Airwindows GalacticVibe: Free Mac/Windows/Linux/Pi AU/VST/Rack

[jinxtigr]

TL;DW: GalacticVibe is the stereo vibrato from the original Galactic reverb.

GalacticVibe.zip(503k)

GalacticVibe is about taking the code I used to make the Galactic reverb super wide, and breaking it out into a chorus-like effect… at which it turns out to be great!

Used in Galactic, it's always full wet. It's a dual vibrato that's 'quadrature', meaning the channels are two different offsets on the same LFO. Except it's not exactly an LFO in the sense of low frequency oscillator, because it's slightly irregular. You don't hear it as being super off, but it's a somewhat organic quality whatever speed you choose.

This produces two stereo outputs (even if you're just giving it mono) and the way they modulate is a bit like a miked-up Leslie: the pitch wavers across both channels. But then, if you add dry (which isn't part of Galactic's modulation) that blends against both stereo channels… and you end up with a nice little vibey chorus, with definite Leslie-like qualities, but without any of the speaker emulation and without an accurate pitch modulation on what would be the treble horns (instead, it's something else, a little smoother).

So it turns out the modulation inside Galactic (Galactic2 is different) is quite nice just by itself! In particular, it seems very nice giving slow swirly effects, and ramping up to a quicker speed has a really striking 'leslie, but not leslie' quality. A happy accident that is now yours, because this is an open source, free plugin, so enjoy adding this tool to your stereo toolkit.

All this is paid for by my Patreon, and the better that does the more I can do with it: as promised, the Bricasti reverb is here. Like I said I am not going to make a clone, but I am certain I can both get some useful k-series reverbs inspired by classic Bricasti patches, and design future reverb algorithms that incorporate more Bricast-isms, just from being able to hear it properly and make use of it in the studio. There's also the new Console versions coming along, currently in study mode as I explore a world of classic vinyl records heard in the fullest fidelity, and develop channel EQs that will go along with the new Console versions.

Thanks, and hope you like GalacticVibe!

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[antoineportes]

Hi Chris,

I was reading your code, looking for a starting point for a Leslie effect (all it lacks indeed is a 2-band split, a bit of drive and maybe one or two "speed" slider(s)).

I've noticed that GalacticVibe declares overallscale in the beginning but doesn't use it afterwards when processing audio.
Which means that the LFO speed should depend on the sampling rate — I've checked, it does!

I'm wondering if it's on purpose.

[jinxtigr]

Hi Chris,

I was reading your code, looking for a starting point for a Leslie effect (all it lacks indeed is a 2-band split, a bit of drive and maybe one or two "speed" slider(s)).

I've noticed that GalacticVibe declares overallscale in the beginning but doesn't use it afterwards when processing audio.
Which means that the LFO speed should depend on the sampling rate — I've checked, it does!

I'm wondering if it's on purpose.

Sometimes stuff gets by me for long enough that it's out there and in people's saved projects… yeah, that's an oops, but there would have to be a GalacticVibe2 to address it. Just updating it would change behavior

[antoineportes]

Yep, eternal backward compatibility is one of the many things I enjoy about Airwindows.
As well as some unusual behaviours from time to time: I wish there was a metaplugin able to under-sample this one!

[glokraw]

Excellent, will test with all and sundry when time allows. Should be a nice addition to modeling amp and ampsim output, ePianos, phat leads, pads, vocal samples yada yada
Thanks for sharing.