Spectralsand - Spectral delay by (un)familiar | Win, Mac, Linux

[Nug Wrangler]

Great little delay. There is a free version aswell. Made in Puredata

description

spectralsand is a spectral delay plugin built around a central array and the concept of signal printing. now, what exactly does that mean?

essentially, spectralsand can break down the frequency spectrum into hundreds of tiny bits and delay each one by a certain amount of time. this allows it to completely change the timbre of whatever it's fed; but it gets better, because the amounts of time are organized in a graph that can be manipulated by a whole host of sources! you can use basic shapes, white noise, custom waveforms, and even a separate audio input! this unlocks strange new ways to make lasery noises, beautiful soundscapes, wet swampy sounds, and whatever else you can imagine.


features

time: control how much the plugin delays each bin. this value can be offset between the left and right channels, making super wide delays.

feedback: feed the delays back into themselves creating strange, exponential echoes. (also comes equipped with a panic button so you don't burst your eardrums)

osc type: choose from a variety of shapes to print onto the array. you can also change the frequency of the oscillators and invert their shapes. the full version of the plugin comes with adraw-your-own custom oscillator function as well.

binsize: change how many pieces spectralsand breaks your input into (anywhere from 128-2048).

mix: blend the original input with the delayed output to find a perfect middle-ground.

sidechain mode (full version only): send spectralsand a sidechain input from another audio source (or maybe even from... itself?) to find unconventional combos of two sounds. (comes with a boost function to make the sidechain input more pronounced)

randomize (full version only): who doesn't love a good old-fashioned randomizer?

themes (full version only): spectralsand comes with the ability to load and make its' own themes in a matter of minutes. customize your copy of the plugin to fit your unique style! (also comes shipped with some of the best themes made by the spectralsand community)

https://unfamiliartunes.gumroad.com/l/spectralsand

[AtomOfScent]

Interesting plugin, though I really wish time could be tempo-synced (maybe pitch waves for osc freq too?)

Some of the most interesting sounds I got came just after changing between lower bin settings, but it stops once it "settles."
I'm able to modulate between settings with a tempo-synced square wave in Reaper, but there's a nasty glitch (unlike the nice ones I'm chasing) so automation handling could also be improved.

[neverbefore]

I dont understand how the "oscillator" works - my mpression is it is a graph rather than an oscillator ie it shows the magnitude of each bin that gets presented to the delay. ie if you drew a graph of a single vertical line you would get a single bin being delayed. But maybe it isnt that at all.

[dayjob]

Requires Rosetta last I checked. So anyone on apple silicon, it’s not native.

[foosnark]

Did anyone go for the full version? Just trying the "mud edition" so far -- the results are mostly kind of "reverb with a twist" from what I've found, and I probably don't need another one of those...

A slow LFO assigned to Freq can be pretty neat though (with osc set to sine/tri/saw, or even noise)