The Woodman Woodpressor audio unit has a nifty little sidechain feature and it’s super easy to use. I chose to do this in Cubasis but it works the same in other apps like AUM for example.
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Degrader is a combined resampler and bit crusher AUv3 plugin. It can be used to simulate the sound of vintage digital gear, as a lofi-effect or as a plain distortion unit. Since all parameters are fully automatable it’s a handy plugin for creating unique and interesting drops, sweeps and other transitions.
It also comes with a handful of factory presets.
Features:
• Resamples between 250 Hz and 96 kHz.
• Low pass filter with different characteristics both pre and post resampling.
• Bit depth can continuously be altered between 3 and 24 bits.
• Additional distortion algorithm.
• Parameter linking (control several parameters with one knob)
• Input and output gain control.
• Dry / Wet mix.
• Several factory presets simulating different vintage gear.
Full documentation available inside the app or at https://klevgrand.se/download/degrader-docs/
NOTE! Degrader is a AUv3 plugin that only works in a AUv3 compliant host like Garageband, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker 3, Auria etc.
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Also available for Mac/Windows https://klevgrand.se/products/
Woodpressor is a high-end audio compressor. It is both a standalone app supporting IAA (Inter-App Audio) and an AUv3 audio unit plugin.
It has all the classic compressor controls like “Threshold”, “Attack”, “Release”, “Ratio”, etc
but also has some extra features not commonly found on other compressors.
– Auto gain
– Tube distort
– Adaptive Threshold
– Non-linear Release
– Side chain filter (bandpass, highpass, lowpass or notch)
– Limiter
It also has it’s own side chain mechanism as currently no or very little AUv3 hosts implement a side chain.
Woodpressor can save/load user presets, especially useful in standalone mode (or for AUv3 hosts not having their own preset store)
User Presets are written to iCloud Drive which makes them automatically available (and synced, and backed-up) on all devices (and all host apps or DAW’s) running Woodpressor.
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FabFilter Pro-Q 2 is a transparent, high-quality equalizer plug-in for mixing and mastering purposes, with up to 24 bands and a gorgeous interface for easy and precise editing. With its unique Natural Phase mode, it matches both the magnitude and phase response of analog EQ’ing perfectly. Innovative features like Spectrum Grab and EQ Match together with its intelligent interactive EQ display make Pro-Q 2 an absolute joy to use.
The Pro-Q 2 app filters the microphone input and plays it back in real-time. To use Pro-Q 2 as a plug-in, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like Auria, AUM or Cubasis. Pro-Q 2 will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins in the host app.
UPDATE 2.14 Aug 28, 2018
– Optimized memory usage so you can add more Pro-Q 2 plug-in instances to a session, and opening sessions with many instances is faster.
– Improved the position of the EQ parameter value display in the interface so it is less likely to be obscured by your finger while dragging an EQ band.
Key features:
– Highest possible sound quality
– Gorgeous Retina interface with large interactive EQ display, multi-band selection and editing for maximum ease of use and efficiency
– Up to 24 EQ bands
– Operates in zero latency mode, linear phase mode with adjustable latency or the unique Natural Phase mode
– Filter shapes: Bell, Notch, High/Low Shelf, High/Low Cut, Band Pass, Tilt Shelf
– Universal filter slope support for all filter types, up to 96 dB/oct
– Spectrum Grab: just grab and adjust a peak in the real-time spectrum analyzer right away!
– EQ Match feature to automatically match the spectrum of another track
– Optional Gain-Q interaction
– Each band can operate on the stereo signals or on the left or right channels independently for per-channel EQ-ing
– Built-in spectrum analyzer with Pre-EQ, Post-EQ and SC modes, adjustable range, speed, resolution, tilt and freeze
– Auto Gain and Gain Scale
– Mid/side mode where you can EQ the mid and side signals separately
– Optional piano roll display to quantize EQ frequencies to musical notes
– Different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing
– Intelligent solo mode makes it easy to find problem frequencies and hear the effect of a band
– Phase Invert option to change polarity
– Large output level meter with peak level readout
– Undo/redo and A/B comparison
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GoToEQ is a Pultec inspired EQ audio unit. Shape your sound with advanced equalising to make your tracks fit in the mix. Attenuate annoying resonances without destroying the overall sound. Boost the bass and still keep the peak levels tamed. Find and boost those silky top treble frequencies without the nastiness. Max out the middy dirt while keeping it musical and fit in the mix. Put the final touch on a complete song. GotoEQ is an equaliser made for the professional music producer, beat maker or sound designer.
Features:
• Low Shelf pultec style filter
• High Shelf pultec style filter
• Two parametric dynamic filters
• High pass filter
• Peak metering
• Input / Output gain
• Separate bypass on each filter
Full documentation available inside the app or at https://klevgrand.se/download/gotoeq-docs/
NOTE! GotoEQ is a AUv3 plugin that only works in a AUv3 compliant host like Garageband, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker 3, Auria etc.
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