Plug-ins
These are all developed for my own use using Synthmaker or Synthedit, and are therefore all PC only. Free to download and use as you wish, but please don't re-distribute.
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L3V3LL3R - "levelling amp" style compressor
This is a faithful
model of the (literally) legendary "Leveller" hardware compressor from
the 60s. These units are extremely rare and collectable due to the fact
that less than one of them was ever made and sold. On the plus side,
this did make it possible for me to collect together ALL surviving
examples, and thereby create a modelled vst version that is actually
more like the original units than the original units were themselves.
The compressor uses an algorithm which is somewhere between feedforward and feedbackward and which I have therefore dubbed "feed sideways". It can be gentle and subtle if you want it to be. But its more fun when you slam it hard, especially on drums.
Features:
* One knob compression: turn up the comp knob for more, turn it down for less.
* Optional soft clipping keeps your peaks below 0dBFS: turn up the Gain knob to drive it harder.
* Powerful envelope shaping, with no calibration for the time constants: use your ears!
* Series mode: mode "II" runs two L3V3LL3Rs in series for some serious smashing.
* Not that much cpu load at all really. Stick one on every track if you want....
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
The compressor uses an algorithm which is somewhere between feedforward and feedbackward and which I have therefore dubbed "feed sideways". It can be gentle and subtle if you want it to be. But its more fun when you slam it hard, especially on drums.
Features:
* One knob compression: turn up the comp knob for more, turn it down for less.
* Optional soft clipping keeps your peaks below 0dBFS: turn up the Gain knob to drive it harder.
* Powerful envelope shaping, with no calibration for the time constants: use your ears!
* Series mode: mode "II" runs two L3V3LL3Rs in series for some serious smashing.
* Not that much cpu load at all really. Stick one on every track if you want....
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
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L3V3LL3R-X3
This is a multiband
version of the L3V3LL3R, with three band-limited L3V3LL3Rs driving a
pair of dynamic shelving filters plus a gain stage.
This means that, unlike a conventional multi-band compressor which will introduce constant phase anomalies around the cross-over frequencies, this one only messes with the phase while actually processing the signal. If all three bands have the same gain the signal will be passed with only a volume change.
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
This means that, unlike a conventional multi-band compressor which will introduce constant phase anomalies around the cross-over frequencies, this one only messes with the phase while actually processing the signal. If all three bands have the same gain the signal will be passed with only a volume change.
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
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G8 - a noise gate
This is the perfect
digital noise gate that all the analogue ones were attempting to model.
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
Made with SynthMaker and skinned using Skinman and Knobman.
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IQ4gui - Dynamic Equaliser
VelocityCurveSM - MIDI dynamics controller
A midi only plug for
adjusting the dynamic response of plugin instruments by scaling midi
velocity values. Made with SynthMaker
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