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epicVerb release 1.5 is on the way

epicVerb

An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

the beauty of opto-electrical compression

Opposed to VCA, Variable-Mu or FET based approaches, opto-electrical compression takes advantage of using a light-sensitive resistor and a small light emitter (a LED or electroluminescent panel) to obtain a gain reduction voltage in the sidechain path. This technique is well-known to add some smoother gain riding characteristics to the signal because of the specific attack and release response which comes from the inertia and inherent memory effect of the photoresistor element.

BBC Krautrock documentary

If you are into electronic music making (whatever sort of) then don’t miss this BBC documentary about the legendary “Krautrock” decade in germany:

See all six parts on youtube.

bugfixes: TesslaSE (v1.2.1) + TesslaPRO (v1.0.1)

Both maintenance releases are containing important stability improvements, especially for the memory issues that were causing crashes when deleting plugins in some host applications.

bugfixes: Density mkII (v2.0.2) + FerricTDS (v1.0.2)

Both maintenance releases are containing important stability improvements, especially for the memory issues that were causing crashes when deleting plugins in some host applications.

The Density mkII v2.0.2 update is available through the downloads page here.

The FerricTDS v1.0.2 update is available through the KVR Developer Challenge over here.

FerricTDS – released today within the KVR DC’09

FerricTDS - Tape Dynamics Simulator

Inspired by the smooth dynamic shaping capabilities of some high-end reel-to-reel tape recorders, this plug-in simulates three of the most distinctive and much appreciated sonic effects generated by these devices:

applying saturation through the sidechain

This short article gives a brief introduction on applying waveshaping algorithms not directly in the audio path but via a transformed equation through the sidechain and a VCA instead.

Typical saturation curves

the (upcoming) plug-in portfolio page

As so many folks had already requested that there should be a separate page here in the blog which is solely dedicated to the available Variety Of Sound plug-in portfolio and more descriptive information on that, this topic has finally entered the top ten of my todo list.

Density mkII 2.0.1 maintenance release available

The 2.0.1 maintenance release for Density mkII is out now.

Density mkII 2.0.1