Smooth is a typically Airwindows invention: a plugin that strictly alters texture, without affecting frequency or amplitude. At least, that’s the intention, and the result’s pretty convincing. Used on a distorted guitar, it really brings a softer texture up to the point where it breaks up. Used on something like an over-zingy acoustic guitar, it’s really […]
DeHiss has just one control, Threshold. Sounds below this threshold will be de-hissed. It’s not like a simple EQ: the algorithm’s doing freaky things relating to the mean level of samples, but for all practical purposes it acts like a gate that can clamp down brutally on high-frequency noise. The plugin was designed to cope with […]
DeEssDemo is the secretest of secret weapons, apparently. It’s found its way into some surprising places, even though it’s a generic Audio Unit plugin from 2007 (updated to 64 bit around 2011) with puzzling and obtuse controls. But the thing is, this plugin sonically outperforms anything when you really, really know what you’re doing, so I’ll […]
Air was a precursor to Energy, pioneering the techniques for that type of frequency-hyping. Anyone who owned Air got crossgraded to Energy for free, because it was just more of the same with more sophistication and controllability. Air has four controls: a 22K tap, a 15K tap, and an 11K tap, plus a ‘Filters Q’ […]
