Tag Archives: AU

Masterpiece ~ Hauptwerk Sample Pipe Organ

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An open-source pipe organ sample player compatible with Hauptwerk sample sets.

masterpeice lipiny interface

bonninr.github.io/masterpiece
github.com/bonninr/masterpiece

Voxengo MSED ~ Mid-Side Encoder Plugin

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  • Mid-side encoder/decoder
  • Mid-side stereo widener
  • Stereo imaging
  • Stereo channels swapper
  • 180-degree channel phase flipper
  • Stereo correlation and balance meter
  • Unique “plasma” vector scope

Step into a new dimension of stereo control with Voxengo MSED – a professional, no-compromise free audio mid-side encoder-decoder AudioUnit, AAX and VST plugin designed for audio engineers and creative producers alike.  Whether you’re tightening a mix, widening a synth pad, or repairing phase issues, MSED gives you surgical command over the heart and soul of your stereo image.

At its core, MSED effortlessly splits any stereo track into its Mid (center) and Side (ambient) components – and seamlessly reconstructs them back.  But it doesn’t stop there.  With the “Inline” mode, you can adjust gain, panning, and mute status for Mid and Side channels independently without needing multiple plugin instances.  That means faster workflow, cleaner routing, and zero clutter.

Need to flip phase by 180°, swap channels, or extract only the Mid or Side signal?  MSED handles it instantly.  And with its stunning Plasma Vector Scope, you don’t just hear the stereo field – you see it.  This unique, frequency-aware visualizer places low frequencies at the outer edge and high frequencies toward the center, helping you spot phase issues, balance problems, and correlation irregularities at a glance.

Add to that stereo correlation and balance meters, zero processing latency, and 64-bit floating-point precision, and you have a lightweight yet powerful tool that fits seamlessly into any session.

Voxengo MSED isn’t just a utility – it’s your stereo scalpel.  Clean.  Fast.  Visual.  Essential.

MSED user interface

www.voxengo.com/product/msed

SonEQ ~ Analog Style Equalizer Plugin

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SonEQ is the ultimate analog-style equalizer for both mixing and mastering sessions. Inspired by the warmth and character of classic analog EQ units, SonEQ provides a remarkably tasteful character to the audio source.

Provides Vintage Analog Charm.
Has A User-Friendly Interface.
Offers Versatile Applications.
It’s Completely Free.

Sonimus SonEQ seamlessly integrates with all major DAWs, available in VST, AU, and AAX formats.

sonimus.com/products/soneq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YNMrTWl0Bg
sonimus.com/music-artists-program

delayson ~ Vintage Tape Delay Plugin

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Dive into DelaySon, a meticulously crafted plugin that captures the soulful warmth and organic character of vintage tape delay units. Its carefully designed emulation delivers an authentic analog sound, inspired by the timeless charm of classic echo machines.

Its intuitive interface and versatile controls make it simple to achieve stunning results, from subtle tape warmth to intricate rhythmic echoes, with unmatched precision and musicality.

sonimus.com/products/delayson

cosmo-pd ~ Phase Distortion Synthesizer

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A monorepo for Casio CZ-101 phase distortion synthesis — including a preset manager web/desktop app, an in-browser phase distortion synthesizer, and a VST3/CLAP/AUv2 plugin.

github.com/fpbrault/cosmo-pd

Voxengo Boogex

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Applications

  • Real-time guitar processing
  • Speaker cabinet simulation
  • Stereo convolution processing
  • Guitar reverb effect

Boogex is a free guitar amplifier AudioUnit, AAX, and VST plugin with a variety of sound shaping features, for professional sound and music production applications.  With Boogex it is possible to get a heavy distorted sound as well as slight “jazzy” saturation sound.  Boogex is able to apply convolution with any speaker cabinet impulse response (selection of built-in impulses is available).  The processing latency is close to zero making it possible to use Boogex for real-time guitar processing.

Boogex can be used as a plain stereo convolution processor when its “Amp” stage is turned off.  The convolver module has zero latency and is not CPU-demanding.  Boogex also includes the input gate module, and reverberation module derived from Voxengo OldSkoolVerb reverb plugin.

Boogex produces a nice “minimalist” rock music-geared sound which may be a bit noisy at higher overdrive settings; higher frequencies can be easily suppressed with its built-in Emphasis EQ.  With the amp modes Boogex currently provides, it is not particularly well-suited for metal music, but can still be used as a cabinet impulse response processor for metal music.

www.voxengo.com/product/boogex

Overtone GEQ ~ Harmonic Graphic Equalizer

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Overtone GEQ is a free 7-band harmonic (overtone) graphic equalizer AudioUnit, AAX, and VST plugin with multi-channel operation support (supporting up to 8 input/output channels, audio host application-dependent).  Overtone GEQ offers extensive internal channel routing capabilities, and supports mid/side channel processing.

Beside equalizing, Overtone GEQ applies harmonic enhancement: it uses 7 harmonic enhancement modules, one for each EQ band.  This generates a complex harmonic coloration you will probably like a lot.

Overtone GEQ was designed to allow audio engineers to apply quick EQ shape adjustments together with adding a bit of harmonic richness to the audio material (mainly mixes and sub-mixes due to a comparably high load this EQ puts on a CPU).

www.voxengo.com/product/overtonegeq

PedalBoard ~ Python Audio Library

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pedalboard is a Python library for working with audio: reading, writing, rendering, adding effects, and more. It supports most popular audio file formats and a number of common audio effects out of the box, and also allows the use of VST3® and Audio Unit formats for loading third-party software instruments and effects.

Features:

  • Built-in audio I/O utilities (pedalboard.io)
    • Support for reading and writing AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, and WAV files on all platforms with no dependencies
    • Additional support for reading AAC, AC3, WMA, and other formats depending on platform
    • Support for on-the-fly resampling of audio files and streams with O(1) memory usage
    • Live audio effects via AudioStream
  • Built-in support for a number of basic audio transformations, including:
    • Guitar-style effects: Chorus, Distortion, Phaser, Clipping
    • Loudness and dynamic range effects: Compressor, Gain, Limiter
    • Equalizers and filters: HighpassFilter, LadderFilter, LowpassFilter
    • Spatial effects: Convolution, Delay, Reverb
    • Pitch effects: PitchShift
    • Lossy compression: GSMFullRateCompressor, MP3Compressor
    • Quality reduction: Resample, Bitcrush
  • Supports VST3® instrument and effect plugins on macOS, Windows, and Linux (pedalboard.load_plugin)
  • Supports instrument and effect Audio Units on macOS
  • Strong thread-safety, memory usage, and speed guarantees
    • Releases Python’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) to allow use of multiple CPU cores
      • No need to use multiprocessing!
    • Even when only using one thread:
      • Processes audio up to 300x faster than pySoX for single transforms, and 2-5x faster than SoxBindings (via iCorv)
      • Reads audio files up to 4x faster than librosa.load (in many cases)
  • Tested compatibility with TensorFlow – can be used in tf.data pipelines!

github.com/spotify/pedalboard

Bitter ~ Bitscope & Intersample Clip Monitor

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Bitter shows how many of the available bits are being used by the audio signal, reports clipping samples, and estimates when digital-to-analog conversion would cause inter-sample clips. Typical uses for a bitscope include: verifying that a render dither is working properly; verifying that a particular plugin is not reducing the signal bit depth; testing for faulty audio source data.

Features:

  • Check for Intersample Clipping that may appear during digital-to-analog conversion
  • Detailed display of the usage density of each bit
  • Reveal the bitrate of the digital signal, which may well differ from that of the file’s bitrate or your DAW’s audio engine bitrate
  • Display the audio sample rate

www.stillwellaudio.com/plugins/bitter

Cardinal ~ Virtual Modular Synthesizer Plugin

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A fully free and self-contained modular synthesizer based on the popular VCV Rack. Available in AudioUnit/CLAP/LV2/VST2/VST3 plugin formats and as a standalone app for FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows and the Web.

cardinal.kx.studio
github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal

THD Meter ~ Measure Total Harmonic Distortion

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MathAudio THD Meter VST/AU

  • Measures Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) in sound cards, speakers and headphones.
  • Applies matched filters for maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the presence of additive stochastic noise.
  • Supports microphone calibration files.
  • Supports full range of sample rates from 44.056 kHz up to 384 kHz. All sample rates are supported without resampling to avoid any possible loss in accuracy.

mathaudio.com/thd-meter

Filtron ~ Variable Filter

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Filtron is a 12dB state variable filter that can smoothly transition between lowpass, bandpass, and highpass. It is capable of self-oscillation with resonance levels that can reach up to 11! Filtron also features a fat sounding internal saturation algorithm and a sizzly post overdrive with two modes to choose from: cold and hot.

  • 12db state variable filter
  • Transition smoothly between Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass
  • Self-oscillating resonance
  • Fat Internal saturation
  • Post overdrive with Cold and Hot modes
  • Stereo Modulation via CV
  • Integrates with Gatekeeper
  • Optimized for audio rate modulation
  • State of the art zero delay filter design
  • Internally oversampled
  • 100% FREE

polyversemusic.com/products/filtron