Lese have released Smear, available for $55.00.
Lese have made quite a few spectral effects in our time, but many of them weren’t fleshed out enough to be a single plugin.
Smear takes all of the good processors Lese made, expands upon them, and allows for extensive layering & spectral mixing using their signature Factor Band system (like in Sweep and Strum). Smear is made for spectral painting.
With a large collection of different processors available; from subtle frequency shapers to aggressive spectral destroyers, every band becomes its own creative playground. Add modulation on top of this and let your sound breathe, evolve, and transform in ways you’ve never heard before.
Traditional audio effects operate in the time domain. They process the audio signal as it flows through time, sample by sample. When you apply an EQ, compressor, or distortion in the conventional way, these effects act on the entire signal at once, treating all frequencies as a unified whole in each moment.
Spectral processing takes a totally different approach. By converting the audio into the frequency domain (usually by using an FFT), the signal is decomposed into its constituent frequencies at a given moment. This reveals the sound’s “spectral content”, a snapshot of which frequencies are present and at what amplitudes. Creating what’s essentially a two-dimensional map of frequencies over time.
With Smear, Lese took these snapshots, process them, and turn them back into sound, allowing for a wide range of new possibilities.
Features include:
- Interchangeable spectral processor system
- Spectral Side chaining (optional)
- Spectral mixing / spectral parameter adjustment system, using Factor Bands
- A selection of embedded demo presets
- Vectorized, resizable interface
Watch the overview video HERE.
Smear is available to PC and Mac users (VST3, AU and AAX) and requires OpenGL.
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