor high-pass filter if you so choose. Moneo is equally comfortable with basic functionality (forcing mono) or inventive destruction of a source's original spatial and spectral identity!

SVF2

BetaBugsAudio

SVF2 is a 2-pole State Variable Filter (12 dB/oct) which gives the user the option of using low pass, band pass, band reject, high pass, or peak filter output for each stereo channel. More importantly, the user can morph between filter types as he sees fit, and modify the order in which each filter type morphs into the next. This can result in some truly dramatic phase effects, making the SVF2 a powerful creative tool.


WideBug

BetaBugsAudio

A simple tool to enhance the stereo sound of your audio material.


SpinBug

BetaBugsAudio

Spinbug combines a traditional "rotary speaker" effect with a set of new possibilities and parameters, all packaged into a simple and beautiful interface. SpinBug uses phase relationships and a low freq. oscillator in order to reproduce an effect produced by Leslie speakers.


GetaBlitchJR

BetaBugsAudio

GetaBlitch Jr. is a sequenced gate effect that is different from traditional "trance gates" in two significant ways: first, it uses MIDI to sequence the gate, rather than a built-in step sequencer; second, it gates the left and right channels of a stereo signal independently and potentially simultaneously.


Fish Fillets

DigitalFishPhones

BLOCKFISH is a versatile compressor with countless ways to shape the incoming audio.
Unlike many other digital compressors, BLOCKFISH has 'soul'. It likes to bite, but it can be tamed easily once you've learned how to use its potential.

SPITFISH is a dead-easy to use de-esser, aimed mainly at mono or stereo vocal tracks. Just like classic analog de-essers, this unit dynamically filters out harsh, annoying s-like sounds that would otherwise 'spit' in your face.

FLOORFISH is a simple expander / gate device, easy to set up and offers a broad variety of processing, ranging from slight expansion, backgound noise attenuation to extreme gating effects.
What's different from similar units is the ability to scan the source and adjust the transistion curve accordingly.


Dominion

DigitalFishPhones

Dominion is a tool to shape the envelope of a signal, giving you total control of the signal's attack & sustain phase.

Features:
  • Envelope section. Adjust attack & sustain independently, regardless of input level. Plus, you have control over the envelopes' time constants. Imagine pulling a drummer up front or pushing him to the background by dragging just a single slider! Feel like moving the walls around him? Again, a single push enhances the room information or can make the sound really dry.

  • Saturation stage. The plugin can help to reduce harshness often associated with digital recordings, giving back some warmth and life to your source by modelling classic analog equipment. The tonal character stays adjustable within a broad range.

  • High frequency details section. Similar to classic exciter circuits, this section allows you to brighten up a signal, giving transparency and depth by generating additional harmonics.

  • Non-clipping output stage. Like the endorphin compressor, a brickwall waveshaper circuit ensures that the output won't exceed -0.1dBFS, while remaining sonically clean.

Endorphin

DigitalFishPhones

Endorphin is a specialist for complex sources like a mixdown, after having made minor sonic adjustments and right before burning the track to CD.
Furthermore, it can help to increase depth, definition and loudness of a track.
It's an 'analog-style' compressor: endorphin uses models like frequency-dependent nonlinear operation, different harmonics creation stages as well as two basic compressor circuits taken from the analog realm.


Wagner Sharp

Nick Crow

Wagner Sharp is based on real tube stage modeling.

Features:
  • CUT LOW, HIGH - input High Pass and Low Pass filters
  • DRIVE - Determines the amount of gain applied by the preamp
  • BASS, MIDDLE, FREQ, TREBLE - Tone Stack gain controls
  • FREQ - middle frequency tune
  • VOLUME - Output level. When light red led - decrease VOLUME value
  • QUALITY - Internal plugin SampleRate in realtime (control of oversampling). SampleRate always has a maximum value in Render (Mixdown) mode of VST host (if supported by host)
  • POWER - Switch plug-in in bypass mode

TS' Secret

BTEAudio

Soft clipping alone is not sufficient to emulate the elusive creamy character of a legendary vintage overdrive pedal. In order to explore the secret ingredients of legendary sound and feel, every subtlety throughout the entire signal path should be meticulously analyzed and documented. Only this ensures authentic recreation of the exact sound and feel of the legend in the digital domain. TS’ Secret is the result of this keen but painful philosophy. Just like its legendary role model, TS’ Secret preserves the original dynamics of its input signal, which avoids muddiness and vastly improves clarity and responsiveness. Regardless of the overdrive amount, it stays in focus and delivers the ultimate touch sensitive dynamic punch.


keFIR

habib.webhost.pl

"keFIR" is a VST, zero latency, FIR filter based on impulse responses loaded from wave files. Filter length can be adjusted to maximum of 8K taps.
It has a "mix" knob for mixing input with output, "gain" knob for setting output volume level, "length" knob for setting filter length (you can also set the length by clicking right mouse button on impulse response). Adjusting filter length will linearly affect CPU usage, more taps used require more CPU power. User can optimize it by choosing proper filter length, for example some amp cabinet impulse responses have long tail of 'almost zero' coefficients which can be shortened without audible difference, to save some extra CPU cycles.
There are two versions available: mono (keFIR_v1.dll) and stereo (keFIR_v1_2ch.dll).


Extremist

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"Extremist" is a VST multi-effect plugin for guitars on Windows OS. It's main purpose is distorting guitar signal to receive 'extremely heavy sound'. This effect is NOT a tube amplifier simulator, and it is NOT a cabinet simulator, however some methods of altering signal are similar to tube amplification characteristics, but only similar!
The effect works in stereo mode, without any latency. It uses 15-band stereo equalizer.

Settings:

Drive, Dry, Wet, Volume - amplification & mixing signals knobs.
Feedback - level of signal feed back.
Clip - clipping level.
Reverb - stereofonic reverb effect, adjustable up to mid delay.
Mid Boost - mid tones booster.
Eq Q - width of equalizer each frequency band.
Pre HPF - filtering low frequencies of effect input.
Post LPF - filtering high frequencies of effect output.
Noise gate - noise gate.
Amp curve - amplification characteristic.
Lock bars - operate equalizer sliders in mono/stereo.
Post gating - noise gate applied before/after effect.
Smoothing - signal smoothing (hiss reduction).


Juicy77

BTEAudio

Inspired from its legendary role model which has set the industry standard for high gain amplifiers, Juicy 77 aims to become the definitive benchmark for crystal clear articulation, solid punch and singing sustain in the digital domain. With separate preamplifier and power amplifier sections and a loudspeaker cabinet simulator section that includes seven classical cabinet types, Juicy77 modestly delivers instant gratification to musicians who are looking for the ultimate high gain experience.


TubeDriver

Nick Crow

TubeDriver is a tube amplifier designed to enrich the signal with warm tube saturation. It's based on real tube stage modeling.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Bitter Sweet

FluxHome

Turning the central button on the sweet side, decreases the transients amplitude. On the bitter side, the transients amplitude is magnified. Bitter-Sweet also features a control for the signal to be processed. When the main position is engaged, the process affects the stereo signal. If Center is engaged, only the M signal of the internal MS matrix is processed. If stereo is selected, only the S signal from the MS matrix is processed. Three transient detection modes can be selected. A varying period of integration for transients can be accessed. A Link function is available to compensate the output gain regarding the transient processing setting.

As all Flux:: plug-ins it features 64 bit floating point processing, up to 8 channels and up to 8 FS (384 KHz). Center and Stereo Modes are only available in stereo (2 channels) processing.


British Valve Custom

StudioDevil

Guitar Amp Modeling VST Plug-In for Windows and Mac

Features:
  • British High-Gain Amp emulation based on Marshall(R) stack!
  • Power Amp Drive Control to adjust natural power amp compression.
  • Built In 4x12 Cabinet Emulation!
  • Realistic Tone Controls: Bass, Mids, Treble, and Presence
  • Professional Sampling Rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, and 192kHz support!
  • 4X Up-Sampling Engine with 64-bit Floating-Point Internal Precision
  • Compatible with Windows and Mac VST hosts!

Classic Auto-Filter

KjaerhusAudio

The Classic Auto-Filter is an analog modeled four-pole filter with resonance control. It can be used for creative effects like auto-wah-wah and filter sweeps, as well as a fixed filter for equalizing purposes. The filter is selectable between low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject (notch). The filter cut-off frequency can be modulated from the envelope follower and the LFO.

Key Features


Modulated four pole filter with resonance

Syncable LFO with sine, random-hold and stereo spread

Envelope follower with adjustable attack and release

Presets

Very low CPU usage

Supports sampling rates on and above 44100 Hz

Full VST automation


Classic Reverb

KjaerhusAudio

Classic Reverb is a nice and smooth reverb that does a good job on almost any instrument. It can be adjusted to sound like most any acoustic space, ranging from a small shower to a large concert hall. With the "Hi-Damping" control, it is possible to change the sound from bright and sibilant to a more natural / warmer sound.

Key Features

Smooth stereo reverb effect
Ajustable roomsize and damping
Low cut filter
Host Synchronization
Presets
Low CPU usage
Supports sampling rates up to 96kHz
Full VST automation


Classic Phaser

KjaerhusAudio

The Classic Phaser emulates analog phasers from the 70’s and 80’s. These vintage phasers got their characteristic sound from the analog phase shifting filters used, unlike the delay lines used in most modern digital phasers. To get a deeper and fatter phasing effect, more filter stages were cascaded. The Classic Phaser works just like an analog phaser, and with selectable filter stages from 4 to 12, it can resemble anything from phaser pedals to expensive studio phasers from that time period.

Key Features

Analog modelled phaser effects
4 to 12 filter stages
Stereo spread
Host Synchronization
Presets
Ultra low CPU usage
Supports sampling rates from 44.1kHz and up
Full VST automation


Classic Master Limiter

KjaerhusAudio

The Classic Master Limiter VST plugin is specially designed to boost the overall level of your final mixes, but is also highly useable on very dynamic instruments. With just one control on the front panel operation is as simple as it gets; just turn the Threshold down and hear how your mixes gets louder and louder. Very high compression ratios can be obtained without changing the balance of the mix.

Key Features


Loudness maximizing

Brick wall limiting

Automatic makeup gain

VU meter

Presets

Very low CPU usage

Supports sampling rates up to 192kHz

Full VST automation