Sonic Ingénieur, Producer, and Creator of the {{– whiteLABEL –}} range of vst plugins
whiteLABEL stepFILTA is on the way :
its a step driven filter, hence stepFILTA
its currently getting a good mauling by the beta-testers, so expect it sometime before April ‘09 … lots of good features, keep your eyes peeled …
[update (20.04.09)] not quite ready - must get more done on this soon
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Inspired by early bucket brigade machines, bucketEER is a simple stereo reverb effect consisting of 16 delay lines, each with an all-pass filter. Mono or stereo input, with 3 output modes, bucketEER can be used for delay effects and basic reverbs. Sounds suprisingly good considering how simple it is …
features :
Pre and Post effect shelving filters
Predelay with control over level and time
Size and Time controls
Width and Mix controls
Central readout of knob values
17 Randomize buttons - ‘global’ and ‘local’
Freeze Function
Bypass switch for each bucket and slot
Output level meter
8 presets
get it here : bucketEER
after a whoppping 16.7k downloads, I decided to update studioCLOCK.
version 1.1 features the ability to view the day, date, year etc too, and a new (s)wanky graphic waveform display of the incoming stereo signal
get it from the usual place
whiteLABEL sideFIRE is a stereo distorter / enhancer - use to lengthen / widen a stereo mix and maybe add a bit of distortion. sideFIRE can also be used to make a false stereo image from a mono input using its built-in combination of filters, compression, delay, eq and distortion. there is the (full) version pictured below for £20 and a (lite) version which is free, but somewhat limited - get them here
see below
[http://daz.roughdiamondproductions.com/history/whitelabel-vst-plugins/granuloso/]
In response to a posting at kvraudio.com I made unDUCK MK I.
wtf?
well … it creates a swelling (ooo-errr) in volume once the threshhold is passed, but instead of holding the max volume, as soon as the attack is finished, it goes straight to the decay stage. So, play a note that is over the threshhold and it grows and then shrinks back to its correct volume, so its like the opposite of a ducker, but with a different envelope, hence the name … unDUCK - its not a ducker.
time from concept to product on website - about 57 minutes …
get it here : no manual, free to use as you like …
Stereo granular synth with controls for pitch & detune, coarse & fine loop points, volume & pan.
features :
LFOs are freely assignable to modulate :
granulOSO can be used to turn any sample into a synth and its good at making cheap keyboard sounds.
NEW in version 0.7, granulOSO now has 3 panels of granular goodness - SOURCE, MODULATORS and FILTERS.
Additionally, 0.7 has a new keyboard (thanks to Vera) with duplicate controls for main ADSR envelope, LFO frequencies, source gain and output level.
Includes example source material and 8 presets.
get it here
whiteLABEL releases studioCLOCK v1.0 : it tells the time
if you need help in understanding this plugin, then maybe audio production isn’t for you …
get it here
whiteLABEL releases sideGATE v1.0 : lookahead flexigate
features :
special introductory price of £7.50 until 01/08/08
download sideGATE : here
whiteLABEL releases baddASS v1.0 : bassdrum fortification device
features :
Envelope controls :
special introductory price of £7.50 until 01/08/08
download baddASS : here
whiteLABEL releases autoBED v1.0 - lookahead stereo ducker with virtual sidechain inputs
4 inputs, 2 outputs :
10 response curves
190 ways to fade from one level to another [and back]
lookahead of upto 2 seconds with ‘just in time’ link mode
6 levels of automatic presence control
3 gender settings
8 presets [also works as a gate]
special introductory price of £10 until 01/08/08
download here : www.roughdiamondproductions.com/whiteLABEL/products.php?r=autoBED
Designed for added ooomph, baddASS is a bass drum fortification device. Use to add low frequency sin waves and distortion to bass drums to add power, presence and well, ooomph. Features pitchbend, adjustable sensitivity, release time, and a control for the amount of click on the envelope’s attack. 8 presets to get things started - what can I say … happy banging with baddASS …
Hurray, today is the day for voldeLAY. 8 stereo delay machines daisy chained together with common multiplier controls for delay time and threshhold sensitivity. What? a delay doesn’t have a threshhold setting … this one does. Imagine a sound that as it gets louder gets progressively more and more delayed. Thats only one the effects that voldeLAY is capable of creating. Wild whakiness, crazy chorus, fruity flange, and phucked phase - as long as its not tempo syncing you’re after then voldeLAY can do a lot - pitch warping too. Go on, give it a whirl today - voldeLAY :
download voldeLAY : 1.46mb zip, manual : here, more info : here, audio examples here
today marks two things -
whiteLABEL has now had visitors from a hundred and one countries
the first mp3 demos of autoBED in action are now online :
After a long wait sideGATE has been updated to match the changes made to autoBED, principally : smaller dll, faster load time, lower CPU usage, more stable, new ‘link’ for attack and delay times, improved gui with direct text input of values, improved vst automation parameters and I’ve gotton rid of that cpu consuming animated back-panel.
happy easter and all that. doing anything to ‘celebrate’ ? getting nailed to a plank for that special occasion ? Why not relax with simpleTON the oh so simple vst filter plugin.
I did a mix the other day and wanted to create the effect of a sound growing out of nothing. In stereo. I wanted to apply a band pass filter and gradually make the band wider and wider until the sound was no longer being filtered. This proved somewhat trickier to get right than the idea would appear. I had to use 2 different plugins in different slots and record automation in several layers riding the resonance as I swept through the frequencies so as not to create any lumps. What I need, thought I, is something that combines a highpass and a lowpass in one plugin, so rather than deploying 2 instances of a rather complex [too big for the job] vst and control them from 2 different screens of the control surface I can now have all the controls needed, on one page, in one plugin. Smashin’
Again, the same sort of changes as with autoBED and deeeeeLAY, [expect for a lack of direct value input] result in the output of version 0.6 - dll a bit smaller, load time a little faster, CPU usage a little lower and more stable.
download freqDELAY : 1.63mb zip manual : here
more tweaking of the interface internals yields version 0.6, sporting improved value displays that when clicked allow for direct text input - slightly smaller dll, faster load time and a bit more stable. Oh, and when muted, each VU meter will go blurry. nice
Since updating autoBED over the last few days, I’ve been able to apply the same changes to sidePRESS and it now becomes version 0.6 sporting lower cpu usage and an improved gui with direct text input of values - just click on the numbers to input values [apart from when auto gain or attack link are activated]. Still work to be done on VST automation parameters, MIDI implimentation, presets and tweaks but its starting to mature nicely …
oh, and I almost forgot, the dll is 200k lighter resulting in [marginally] quicker load time
Mostly due to new internals to the interface, autoBED now has a Smaller DLL, Faster load time, and uses less CPU - huraah. Also, there’s Improved VST automation parameters and a new ‘link’ mode where attack
and look-ahead delay time are optionally coupled in one control. To round off, the interface now visually represents actual events much more accurately. Good things all round then.
I updated sidePRESS to version 0.5 earlier this week, and forgot to mention it here … well, I have now - new envelope follower for quicker attack times, improved control over drive amounts, some tidying up - a bit better performance, knobs now in ’smooth mode’ as opposed to the instant, but clicky mode from times previous … oh and it now links to the check for updates web system via links on the nagscreen.
get it here
So, here I am, quietly working away, sorting these plugins out, not saying much about it, slowly letting news out and gathering more downloads. So … come this afternoon i have passed through the 1200 downloads mark, and am simply amazed - I do hope what I’ve put out there is gonna be useful to some of you !! If you’d care to stand forward and let me know who you are, and how things work, or don’t work for you, that’d be just great… I’ve a pretty good view of the spread of y’all thanks to google analytics - you’re in 61 different countries, thats where … looking forward to your feedback
[update : by 10.03.08 downloads reach 2600 from people in 82 countries]
[further update : by 23.04.08 - 16000 from 121 countries !!]
Having found a few nasties in autoBED a few days ago, I’ve made some changes and designated it v 0.7 :
lookahead delay now upto 2000 ms - was 1000
vst automation parameters tidied up, trimmed - down, re-organised
internals tidied up, some junk removed - download now a little smaller
choice of response modes - new led on right - when lit, fades are in db, when unlit, calculated using internal Voltage model.
deeeeeLAY MK I is a stereo delay machine offering delay times upto 60 seconds, pre feedback filters, and cross-feedback. !! CAUTION EXTREME LEVELS !!
Get it here
download freqDELAY : 1.66mb zip … pdf manual : here
freqDELAY is a multi-band freak-out delay machine. The incoming stereo signal is processed through 4 bands of delay with seperate control over delay time, level, feedback, filter shape, frequency and resonance. Additional multiplier controls allow the relationships between bands to be preserved whilst changing e.g. all delay times from one knob. Finally, mix control selects how much dry and wet signal to output.
download wavePLAY : 1.84mb zip … pdf manual : here
Designed by Sound Artist Amie Slavin, wavePLAY is a simple 4 oscillator wave-explorer synthesiser. Each oscillator has controls for wave shape (7 types) frequency, amplitude and pan. The initial idea for wavePLAY was to provide sounds for a piece of the same name by Amie to act as a partner piece to wavePOWER, a 20 minute voice and sound bricolage exploring amongst other things the potential of tidal wavePOWER as a means of producing clean, sustainable electricity. wavePOWER was broadcast / netcast on Resonance 104.4fm on feb 11th ‘08 and is scheduled for another airing sometime in march.
Read more about the work of Amie Slavin.
Read more about wavePLAY and wavePOWER.
download autoBED : 1.84mb zip … pdf manual : here
Imagine a scenario where you have a voice-over and a backing track, and want them to co-exist nicely in your production. Well, thats what autoBED is for.
Basic instructions for use (with reference to cubase ®, my host of choice). Assuming you have a stereo music track and a mono or stereo voice-over track, you’ll first need to create a quadro group track. Now route the music track to the group track inputs 1 and 2 using surround panner in Y mirror mode so that the left channel goes to quadro channel 1, the right to 2. Now do the same for the voice-over (keying) track, but this time, route it to tracks 3 & 4 of the quadro group. Now autoBED is setup for ducking the music whenever the voice-over hits the threshhold level. This screen-shot shows what happens with the envelope of a pure-wave-carrier and an ambient recording of a drumkit as the key - the key isn’t in the final mix for clarity’s sake :
A simple gate, with a twist - sideGATE offers the ability to gate one side of a stereo channel according to the volume of the other side. In fact, the carrier and modulator can be mixed between both inputs. This allows sideGATE to work as a stereo gate, or as a mono gate with virtual sidechain input.
download sideGATE : 1.75mb zip … pdf manual : here … this one for : more info
When the modulator is higher than the threshhold, the carrier is audible, when lower, gated - leading rise to the sort of functionality needed to say, replace a bass drum with another sound using the bass drum’s envelope :
First create a stereo group. Route the synth to the left channel of the group, and the bass drum to the right. Set the channel knob fully to the left, and the sidechain knob fully to the right. This is the basic start-point as the bass drum now gates the synth.
This evening I’ve splatted a few bugs and ironed out some creases to improve sidePRESS.
oh, and I’ve updated the website too : [whiteLABEL vst plugins]
Amie’s piece “wavePower, wavePLAY; wavePOWER” got played on top London Arts Radio station Resonance FM 104.4 last night after a last minute ‘phone call from one of their programme managers saying they had an unexpected free slot and would it be possible to air the piece? possible? of course !! So we sat terrified for an hour as it streamed through one of our office pcs, hoping that the mix sounded as good on the net as it did in the studio. We were not disappointed!
So, two firsts - Amie had an hour of air-time, and I had one of my plugins used for about 10 minutes of the show.
“WavePower, WavePLAY, WavePower” is scheduled for another play in March - keep an ear on Resonance FM for more details.
Read more about the work of Sound Artist Amie Slavin.
Read about Wave POWER.
Get the wavePLAY vst plugin.
I’ve moved forward from gating / ducking to the creation of a compressor - one with a twist … Ladies and Gentleman, I bring you sidePRESS !! Capable of operating in stereo, dual mono, or serial modes, sidePRESS features switchable sidechains, lookahead delay, auto gain compensation, and pre/post reduction drive stage. What a monster.
get it here : http://www.roughdiamondproductions.com/whiteLABEL
I’ve just started a range of VST plugins under the whiteLABEL monicker
find them here : http://www.roughdiamondproductions.com/whiteLABEL
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