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stoPpa · Post by **stoPpa** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:53 am

does anyone know some good and free BIT reduce plug-in, need to do some converting on my clean samples. need fast hard organic sounds :::)
christopher

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:17 am

Take your pick <here>

stoPpa · Post by **stoPpa** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:39 am

thanks COOkie for your help, now i have what i need

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:35 pm

Also:

+decimate

Sample Reducer (site seems to be down)

VCS Elite Reducer

digitaldoom · Post by **digitaldoom** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:48 pm

Cool, i've been looking for some good free VST bit reduction effects myself.

If anyone's using Cubase SX, it comes with a nice BitCrusher effect as well.

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:51 pm

digitaldoom wrote:Cool, i've been looking for some good free VST bit reduction effects myself.

If anyone's using Cubase SX, it comes with a nice BitCrusher effect as well.

Not anywhere near as fun to use as VCS Elite Reducer though...

Warmonger · Post by **Warmonger** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:56 pm

Am I the only one that read the topic as BT reducer? I was really excited for a moment!

digitaldoom · Post by **digitaldoom** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:36 pm

stefancrs wrote:
digitaldoom wrote:Cool, i've been looking for some good free VST bit reduction effects myself.

If anyone's using Cubase SX, it comes with a nice BitCrusher effect as well.
Not anywhere near as fun to use as VCS Elite Reducer though...

Can't wait to go home and try it!

digitaldoom · Post by **digitaldoom** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:37 pm

Warmonger wrote:Am I the only one that read the topic as BT reducer? I was really excited for a moment!

yes, you're the only one...

JackDark · Post by **JackDark** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:03 am

Does anyone know if that one is still being sold?

bitcrusher · Post by **bitcrusher** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:30 am

theres also bitmodder VST, the first plugin I made (though I never really announced it)

http://www.devine-machine.com/~steve/bitmodder.zip

its pretty simple, bitreduces + downsamples with a 3rd slider for modulation of these 2 signals.

but I'd much prefer that BitCrusher cos of the name

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:31 am

e-phonic's Lofi works for me.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:29 pm

bitcrusher wrote:theres also bitmodder VST, the first plugin I made (though I never really announced it)

Thanks, that one's useful

Now I've got something like 5 bit rate/depth reduction plugins, plus the ones built in to a few plugins, and all of them sound different. You'd think there really wasn't that much room for variation in such a basic thing

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:44 pm

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foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:52 am

I don't have Logic, but here's a quick comparison of bit depth reduction by various other plugins on a single drumloop:

bar 1: clean
bar 2: refx trasher2 (4.8 bits)
bar 3: bitmodder (about 80%)
bar 4: mda degrade (4 bits)
bar 5: fruity waveshaper ("bitmunched" preset)
bar 6: tobybear decimator (about 10%)
bar 7: soundhack +decimate (4 bits)
bar 8: fruity waveshaper ("soft munched" preset)
bar 9: bj lofi (4 bits)
bar 10: vcs reducer (about 20%)

Soundwise, some of them just continue to get nastier as you crank the settings up, while others cut out. I'd say Trasher is relatively gentle, which has its place.

Interestingly, VCS Elite Reducer is the only one of them that still does nasty noisy things at the slightest bitcrushing settings.

And here's asample rate reduction comparison:

bar 1: clean
bar 2: trasher2 (6330hz)
bar 3: mda degrade (6300hz (S))
bar 4: bj lofi (6334hz)
bar 5: tobybear decimator (approximately 6300)
bar 6: bitmodder (approximately 6300)
bar 7: vcs reducer (approximately 6300)
bar 8: +decimate (8smp averaging)

Of course the fun is in how the two different effects interact, plus the other features. Each of them is unique. Trasher II *is* cool (though I don't like how the LFO speed knobs work); I may have to spend that $15. But it doesn't "poo all over" the rest

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