Chameleon - Allpass Filter Suite

[Dr.Gunjah]

I've tried chameleon now but unlike sloth there is no instant WOW effect to me. I honestly struggle to find use cases for it, even after reading through the whole thread (here and on GS). The keytracking looks like a cool feature but it introduces very unpleasing click sounds. All but chameleonX also introduce noise when moving the controls. I guess these are supposed to be used in a more static way then?
Some more examples for possible use cases for each of the plugins would be very appreciated.

[swilow11]

I use it solely as a creative effect to make liquidy squelch sounds or to create the typical dispersed psytrance bass. I don't think this effect sounds good on much outside of a basic sawtooth wave tbh. And Kilohearts Disperser is easier to use for essentially the same thing.

But still I use this on most tracks. I just wish it didn't install 4 plugins. This is an annoyance to me and anyone already battling a huge list of plugins.

[darkpalacestudios]

We just released another crazy update for Chameleon you might want to check out!
- Core: Added option to switch between LR/MS processing
- Core: Added per-channel-bypass
- Core: Improved filter precision
- UI: Improved behaviour
- UI: Improved shaders

For any question, feel free to check out the detailed manual, shoot us an email or simply ask away on any of the forums!

[swilow11]

Is there any plan to just condense the 4 filters into 1 plugin?

[darkpalacestudios]

Is there any plan to just condense the 4 filters into 1 plugin?

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. There are currently no plans of combining the plugins as they serve different purposes and have varying levels of performance implications. When comparing the Chameleon plugins against other tools, e.g. SSL XPhase and the mentioned disperser, it makes quite a lot of sense to have them separated.

If the amount of plugins is an issue to you, I can offer to add additional options to the windows installer in the next update so you can decide per-plugin which to install. Would that solve your problem?
Until then, a quick manual solution would be for you to remove the plugin files that you don't need.

[darkpalacestudios]

Heya all! We just released another free update for CHAMELEON, bumping it up to version 1.3.0 and this time it's a big one, here is a summary!

- Parameter Smoothing: Crystal clear sound thanks to sample-accurate parameter smoothing
- New Tooltip Style: They not only look better, they also tell if a control has multiple actions now!
- General Bugfixes: We found some bugs and squashed them, making CHAMELEON more performant!
- LV2 Support: As we're a strong supporter of open-source frameworks, we've added LV2 support!

Check out CHAMELEON over here, and for more information on the update check out the blogpost

[darkpalacestudios]

It's 2026 and that means a new year for awesome plugins and updates! Starting strong, we have rolled out an update for all of our plugins, bumping them up a version number!

To give a tldr:
- New Text Renderer
- Various Bug-fixes and Enhancements
- Adjusted some of the widget controls
- Updated installers


If you'd like to read a bit more about the update you can do so over here at
our blogpost

To round of this update announcement, keep your eyes peeled as we have some great things on the horizon for this year!

[getyourgrooveon]

Nice!

[darkpalacestudios]

CHAMELEON v1.4.0 is live and we’ve been cooking up awesome new features! That means a big step forward for our favorite and beloved All-Pass Filter Suite.

Short summary (TL;DR):
- Delay on the wet signal up to 50ms, configurable through the config file

- Drag & Drop for presets and themes

- Reworked display/menu

You can check out the full improvement list here.

Also, as it is Cherry Blossom season, we made a free Sakura theme available for all of our plug-ins. You can download your theme here.

We'd love to share more of our story. If you're interested to read about the roots of Chameleon, you can check out our blogpost.


Questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply!