Highpass is a really old one! It’s a simple one-pole Airwindows interleaved highpass filter, but it has a weird control (because of course it does). That control is loose/tight, and it’s one of the most spectacular secret weapons for bass/subs mastering ever. In the middle, it returns a very normal sort of highpass, not too steep […]
Density is a special plugin, because it demonstrates things that ended up resonating through Airwindows plugins for years. It became part of the toolbox for implementing other things, and started in 2007 as one of the first Airwindows plugins. It’s the ultimate flexible saturation freebie. Not just saturation, though! Yes, Density can be cranked up to […]
TapeFat is a little plugin that just does one thing: it’s variations on the tone stack inside the first Iron Oxide, and is the same sort of thing you get in Tape Delay. Works similarly to BrightAmbience in that settings with fewer taps take less CPU and do less processing. It’s based on prime numbered delay […]
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 […]
