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We're immensely excited to announce that PIRANHA, our multi-band waveshaper and clipper, has officially launched! :D



WHAT DOES PIRANHA DO?
PIRANHA comes with a big library of waveshaping functions including hard and soft clippers, transfer curves, bitcrushers, and time-dependent modules inside a modern, intuitive UI. PIRANHA allows you to distort, crush, saturate and clip your input signals without limits, opening up new ways to explore both precision mastering and bold sound design.

MORE BANDS, MORE CONTROL
With up to 3 different bands to modify, you can target different regions of your sound with either linear phase or zero latency crossovers. Freely slide the band(s) to where you want your section to shine for precise control over your sound.

SHAPE LIKE AN ARTIST
Each band has its own transfer curve, and you choose what shape it's going to be! Find the shape that fits your purpose (or mood) in our big library. One shape for symmetric waveshaping, or go crazy with asymmetrical waveshaping by choosing 2 different shapes for the positive and negative half of the waveform. Control your sound-design chaos with the individual threshold and bias sliders.

EMPHASIS ON EVERYTHING
With the emphasis controls, it's totally up to you to decide what frequencies are driving the waveshaping most prominently. Perfect for pushing up those gritty sound textures, but also for smooth or surprising build-ups and transitions.

Check it out over at Check it out over at: https://darkpalace.studio/products/piranha

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Any upgrade plans for people owning the rest of your plugins? Looks great and providing Linux is even greater. :tu:
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Super cool, Darkplace.... your product suite is really growing nicely!

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darkpalacestudios wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:32 am Check it out over at Check it out over at: https://darkpalace.studio/products/piranha
I will I will! :hihi:

Very nice! I will have to pick it up. Love your other plugins.
El°HYM wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2026 8:05 am Any upgrade plans for people owning the rest of your plugins? Looks great and providing Linux is even greater. :tu:
When I visited the site tonight, I saw that there's a bundle for everything that reduces the price dependant upon what you already own. HTH.

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Hey everyone, thank you so much for the support and nice words! It brings a smile to our faces to come back and see your enthousiasm.

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El°HYM wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2026 8:05 am Any upgrade plans for people owning the rest of your plugins? Looks great and providing Linux is even greater. :tu:
and as Naenyn also mentioned, we indeed offer a Complete Bundle with 10% discount. When you are logged into your account, the bundle price changes to match the price for the plug-ins you do not have yet, so you can always still get the bundle with 10% off even though you already have one or multiple plug-ins from us. :D

Feel free to ask us anything that's on your mind, we're always happy to help.

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Has anyone tried to do subtle mix/buss/sound phattening or subtle mastering work with this plugin?

I am obsessed with the sounds on Kanye's Yeezus lately, so I am attracted to the aggressive side of Piranha, but was wondering also about the bread and butter mix applications that it could also achieve.

Going to read the manual in a bit.
REAPER + Davinci Resolve Pro on Manjaro KDE. Neve 88m. Focusrite 18i20 2nd gen. Neumann NDH30 headphones. Mics: Telefunken TF39, AT4050, Miktek C7e, EV RE-15. VSTs: u-he Hive 2, F'em, Renoise Redux, Apisonic Speedrum 2.

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TechHaus wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:33 pm Has anyone tried to do subtle mix/buss/sound phattening or subtle mastering work with this plugin?
This type of mastering application is exactly what the "saturate" transfer curve is for. Set that to a threshold in the 1.0 to 1.25 range (depending on your input level) and it will create a fat and dense mix.

Two more tricks:
You can apply a broad emphasis EQ dip on the bass (just dip a few dB on sub or low frequencies) so that bass-heavy content is not driving the saturation too hard.

What also works great on mastering applications is to use two or three bands in linear phase mode, each with the saturation curve. This leads to each individual band doing less work, which can massively help with keeping clarity, while still getting some desired loudness.

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OK blaring loud sound the moment I open their website, clicked off straight away. Why!

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aMUSEd wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 9:47 am OK blaring loud sound the moment I open their website, clicked off straight away. Why!
I've never had that happen when visiting the DS site. If it's an actual thing it makes me wonder what else I've been missing online.

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Kai Enaki wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 11:27 am
aMUSEd wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 9:47 am OK blaring loud sound the moment I open their website, clicked off straight away. Why!
I've never had that happen when visiting the DS site. If it's an actual thing it makes me wonder what else I've been missing online.
It was on my phone but just tried again on desktop and still loud music is on by default. Not a great idea

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darkpalacestudios wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 7:21 am
TechHaus wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:33 pm Has anyone tried to do subtle mix/buss/sound phattening or subtle mastering work with this plugin?
This type of mastering application is exactly what the "saturate" transfer curve is for. Set that to a threshold in the 1.0 to 1.25 range (depending on your input level) and it will create a fat and dense mix.

Two more tricks:
You can apply a broad emphasis EQ dip on the bass (just dip a few dB on sub or low frequencies) so that bass-heavy content is not driving the saturation too hard.

What also works great on mastering applications is to use two or three bands in linear phase mode, each with the saturation curve. This leads to each individual band doing less work, which can massively help with keeping clarity, while still getting some desired loudness.
Thank you for the response and the info. Was thinking that this might be a cool multiband "inflator".

Watching your just posted overview video!

REAPER + Davinci Resolve Pro on Manjaro KDE. Neve 88m. Focusrite 18i20 2nd gen. Neumann NDH30 headphones. Mics: Telefunken TF39, AT4050, Miktek C7e, EV RE-15. VSTs: u-he Hive 2, F'em, Renoise Redux, Apisonic Speedrum 2.

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