Hi
I'm looking for a plugin that may not exist. I want a VSt effect that splits the incoming audio into user-defined bands, then sends each band to a seperate VST output for further processing. Applications? Multiband compression, multiband distortion, making bass mono and higher frequencies wider, etc. The possibilities are limitless.
Anyone know of a plugin like this? I'd pay for it!
Anyone know of a multiband splitter plugin?
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- KVRian
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
PS I don't want *just* a multiband distortion, or *just* a multiband comp, let me make that clear. I know of all those plugs like Tridirt, Delta Force, VintageWarmer, etc etc. The plugin I'm looking for would have many more applications.
I also know of MonoFilter by NugenAudio, but it only does two outputs (2 bands), but it's halfway there...
I also know of MonoFilter by NugenAudio, but it only does two outputs (2 bands), but it's halfway there...
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
I also have energyXT which could probably do it with alot of a$$ing abouut, but I'm looking for something that is extremely quick to set up. damn, I wish I could code plugins because I'd definitely be making this. Anyone else see a use for a plugin like this?
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- KVRAF
- 12235 posts since 18 Aug, 2003
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- KVRAF
- 7489 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
I don't know of a plugin...(sorry) ... but I do know that Adobe Audition will let you split any audio file into 8 seperate files according to user defined frequency ranges. Very useful if you want that kind of detail. Like you I would be interested to know if anything in the VST world can do a similar task.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
thanks, that's perfect!shamann wrote:TinyFx Tinysplitter.
3-band frequency splitter.
Free.
In the TinyFX bundle.
www.tinygod.com
TinyGod website wrote:Tiny Splitter:
Splits the incoming signal into three frequency bands. First out pair is lowpass, second out pair is bandpass, third out pair is highpass. Bandpass covers the range between the lowpass and highpass cutoff frequencies even if low and high cross over.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
you da man 
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- KVRAF
- 4218 posts since 10 Oct, 2002 from Nashville, TN USA
I've made this same thing many times in energyXT. It doesn't take long and you can have as many or as few bands as you want. And the bonus with eXT is that you don't have to use the same splitter on each band, so you can micro-manage the choices and change your mind, etc.scam_artist wrote:I also have energyXT which could probably do it with alot of a$$ing abouut, but I'm looking for something that is extremely quick to set up. damn, I wish I could code plugins because I'd definitely be making this. Anyone else see a use for a plugin like this?
TweakBench also has some free tools that work well with eXT and the splitting concept.
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- KVRAF
- 8731 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
You could use pretty well any existing multiband plugin, such as a compressor. It's a bit circuitous, but as long as it has mute bands feature, you would simply mute all the other bands you want and then leave the compression set to zero, then process with some other plugin of choice. That way also means you'd need to use several instances of the same plug, and copy the audio channel to the same number of bands, so CPU might be an issue. Not a very neat way of doing it...and the accuracy depends on the type of filters it uses to split the bands. You might well get some smearing of phase, and depending on the slope of the filter etc some frequencies would get doubled.
I remember reading one of the UAD tips about Cambridge Eq - I seem to remember they recommended Butterworth filters (but don't quote me...) for splitting bands, and spreading the bands a fair distance apart. Try the UAD website and check out the "tips" - one of them for using Cambridge Eq for multiband compression facilitation. It had some useful technical data about how filters smear phase and which ones to use.
Another idea is QuantumFX - it's certainly possible to rig up band splitters and then your own custom FX for each band...not necessarily the cheapest option though, I admit.
I remember reading one of the UAD tips about Cambridge Eq - I seem to remember they recommended Butterworth filters (but don't quote me...) for splitting bands, and spreading the bands a fair distance apart. Try the UAD website and check out the "tips" - one of them for using Cambridge Eq for multiband compression facilitation. It had some useful technical data about how filters smear phase and which ones to use.
Another idea is QuantumFX - it's certainly possible to rig up band splitters and then your own custom FX for each band...not necessarily the cheapest option though, I admit.