KVR Audio

Sw-Michael · Post by **Sw-Michael** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:27 pm

I've recently started playing around with Ableton Live (excellent piece of software for improvisation/performance/goofing off just for the fun of it - check it out!).

One fun thing to do is just dropping a couple of random loops into it and altering them beyond recognition on the fly. Rearranging, pitch shifting, processing etc.

Any suggestions for processing plugs I might have fun with? Preferably raw, brutal and industrial sounding, but anything goes as long as it is interesting!

Simple is good - try automating something on the fly when the parameter list is two screens high. Reason's Screamer distortion would be an excellent example if it was a VST. Good sounding and not overly complex to use.

Free is also good of course...

Sw-Michael · Post by **Sw-Michael** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:28 pm

Eh, should probably have put this in the Effects forum. Well, done is done...

KTS · Post by **KTS** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:51 pm

i've been using KT Granulator and the arc dev Cyclotron lately.......they both do some interesting things........

Ocean Zen · Post by **Ocean Zen** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:02 am

Check out PSP Nitro, Its hard to put your finger on what sound it creates. I's just so versatile. www.pspaudioware.com for the demo.

And I've just started having a lot of fun with Izotope's Spectron, but make sure your buffer is at least 512, preferably 1024.
It is a very powerful and intense plugin. www.izotope.com (If you want in on the group buy, email me at izotopegroupbuy@yahoo.co.uk .
The price structure will come soon. Word is now that the discount will be at least 25%, but I think we can manage 50%

Grain Bastard · Post by **Grain Bastard** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:09 am

www.smartelectronix.com

ugo · Post by **ugo** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:42 am

here are some fun manglers:

anarchy FX and rhythms

e-phonic lofi

white noise dopplemangler (btw, there's a group buy going on right now on white noise's stuff.)

tweakbench breakdown and mashup

delaydots

tobybear

koen / smart electronix KTGranulator

NI intakt now that absynth accepts audio input, i bet thats a great mangler too. oh, and theres spektral delay as well...and then, of course there's reaktor.

speaking of reaktor,Sicklecell666 has made a brutal new ensemble.

and while we're on the modular topic, let us not forget to mention synthedit.

-ugo

Sw-Michael · Post by **Sw-Michael** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:46 am

Thanks for all the suggestions! I've been around the smartelectronixs site. The problem is just that there are so many plugs out there!

Choice is good of course. But so is a little help choosing what to try out!

To add something useful of my own:

Downloaded the arcDev Echotank XL and have been playing around with it for the last hour or so.It is a "multiple tempo synched delay with cross feedback and LFO controlled filters" thingie. It does strange and interesting things to rythmic loops.

http://device.antisound.net/?section=sig_mod

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:35 am

Yeah, smartelectronix is a good place to start (supatrigga, crazy ivan etc).

How about Lucipher for some serious mangling, or Filterscape, which brings loads of possibilities to the table.

Filterscape isn't available for Windows yet, btw, but it's coming.

Another one I love, Mac only, is Augustus Loop.

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:48 am

(moved from instruments to effects)

Hermetech Mastering · Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:19 am

shapee

spectral monkeyage

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:46 pm

Brutal and industrial, hmmm:

Try Cyclotron, Ghidrah and Wavehack from http://device.antisound.net

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:47 pm

all of them.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:48 pm

vurt wrote:all of them.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:10 pm

shamann wrote:
vurt wrote:all of them.
I was thinking the exact same thing.

yeah but i mean all at once

have you heard my acoustic drone yet

smart · Post by **smart** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:18 pm

dont forget reaktor and the tweakbench stuff.

Favorite sound mangling plugs?