Just released SWRL and SWRL Lite from FRCTL Audio (some of you might know me from GRN, the granular plugin).
SWRL (Swirl) is a "movement effect". It runs 6 different DSP processes in parallel and blends them together into one combined texture. The idea came from wanting to have a single plugin that could "bring life" to stale sounds. Like GRN I wanted to make it easy and fun to use and experiment with.
The 6 "characters" are:
Drift — pitch wobble and chorus, kind of like tape drift
Wash — reverb and diffusion
Orbit — spatial circular panning
Flutter — fast tremolo and stereo flicker
Pulse — tempo-synced rhythmic gating and pumping
Heat — warm saturation
SWRL Lite is free and has two knobs: Amount (how much effect) and Mix (dry/wet). That's literally it. Throw it on something, turn the knob and done + cool visualizer of course.
The full version has individual control over each character's amount, plus adjustable rate, stereo width, crossover filters, output filters, autogain, meters, spectrum analyzer.
Available as VST3, AU, and CLAP on Windows, Mac (universal binary, signed and notarized), and Linux (You know I got you).
Links:
Website: frctlaudio.com
SWRL Lite (free): https://frctlaudio.com/products/swrl-lite
SWRL Full: https://frctlaudio.com/products/swrl
Happy to answer any questions. Would love to hear how people use it if you give it a try.
Also here's a quick video I made of what the effects sound like!
