Sable is like a really early, failed CStrip. It’s got a lowpass and highpass like CStrip, and two peaks. The thing is, these peaks are very narrow and only work in the midrange, and the lowpass and highpass don’t sound as good as CStrip’s. So, Sable isn’t really a very good general purpose EQ, much less […]
Wah is the definitive Airwindows style plugin. It’s a wah pedal. Really—try it! It’s a one-slider freebie that works and acts like a wah pedal. I used this plugin to test out some ideas for smoothing control input, so working the frequency will give a more fluid effect than typical plugins.
Shelves is another strange little Airwindows EQ. This one’s a simple two-band shelf… that’s all Airwindows-ized in subtle ways. The crossover’s altered in the way that Highpass and Lowpass are. As near as I can work out, what’s happening is that if you boost Treble, it gets harder. If you cut it, it gets softer. If […]
FathomFive was part of the evolution that led to DubSub, through BassKit and all manner of related plugins. A great deal of this development had to do with taming the low frequency boost: it’s an algorithm that also does work as the head bump for ToTape, and it’s very difficult to manage. Specifically, it delights […]
