BLEASS have released BLEASS Spectral Resonator for desktop and iOS users with intro pricing which ends June 1st.
- Desktop version – $59.00 increasing to $79.00
- iOS version – $14.99 increasing to $19.99
BLEASS Spectral Resonator conjures an iridescent palette of resonating harmonics that add colour, texture and contrast to your audio. Whatever the input, the results are rich, expressive, and deeply enchanting.
The sound produced by BLEASS Spectral Resonator is not dissimilar to a vocoder, but extends beyond the confines of that classic effect into the realms of harmonic delays and tuned reverberations. BLEASS Spectral Resonator converts your signal into the spectral domain, where it applies a range of creative effects. The spectrum can be shifted, blurred, and destructured, with decaying tails and harmonic filtering. When blended with the source signal, this adds a controllable layer of pitch and timbre to your sound. Alternatively, replace the source entirely and let BLEASS Spectral Resonator take over with its rich, complex textures at full wet.
An internal generator, capable of producing up-to four tunable voices, can be used as the basis of the resonators’ frequencies. Alternatively, these pitches can be derived from incoming MIDI notes, making it possible to play BLEASS Spectral Resonator as though it were a synth, with up-to eight voice polyphony, glide and pitch-bend. The plugin then generates up-to 256 harmonics/partials from each of those base resonators, with each harmonic contributing its own overtone resonances to the overall effect.
BLEASS Spectral Resonator enables deep control over the sounds being produced, and does so via a user interface that’s as easy to master as it is beautiful to behold. The principal resonator settings are governed by intuitive rotary controls, while the gorgeous spectrum analysis display doubles-up as a dynamic means of controlling the integrated filter. This filter operates in the spectral domain and lets you select the frequency band sent to the resonator.
Beyond MIDI control, the plugin also features a Freeze button, which holds the resonators in their current state, and a Kill button, that immediately stops any hanging resonances.
BLEASS Spectral Resonator opens up entirely new possibilities for harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic sound design, even with inharmonic or atonal sources such as drums.
Internal / MIDI Selector: Switches between using the internal generator or incoming MIDI notes for controlling the fundamental frequencies of the plugin’s resonators.
Internal mode:
- Note / Frequency – Sets the fundamental frequency of the first internal voice. Use the Note / Hz selector below the dial to choose whether to enter the fundamental frequency as a note or a frequency.
- Second, Third and Fourth Voice Pitch – The controls below the Note / Frequency dial allow additional resonator voices to be defined. Use the power buttons to enable/disable a voice. The fundamental frequencies of each voice is set as a semitone offset from the first voice’s note/frequency
MIDI Mode:
- Polyphony – Determines the maximum number of resonator voices that will be generated from incoming MIDI notes. When the number of simultaneous incoming MIDI notes exceeds the Polyphony value, the resonator controlled by the oldest MIDI note is stopped and reassigned to the newest MIDI note, much like how a synth will “steal” notes when its polyphony is exceeded.
- Pitch Bend Range – Determines the maximum pitch bend, in semitones, that will be applied by incoming MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
- Glide – Defines the time taken, in milliseconds, to move from one note to another when a new note is played. Set to 0ms when you do not want a glide effect.
- Latch – When active, resonator voices will continue to sound after their MIDI notes are released. Latched voices stop when new MIDI notes are played.
BLEASS Spectral Resonator’s processing requires the incoming time-domain audio data to be converted into spectral data, which it does using the well-known FFT, or Fast Fourier Transform, signal analysis technique. FFT operates on chunks of audio, which need to be accumulated before the transform can be applied.
The Spectral Filter applies a band-pass filter to the spectral data, allowing you to control the range of frequencies that will be used.
The Harmonics section is the heart of the resonator engine. It gives you deep control over the harmonic content, tuning, density, and character of the resonances generated from your input signal.
The BLEASS Spectral Resonator Mix section handles all input/output routing, levels, and global controls for the plugin.
BLEASS Spectral Resonator is available to PC, Mac and iOS users (VST3, AU and AUv3).
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