GRISTLEIZER

Description

Gristleizer is a two-mode modulation effect: a gritty, asymmetric-saturation tremolo (VCA mode) and a resonant sweeping filter (VCF mode), both driven by a 4-shape LFO - Triangle, Ramp, Pulse, Skew - that can run free or lock to your host tempo across 9 divisions, triplets included.
Inspired by a very particular piece of 1970s industrial-music gear (full story on the GitHub page), Gristleizer isn't trying to sound clean. Asymmetric saturation, a touch of hiss, and 4x oversampling keep things textured rather than sterile. Stereo handling ranges from fully linked to hard ping-pong, and Bias/Depth take you from a barely-there wobble to full-on chaos.

Features

- VCA (tremolo/grit) and VCF (resonant filter sweep) modes
- 4 LFO shapes: Triangle, Ramp, Pulse, Skew
- Free rate (0.02-115 Hz) or tempo sync, 9 divisions incl. triplets
- Linked / Stereo / Ping-Pong stereo modes
- Asymmetric saturation for organic grit, not digital cleanliness
- 4x oversampling
- VST3 (Win/Mac) and AU (Mac), Universal Binary.

Note for macOS users: Gatekeeper may block first launch since the plugin isn't notarized - see the GitHub page for the one-line Terminal fix.