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"This plugin goes above and beyond the call. It is just wonderful and an absolute pleasure to use."Freemasons. Freemasons are an English DJ duo from Brighton, UK.
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"A great tool to help convey emotion and add life to your recordings."Dokkodo Sounds. Composer, Producer, and Sound Designer - Inner Ocean Records, Ninja Tune Music, EMI.
Digital Damage
Reducing audio resolution and replicating the digital distortion found in early digital systems can impart a distinctive character to your audio, add intriguing textures and boost your sonic creativity.
This is where Format shines – restricting digital audio data to produce warm, grainy layers, or much harsher digital deconstructions, depending on how far you want to take it.
Every element of Format brings a distinct flavour. Degrade and Resample reduce the bit-depth and sample rate to collide two contrasting directions of digital distortion. Flatten combines these effects with a gate to toy with the resolution of the signal’s volume peaks, whilst Washed floods the audio to twist the sound wave into a bubbling, corrupted MP3.
- Degrade: Reduces bit depth of incoming audio and causes digital distortion.
- Resample: Reduces the sample rate of the audio and causes digital distortion.
- Washed: An ‘underwater’ distortion that sounds like a corrupted low-quality MP3.
- Flatten: A combination of a gate and bitcrusher that reduces the resolution of the audio during transients.
Features
- 4 audio resolution reduction algorithms
- Crush control (with advanced Multiband processing)
- Frequency Smoothing & Noise generation controls
- Dry/Wet Mix, Output Gain & Tone controls
- Multiband functionality for Gain and Effect processing
- Input/Output Gain Controls
- Global Bypass
- Resizeable UI
- Zero Latency
- 50 Presets
System Requirements
macOS
- macOS 10.15 or higher (Intel / Native Apple Silicon supported).
- Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone
- DAW's Supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
- Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
Windows
- Windows 7 or higher
- Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
- DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
- Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
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