KERN Audio — two plugins (and a beta test), solo dev, just shipped

[kernaudioio]

what´s the latency of your plugins ?


asking re. live play usages

WIDE and CHECK are zero-latency - should be fully usable for live playing. Both use IIR processing with no lookahead.

SMOOTH and WARM use FFT spectral processing, so they report ~4096 samples of latency (~93ms at 44.1kHz). Your DAW compensates automatically via PDC, but for live monitoring that's in the range where you'd notice it. This is standard for spectral processors — similar to soothe 2, smart:comp, etc.

i am also planning a direct low-latency mode for SMOOTH in a future update - drops from 4096 to 512 FFT, bringing latency down to ~6ms (barely noticeable for live use). reduced frequency resolution as a trade-off, but good enough for real-time monitoring.

[Funky40]

i am also planning a direct low-latency mode for SMOOTH in a future update - drops from 4096 to 512 FFT, bringing latency down to ~6ms (barely noticeable for live use). reduced frequency resolution as a trade-off, but good enough for real-time monitoring.

Thanks for the info !

I thought it´d be that way. But better to have a clear picture rather than just a guess
Yeah, that´d be much welcome for all of "us" if you could add a low latency mode.


edit: mostly interested in "warm". But that had to be low latency too vs. my usecase.


btw. could you please add the link to your web page into your post 1 ? ideally just on top
https://kernaudio.io/

[kernaudioio]

i am also planning a direct low-latency mode for SMOOTH in a future update - drops from 4096 to 512 FFT, bringing latency down to ~6ms (barely noticeable for live use). reduced frequency resolution as a trade-off, but good enough for real-time monitoring.

Thanks for the info !

I thought it´d be that way. But better to have a clear picture rather than just a guess
Yeah, that´d be much welcome for all of "us" if you could add a low latency mode.


edit: mostly interested in "warm". But that had to be low latency too vs. my usecase.


btw. could you please add the link to your web page into your post 1 ? ideally just on top
https://kernaudio.io/

yeah for sure, will do what i can mate!

URL added to top of the first post - thanks for the tip!

[kernaudioio]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

[fisherKing]

great updates! (smooth is really nice)...

[kernaudioio]

great updates! (smooth is really nice)...

thanks a lot mate, greatly appreciated - already planning next sprint.

[VladK]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

Was CHECK updated as well? because KVR shows there is version 1.2 available which is not to the best of my knowledge.

[kernaudioio]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

Was CHECK updated as well? because KVR shows there is version 1.2 available which is not to the best of my knowledge.

it should say 1.2.0 if you download the newest version (link in the confirmation email). let me know if you dont see it, but should definitely be 1.2.0 in the shipped version otherwise let me know. i will ship a new update probably next week or the week after with some small improvements as well and save the plugin size based on preference and last session - right now it defaults back when opening a new session, and a few other small tweaks and fixes.

[pekbro]

Picked up WARM, maybe pick up the rest in the future. Having a bundle upgrade available down the road would be nice if not a huge problem.

Anyway, great stuff!

[VladK]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

Was CHECK updated as well? because KVR shows there is version 1.2 available which is not to the best of my knowledge.

it should say 1.2.0 if you download the newest version (link in the confirmation email). let me know if you dont see it, but should definitely be 1.2.0 in the shipped version otherwise let me know. i will ship a new update probably next week or the week after with some small improvements as well and save the plugin size based on preference and last session - right now it defaults back when opening a new session, and a few other small tweaks and fixes.

I downloaded today, internals of zip are from March 18, version is reported as 1.1.0.

[kernaudioio]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

Was CHECK updated as well? because KVR shows there is version 1.2 available which is not to the best of my knowledge.

it should say 1.2.0 if you download the newest version (link in the confirmation email). let me know if you dont see it, but should definitely be 1.2.0 in the shipped version otherwise let me know. i will ship a new update probably next week or the week after with some small improvements as well and save the plugin size based on preference and last session - right now it defaults back when opening a new session, and a few other small tweaks and fixes.

I downloaded today, internals of zip are from March 18, version is reported as 1.1.0.

oh, thats odd. let me get to it early this week, will make sure to get the right one up!

[kernaudioio]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

Was CHECK updated as well? because KVR shows there is version 1.2 available which is not to the best of my knowledge.

it should say 1.2.0 if you download the newest version (link in the confirmation email). let me know if you dont see it, but should definitely be 1.2.0 in the shipped version otherwise let me know. i will ship a new update probably next week or the week after with some small improvements as well and save the plugin size based on preference and last session - right now it defaults back when opening a new session, and a few other small tweaks and fixes.

I downloaded today, internals of zip are from March 18, version is reported as 1.1.0.

please try now mate, should be v.1.2.1 otherwise let me know please!

[pekbro]

Nice update, the preset menu was especially helpful to me. One thing, is there anyway to make the scaling stick? It does not save so far... thx and cheers

[Lesha]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

While I appreciate what you are doing, the option to unsubscribe in your emails would be very welcome. Thank you.

[kernaudioio]

jst updated all plugins with toggle buttons + resizable GUI and improvements to each individual plugin too:

- SMOOTH v1.2.0: SELECT renamed to SENS, mode toggle redesigned
- WARM v1.3.0: tighter volume matching, better HF clarity, less low-end mud
- WIDE v1.2.0: L/R solo buttons (you asked for this)
- all plugins: bypass button, resizable GUI (75-150%)

thank you all!

While I appreciate what you are doing, the option to unsubscribe in your emails would be very welcome. Thank you.

that's a very good point, seeing now i missed it in some of the emails i've been doing, added it now!