Airwindows Texturize: Mac/Windows/Linux AU/VST

[jinxtigr]

TL;DW: Texturize is a hidden-noise plugin for adding sonic texture to things.

Texturize.zip(603k)

It all started with snake oil… or should I say secret snake oil?

There's talk lately of a plugin which has gotten a rather critical reception: a plugin said to put subliminal noise into the sound, to produce near-magical enhancements of tone and all good things. But you can't hear it directly… you gotta vibe it, listen and embrace the magic, and then you'll believe…

People were, shall we say, critical of this approach

Since I'm free to code what I like, thanks to Patreon and all (and thank you, all who're pitching in there) I took an interest, and now you have Texturize. It is NOT literally this other plugin, or their patents, or the specific method by which they make the magic concealed noise that makes everything better.

But what it IS, is a riff on several previous plugins I've had for years and years, to produce a very similar function… but THIS one, you can tweak and you can also crank it up and listen to only the noise to hear what it's like. Ruin the magic… but learn how the trick is worked. And it turns out it is really not snake oil at all… it's just another thing to do with audio, and it does seem to work, and everyone making a plugin of this nature will have their own 'take' on it: if you like mine maybe you'll try out the other folks' plugin with more of that open mind, having proved that the concept is sound. Or just use mine, which is open source and free

You get three controls. Bright makes the effect key off high frequencies more aggressively, to the point of hyping up energy, and Punchy varies between a softer, fuller sound and a real spiky choppy effect. And then there's Dry/Wet, the heart of the plugin, where settings of 0.5 or less are probably going to keep the noise entirely inaudible, as it's meant to be. Not heard… but felt. And the sonic transformation's really interesting, all the more if it's not obvious. It reminds me of how tape flutter can bring texture to pure tones, chorusing against nearby reflections for a fatter sound, but here it's just noise… but noise doctored to act like the music and hide behind it.

And then of course you can crank it up until you plainly hear hints of the noise… or slam it until you only hear the noise. But to actually use the plugin properly, keep things at 0.5 and don't push Bright or Punchy or especially Dry/Wet to where it's gone too far: tweak it on that subliminal level, turning Wet down if you need to, and see what you get.

I might well start using it. It really does seem to work. Go ahead and fool with it and strip all its secrets… and see whether you believe, too

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[jamcat]

Does this work in Cubase 12?

[Agreed]

I have used some other "low level noise" sources of different kinds on tracks and groups when putting songs together, very quiet indeed but not 100% imperceptible, and really liked the cumulative effect. I look forward to trying this, thanks for the release Chris.

[crickey13]

I knew this was coming.

Thanks Chris.

[SoundPorn]

Excuse me as I pick my jaw off the floor to mention I need something exactly like this that instead laces binaural tones or even isochronic tones at specific frequencies under the track at a level that's imperceptible but still effective.

[ericzang]

I haven't used them but theres these. Also btw the other effects are the lowest cpu usage I've ever measured.
https://vst.saschart.com/
Sorry for off topic.

[wangeroge]

He is talking about NoiseShaper in CableGuys' Shaperbox, right?

I hate his videos. Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

[Havok]

He is talking about NoiseShaper in CableGuys' Shaperbox, right?

I hate his videos. Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

Nope

[Agreed]

He is talking about NoiseShaper in CableGuys' Shaperbox, right?

I hate his videos. Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

1. nah he's talking about that recent MAAT one

2. rude, do you have a range of hundreds of free cross-platform plugins so I can check how you'd do videos for 'em?

[teilo]

I hate his videos. Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

That gives a whole new meaning to: "Hi! I'm Chris from Airwindows. And you can do this."

For the record: I love his videos.

[jinxtigr]

He is talking about NoiseShaper in CableGuys' Shaperbox, right?

I hate his videos. Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

In my defense, it worked

You know I keep changing it around: lemme fool with it some more, it's been all kinds of stuff over the years. It's a prime lens from SLR Magic that I really like, at the moment, and I don't think I can get an intermediate stage between that and a much wider angle, but I can back it off a bit at the cost of making it physically lower because of the way the tripod (a Bosch thing originally made for laser levels in construction) is duct-taped to my studio desk at a funny angle

As far as the plugin which got me revisiting older stuff of mine like Silhouette, it's a recent thing by MAAT and it's very interesting to me to establish that, though they're talking strangely about their plugin, the underlying functionality there is perfectly real and not flaky at all. It's just that you're at a loss to describe what's happening. So, I brought back some older plugins I had long ago, and revised them to better do this same category of thing, and now MAAT has their thing and I have another, entirely distinct, thing, independent of theirs and not using their patents or trademarks etc

[wangeroge]

Why does he need to put his face so close to the camera? Maybe it's his way to find chicks.

In my defense, it worked

I knew it!

and now MAAT has their thing and I have another, entirely distinct, thing, independent of theirs and not using their patents or trademarks etc

MAAT is from Germany. They can't patent software. They only have copyright on the software and trademarks on the names. So keep going!

[nineofkings]

Excuse me as I pick my jaw off the floor to mention I need something exactly like this that instead laces binaural tones or even isochronic tones at specific frequencies under the track at a level that's imperceptible but still effective.

Couldn’t you just mono-ize a track (identical signal on both channels), put a fixed frequency shifter on one stereo channel, and call it a day?

[Alexander137]

Great plugin. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Are there any equivalents that do the same? It would be interesting to compare.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice.

[crickey13]

Are there any equivalents that do the same? It would be interesting to compare.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice.

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