New Release: Wavefield v1.0.0 by Fine Increments - Wavetable-based Spectral Filter (VST3/AU/AAX)

[fineincrements]

Hi KVR,

I'm Seth. I built Wavefield, a spectral filter plugin that uses animated wavetable frame shapes as filter curves. Today is launch day.

WHAT IT DOES
Instead of adjusting fixed band filters and modulating, you load a wavetable and its waveform becomes the filter. Each frame in the table is a different spectral gain curve, and Wavefield animates through them in real time. This makes getting complex spectral shaping very easy.

THREE PROCESSING MODES
· Magnitude - maps wavetable frames directly to per-bin FFT gain curves. Precise spectral shaping, no phase artifacts.
· Phase Warp - a variant of magnitude mode with frequency-dependent phase rotation and harmonic dispersion. Slightly detuned, metallic, and alien timbres without touching the magnitude curve.
· Spectral IR - treats each frame as an impulse response and convolves it with the spectrum. Denser, more smeared character.

WAVETABLE POSITION MODULATION
· Free-running LFO
· Host tempo sync with standard note divisions
· Step sequencer - jumps between keyframe positions with optional per-step gating
· Manual pin mode for static shapes
· Forward / reverse / ping-pong playback
· Trim range to constrain playback to any portion of the table

BUILT-IN WAVETABLE EDITOR
Draw custom filter shapes directly into up to 20 keyframes per wavetable cycle. Wavefield interpolates smoothly between them. A library of waveform presets is available within the editor as starting points - filter sweeps, formant shapes, vowel morphs, FM-derived envelopes, and more. Separate main preset system for saving and recalling full plugin states.

STEREO MODE
Offsets the L and R channels to different wavetable positions simultaneously, creating frequency-dependent stereo width that evolves with the filter movement. Not mid-side, not a width knob - no equivalent exists in other plugins. And it's mono-compatible.

OTHER CONTROLS
· Skew - warps frequency mapping toward lows or highs
· Floor - sets minimum gain for filtered bins
· Safe Bass - bypasses processing below a selectable frequency threshold
· Smooth - reduces Gibbs ringing from steep filter edges
· Chain Offset - upstream PDC knob for DAWs that don't automatically compensate for latency introduced by upstream plugins in an insert chain
· Dry/wet, output gain, and transparent limiter
· Transport link locks processing to the DAWs transport for deterministic and repeatable playback

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mac: macOS 10.14 or later, 64-bit, Universal 2 Binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
Windows: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
Formats: VST3 / AU / AAX
64-bit host required

TRIAL & PRICING
14-day free trial
$39 introductory price through June 13, 2026 - regular price $49.

LINKS
KVR Product Page: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/wavefi ... increments
Trial + purchase: https://www.fineincrements.com/wavefield

support@fineincrements.com
Happy to answer questions.

~Seth

[BozzR]

This thing is awesome!

Really interesting effect processor (in a sea of analogue emulations) - I've just been running saw/square waves into it with some hand drawn wavetables, and running the output into amp sims/distortions whilst automating Skew and Pos parameters - so many gnarly basses!

Kinda makes WT synths almost redundant, just turn any sound into a wavetable sounding thingie-majig.

[morphex]

This plug-in is unique, and it's way more versatile than I expected. It's not a one-trick pony either. Even subtle shifts sound amazing, and it's an effective stereo tool as well. I've spent a few hours with it, and I've noticed that certain settings are downright funky. I'm using it to process drums from Microtonic, and the results are extremely rhythmic and addictive.

I initially started with an ambient type of track, because I wanted to hear how smoothly it morphs through spectral curves. To me it sounds buttery-smooth, and can sound quite beautiful. But it's not limited to mellow music. It's capable of completely twisting percussion loops with Microtonic, while adding exotic harmonics and interesting stereo tricks as well. These features look well thought out, with convenient touches like a Safe Bass setting and more. This thing is cool!

I'm always keeping my eye on new start ups and indie developers. I think there's a big pool of talented people who have really good ideas. It takes some courage to develop plug-ins that actually offer something different, especially in a market that is already so saturated. But so far, Wavefield is proving to be totally worth the price of admission. I'm impressed, and there's still more to explore.

Congratulations to Fine Increments, on a great 1.0 release!

[GusGranite]

Very nice

[sandandpaint]

EDIT - working when I switched browser

love to try it but the download dialog is not giving me access

[billinder33]

How is this different from Kiloheart's ShaperTable?

[kraster]

How is this different from Kiloheart's ShaperTable?

As far as I understand it, ShaperTable uses the shape of a wavetable frame to derive a complex filter response (similar to a high-resolution EQ curve), whereas Wavefield uses the frame more directly in a time-domain way, closer to an impulse-response-style filter, so each frame influences both the spectral content and phase over time. But also wavefield has multiple modes that can push it more towards the shapertable style.

Also you can edit your own wavetables in wavefield and has its own built in LFO for cycling through.

Filtertable needs to be hosted in snap heap or multipass for modulation (or use daw modulation)

There are also things like a control to omit bass frequencies, a step mode that turns off wavetable interpolation so each wavetable frame is a discrete step (like a spectral trance gate), three distinct modes that make the filter behave differently, a control that biases the filter towards the bass or top end.

Wavefield and Shapertable are similar in the top line sense but wavefield is more self contained and overall deeper and more versatile.

It's really great.

[billinder33]

How is this different from Kiloheart's ShaperTable?

As far as I understand it, ShaperTable uses the shape of a wavetable frame to derive a complex filter response (similar to a high-resolution EQ curve), whereas Wavefield uses the frame more directly in a time-domain way, closer to an impulse-response-style filter, so each frame influences both the spectral content and phase over time. But also wavefield has multiple modes that can push it more towards the shapertable style.

Also you can edit your own wavetables in wavefield and has its own built in LFO for cycling through.

Filtertable needs to be hosted in snap heap or multipass for modulation (or use daw modulation)

There are also things like a control to omit bass frequencies, a step mode that turns off wavetable interpolation so each wavetable frame is a discrete step (like a spectral trance gate), two distinct modes that make the filter behave differently, a control that biases the filter towards the bass or top end.

Wavefield and Shapertable are similar in the top line sense but wavefield is more self contained and overall deeper and more versatile.

It's really great.

Thanks Kraster. Just watched the video walkthrough on the website. Very impressive.

I keep thinking I don't want or need more plugins. But so many great things are coming out lately. Definitely going to demo this one!

[Funky40]

Thanks guys for the inputs !
it helps

[Funky40]

ok, on demo. Just running a WT synth sequenzed from HW.

Sounds great. Even on the sequenzed WT Synth ( Waldorf MW1)

Key to make it work for me is in this case to deal with WT start and end points. Make it shorter!

Looks like a quite useful -and definitly funny- plugin for me.

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already a feature request:
- Instead of having WT Start/End and Trim parameters would i turn these three into just: WT start/lenght
- as is is jamming around fiddly.
- probably as a a 2nd mode option. But i don`t see what somebody could lose with such a parameter arrangement ?
- that mode would allow for much quicker handling. And: better jamings

[Funky40]

i`ve checked it re. live play and Piano:


Now comes the caveat re. live playing:
- it has a reported 90ms Latency (48khz)
- i can bring it down to 30ms by hosting it in "Patchwork", at 4x oversampling. 30ms
- i can bring it further down at 8x oversampling. 18ms (leave out CPU usage)


Now the next caveat:
- it is not really working hosted within "Patchwork"
- the waveform display does not work when set to "db" visual mode
- several parameters stop working also- WT start/stop/Trim continue to work. Others don`t !
- maybe patchwork is clamping those off. Not checked further.....Not donne any CC mapping within PW

Soundwise ? can be fun with Piano....and some manual "Dry-Wet" jam wiggling for example. Sounds good.


Nice plugin. Not exactly made for live play uses ( i see the context). And it seems in an quite early stage.
Definitly fun on sequenzed instruments. I really like it.

[pekbro]

Interesting plugin, deliberating as to whether or not I need something like this. It’s unique for sure, but the results are not overly better than the results I get from other stuff. So far anyway.

Little too much cost for a casual purchase.

[sandandpaint]

there is this wavetable filter as well https://expdsp.com/exp-filtertable but wavefield brings its own thing to the table so one could easily use both without feeling overly luxurious

I think being able to modulate the window position rather than just the end points would improve wavefield quite a bit.

[VariKusBrainZ]

Melda just built one too, available in MPowersynth and the modular Mxxx. Will no doubt be standalone soon

[pekbro]

One thing that would be cool with this I think, would be to run different sig analyses on it,
where you could filter it for noise, brightness,
Level etc, before applying the waveform shapes to it. The types of analysis present in some plugins from unfiltered audio and red timbre audio of late for example.