Want to Help Build an Audio Plugin? We'd Love Your Thoughts.

[OisinC]

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Hi everyone,
We're Lú Music Technology, a small Belfast-based start-up working on a new innovative audio processor plugin called HRF (Harmonic Reinforcement Filter).
https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/lu-music-technology

Over the past few months we've received feedback from producers, engineers, educators and hobbyists, and one thing has become very clear: some of the most valuable insights come from communities like this one.
So we'd like to try something a little different.
Instead of asking you to buy anything, we'd love to invite you to challenge HRF.

We've recently extended our free trial from 14 days to 28 days, based on feedback from our community, so keep challenging us, because it helps us make Lú better for everyone.

Here's the challenge:

• Try HRF on something you know extremely well.
  Use it where you think it shouldn't work.
  Compare it with your favourite tools.
  Push it into situations where it succeeds or completely falls apart.
  Tell us what surprised you.
  Tell us what confused you.
  Tell us what you'd improve.

Whether you're a beginner learning to mix, a seasoned mastering engineer, a live sound engineer, a film composer, or someone who simply enjoys experimenting with audio, we'd genuinely value your perspective.

• We're particularly interested in hearing things like:
  What material did you test?
  What workflow did you use?
  Where did HRF help?
  Where did it make things worse?
  Were there controls you didn't understand?
  Are there features you'd like to see?
  If you could redesign one part of it, what would it be?
  How would you describe HRF to someone else, and who do you think would be able to use it to its fullest potential?

Positive feedback is encouraging, but constructive criticism is often the most useful thing a young company can receive. We'd much rather learn from honest experiences than collect compliments.
Our goal is to build something genuinely useful for the audio community, and we know that only happens if we keep listening.
Thanks for helping us learn.

Our KVR articles: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/harmon ... technology
KVR profile: https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/lu-music-technology


Our website: www.lumusictech.com (http://www.lumusictech.com)
Email us at info@lumusictech.com (mailto:info@lumusictech.com)
HRF Trial Download:
https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh/download/hrf (https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh/download/hrf)
Perpetual Licence:
https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh/buy/hrf (https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh/buy/hrf)
Monthly Rent-to-Own:
https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh ... ent-to-own (https://lu-music-technology.moonbase.sh/buy/hrf?variation=monthly-rent-to-own)

[billinder33]

I've not tried it, but just looking at the front panel, the goal is to exaggerate note specific harmonics?

A feature that might make sense is the ability to select a chord or scale, with a knob to increase the notes in the selected chord/scale and a second knob to decrease the notes not in the selected chord/scale.

If I'm misunderstanding the purpose of the plugin, the please disregard.

[OisinC]

I've not tried it, but just looking at the front panel, the goal is to exaggerate note specific harmonics?

A feature that might make sense is the ability to select a chord or scale, with a knob to increase the notes in the selected chord/scale and a second knob to decrease the notes not in the selected chord/scale.

If I'm misunderstanding the purpose of the plugin, the please disregard.

Thanks for the suggestion, and no need to disregard it at all - it's an interesting idea.
HRF actually takes a slightly different approach. Rather than boosting the harmonics of selected notes, it analyses the harmonic relationships within the incoming audio and progressively attenuates the less-shared (more dissonant) harmonic content. The harmonics that are already shared between musical elements are left more intact, which tends to increase perceived cohesion, clarity and separation while preserving the natural character of the source.
The Optimizer is intended as an intelligent starting point based on the incoming audio, and we've found that some users like to fine-tune the result further in Manual mode to suit the material or their own taste.
The kind of chord/scale-aware processing you describe is certainly an interesting concept. We'll certainly consider how it might fit with the direction of the product. At the moment, though, HRF is designed to work directly from the harmonic content that's actually present in the signal, rather than requiring the user to specify a key, chord or scale.
Really appreciate the feedback and the suggestion!
Thank you.
Do let us know your feedback, if you ever get a chance to try it out!

[motomotomoto]

Hey plug-in sounds cool but FYI getting user feedback and detailed information is something EVERY plugin dev wants and usually give something away in exchange, such as a discount coupon or whatever. I’m not mad or trashing you guys just saying you might get more feedback and participation if you incentivize users with something beyond, “download the demo”.

[Benedict]

Honestly, it looks like a "No" from me as:

The website comes over all AI and everyone is stock-photo 19yo beardy tattoeed hipster types. The opposite of professional for me.

Dipping into videos that claim to introduce or even masterclass me are the same hipstery 'everyone cool knows already' kinda thing. I am left assuming this is just more of that auto-EQ AI-ish palaver. Esp seeing the demos are talked over, so for all I know, they do nothing, or nothing I want to hear (assume weird 'cheese grater' vibe). Get a real presenter who can show the product for what it does instead of reading a script over the product.

Finally, the demo seems more a sign-up thing than just a "here, try this".

As you see, I got nowhere near that product itself as everything put me off the company and the product by putting its social agenda markery BS ahead of what matters to me: the product.