Metallurgy

This is definitely one of those FX that just “works”- the demo presets are great (and the real thing is even better) and you should follow Ugo’s advice and try any effect on any instrument. (Very nice with drums, particularly). Despite the name (and the GUI) it is capable of subtle effects as well as extreme ones (burnished, lustrous, reflective, anodised, annealed?).

Doesn’t seem to use much CPU- I’ve had many instances of it running (along with other things) at once with no stability problems.

In the documentation Ugo mentions a problem with a couple of hosts (including Live) where momentary stutters appear if muting/ soloing- I find this happens with many plugins in Live so it probably isn’t a Metallurgy specific issue. The documentation is helpful rather than just descriptive- plenty of hints on how to experiment. Camel manuals are good like this too, but not many others…

The GUI is very clever, but I think I’d like an alternative “cleaner” one- I’ll get used to it though.

I can’t comment on support as I haven’t needed any (yet) but it is obvious what to do if there is a problem and Ugo answers emails promptly. VFM is obvious- it costs what one would normally donate as a matter of course for something this good.