I've finally released Metallurgy!
Here is the latest, updated information.
Description:
Metallurgy is a multi effect that is capable of providing sounds ranging from basic, subtle, filter tweaks to twisted, complex, walls of sound that bare virtually no resemblance to the original audio.
Metallurgy offers 3 filters with multiple modulation options, 2 very digital distortions (each with 3 modes), 2 downsamplers, dual delay, an envelope follower, a gate sequencer, and a Metal effect that, in addition to flanging and metallic effects, also provides the ability to produce pitched sequences...nearly turning Metallurgy into an synth in it's own right.
Metallurgy has been designed with bass, drums, and synth sounds in mind, but is useful with a very wide range of sound types and it comes with 417 categorized patches.
Metallurgy costs $20 (USD), payable through PayPal.
http://www.cortidesign.com/ugo
Demo version: Metallurgy 1.0 Demo
Demo limitations:
- - only 64 patches
- occasional volume dropout
Metal effect
- - used for metallic sounds, flanging, and sequenced notes
- 16 step pitch sequencer with a 5 octave note range, portamento, and sequence length
- LFO
- - low pass, band pass, and high pass
- all 3 filters can function at the same time, running in parallel
- each filter has it's own LFO
- 16 step sequencer with mod amount control for each filter, glide, and sequence length
- each filter has its own volume control
- - downsampler
- distortion with 3 modes
- LFO controls the downsamplers (8 modes, including positive and negative options)
- Filth 1 = pre filter, Filth 2 = post filter
- - 16 steps
- gate length control
- mix control
- - each has its own time controls
- stereo width adjustment
- - modulate any/all of the 3 filter cutoffs
- modulate Metal time + the Metal's all pass filter.
- amount, attack and decay controls
- Canned Heat
Darrell Burgan (Spirit Canyon Audio)
dystonia_ek
H.G. Fortune
Jeremy Janzen (Floyd)
rsmus7
Tim Conrardy
WaveRider
Roben Stobenz
Dave Wallin (White Noise Audio)
Frank Genus (ToTc)
Sicklecell666
Ugo
Midi CC control over nearly all parameters
Host BPM sync for LFO's and sequencers
Mono signal path
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MP3's of Metallurgy in action
metallurgy groove demo 1
this first demo consists of a drum track, a percussion track, and a bassline. the first time through is dry, the second time has an instance of metallurgy on each part.
metallurgy demo 2
just a drum groove with a single instance of metallurgy...first dry, then wet.
metallurgy demo 3
a basic synth line...first dry, then wet, then dry again.
metallurgy demo 4
a basic, raw, sustained synth sound is transformed into a rhythmic drone. starts off dry, then goes to full wet, then back to dry again.
:10: Metallurgy Demo - by :10:
Metallurgy is the only effect used on this track.
db Metallurgy Demo - by Darrell Burgan
Drum loop played dry then processed various ways in Metallurgy.
Metallurgic Pluck - by Geeseaplenty
Basic poly pluck sound from Waldorf A1, before and after metallurgy (repeats 3x)
Lead Sound - by Geeseaplenty
A Waldorf A1 Prophet lead patch, effected and non-effected (repeats 3x)
Metallurgic Drums - by Geeseaplenty
Drumatic 3 groove, before and after metallurgy treatment (repeats 3x)
DRM MoogFooger - by ToTc
A ToTc Metallurgy preset.
DRM BasementLoop - by ToTc
A ToTc Metallurgy preset.
DRM Oxidizer - by ToTc
A ToTc Metallurgy preset.
DRM Dark Sequential - by ToTc
A ToTc Metallurgy preset.
GEN Chewey.mp3
Guitar through the Chewey preset.
BAS FunkDefy1.mp3
Bass through FunkDefy 1.
BAS FunkDefy2.mp3
Bass through FunkDefy 2.
Note to Live and FL Studio users
There is a bug I'm still trying to track down that effects these two hosts. When you unmute the plugin, the audio stutters for a short bit.
Update - 12-6-05: There would appear to be a related bug in FL (don't know about Live yet) that also causes stuttering when you stop button on the transport...but it doesn't seem to happen when you use the spacebar. Additionally, stuttering occurs when you start FL's sequencer if you have "reset plugins on transport" turned on in your audio options menu.
I will of course keep trying to find a proper fix for these problems. However, in the meantime, turning off "reset plugins on transport" and using the spacebar instead of the buttons is stopping the stuttering at start/stop for me.
Well, thats it...I hope you folks dig Metallurgy.
Many thanks to all the beta testers, sound designers, Jeff McClintock, Dave Haupt, Chris Kerry, and to Sicklecell666 for inspiring me to actually build this.
As always, please let me know what you think of it and if you post any tracks that uses it.
Thanks,
-ugo
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