These plugins are intended to constitute a spectral sound-design toolbox. Most of them are inspired by image processing techniques as you can find in photoshop for example. I’ve used the FFTReal class by Laurent De Soras that can be downloaded at musicdsp
::WARP::
This plugin swap a frequency band defined between the fmin and fmax parameters while leaving the side bands unchanged. Low frequencies are mapped to high ones and high to low. The resulting sounds are highly inharmonic. You can try to set the min frequency very low (i.e.100Hz) and the max frequency to its maximum thus letting the very low frequencies pass through while swapping the remaining frequencies…
::LEVELS::
This plugin affects the spectral dynamic. It classifies the magnitudes in 3 regions: small, medium and big whose gains can be adjusted independently between [-20dB;+20dB]. Therefore by boosting or cutting the small magnitudes, you can either add liveliness or remove background noise. Just try it to hear how far you can change your sound’s character.
::KONTRAST::
This plugin also affects the spectral dynamic. It scales the spectral magnitude histogram according to a transfer function defined by the min, max and center parameters with saturation of the levels below the min and above the max.
::ROBOTIZER::
This one just forces the phase to 0.0 thus removing life from your sound. No parameter except a gain.
downloads:
vst win32
vst osx
Just uncompress them to your plugins directory and have fun 
It consist in a delay unit followed by a 2nd order lowpass filter with saturation. The delay-time can evolve between 0 and max-delay which lets you be very accurate. You can also synchronise the delay to the tempo with different resolutions from 1/128 to 1 bar and control the way the delay-time is interpolated with the kind of interpolation and the time-constant.
ReleaseNotes (1.0.1):
- now every parameter is properly recalled when opening the GUI
- knob mode is relative linear (no more annoyings jumps when editing the GUI)
- sync button changes now properly updates the other value display and knob positions
- changing the max delay now doesn’t changes the delay unless the delay is higher than max delay
- midi notes input no more changes the parameters
AnalogDelay is now Donationware i.e. you are free to decide yourself how much you want to pay for it, and when. The plugin is fully working but displays a nag screen when you (re)open the GUI.
Downloads:
AnalogDelay 1.0.1 VST win32 new
AnalogDelay 1.0.1 VST macosx new
In preparation:
pixelize pixelize the fft bins and spectral bit-crushing
Shift translate the spectrum inharmonically
Scale pitchshifter
Reorder
Freezer freezes the magnitude, let the phase as is
Whisperizer add noise to the phase
SpektralFilter slows spektral envelope evolution
Cell Cellular Automata based synth. cf Bram’s WinCell
visit ADAFx and DAFx for some of the ideas that are stimulating my imagination.
Published on
January 7, 2005 in
Modus
I’ve made this little example very quickly playing a midifile of chick corea and then playing with the presets and the parameters
I know it clips from time to time.
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I changed the site’s design.
I hope it’s clearer and easier to navigate.
