'Mutant Reverb’ is a mono-to-stereo reverb plugin with a built-in ducker; perfect for vocals, percussion, synths and many other applications where you need precise control of reverb tails. Adding reverb to sounds gives warmth, character and places the sound in a real-world space. However, big problems arise when a reverb tail masks the clarity of the original signal, resulting in a muddy and undefined sound. Mutant Reverb is the solution, in just a couple of clicks you can duck the reverb processing out of the way of the original audio without any complicated side-chain or compression routing. Just plug and play.
Mutant Reverb offers Stereo Split processing with a lush reverb algorithm that can turn a mono source into a stereo reverb signal. We’ve also included several controls to tune the room and tail character of the reverb effect. The Internal Ducker section gives you the typical threshold, ratio, attack, hold and release controls, to create space in your mix. You can even mute the original signal, to listen to the ducked reverb effect in precise detail or use the plugin on an effect bus. The visual feedback section at the top of the interface shows how the dry and wet signals are interacting in two distinct colours, making it easy to identify the reverb and ducking. Whether you’re producing vocal, synth or percussion tracks, Mutant Reverb should be in your back pocket to create space and clarity in the mix.
Power
The Mutant Reverb logo acts as a bypass control for the whole plugin, and is smoothed to be click and pop free for unhindered A/B testing.
Visual Feedback
The waveform graph at the very top of the interface shows the dry source and the wet reverb signal in different colours. You can clearly see the reverb tales and the ducking taking place.
Mix Control
Use the Mix dial to set the wet reverb level. Used in conjunction with the Threshold and Ratio dials within the Internal Ducker section, this parameter can give precise control over the performance of the reverb tail. If you want to listen to the ducked reverb effect in solo mode (or use the plugin as an effects send) just activate the mute button to mute the source signal.
Time & Pre-Delay
With the Time dial you can set the length of the reverb tail up to an infinitive amount for endless ambience. Adjust the reverb's pre-delay time with the addition dot control, up to 100ms.
Size & Diffusion
Set the simulated room size of the reverb with the Size dial and adjust the reverb's diffusion with the additional dot control, smoothing the sound of the simulated room.
Frequency shaping & Dampening
A common reverb technique; shaping the frequency of the reverb tail reduces high and low end clutter. Mutant Reverb’s High & Low pass filter nodes can be used to filter the output of the ambience to high and low limits of your choosing. The dot control attached to the filter allows adjustment of the dampening, simulating a more natural sounding space.
Internal Ducker Section
The ducking section of the interface works similarly to a standard compressor and the Threshold and Ratio dials are the main controls for shaping how the ducked signal is processed. Threshold sets the intensity level at which the compressor starts working and the Ratio dial dictates how much gain reduction is applied.
Advanced Controls : Attack / Hold / Release
You can fine tune the behaviour of the ducking effect with the Attack, Hold and Release dials. Attack allows you to ignore transients in the original signal. Hold stabilises the generated gain reduction. Release sets the fade out time for the gain reduction. Adjusting these parameters is the key to shaping your bespoke reverb effect.
Presets
Including a wide range of factory presets, Mutant Reverb is designed to get you up and running quickly. The specially tailored settings include many types of ambience, from plate and room emulations right through to special FX. These are all easily accessible from the plugin menu and of course, you can save you own settings as user presets too.
This all-in-one frequency shaped ducked reverb gives you precise control over the reverb tails of vocals, percussion, synths and so much more. Mutant Reverb perfectly controls the feeling of ambience and space, without complex routing and side-chaining, maintaining the clarity of the original signal. Tame those tails!
W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!
Features:
- Clean sounding algorithmic reverb
- Built-in internal ducker with compressor-style controls
- Many presets for a wide range of reverb parameters
- Click free bypass control
- Time, Size and Frequency filter dials
- Advanced controls for Pre-Delay, Diffusion & Dampening
- Real-time waveform display
- Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video
'Mutant Delay' is a host-synced delay plugin with a built-in ducker, perfect for vocal processing
and many other applications. In the studio, we’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve had to
set up convoluted sidechain and compression routing, just to achieve a ducked delay for our
vocal lines. With Mutant Delay all that complexity is a thing of the past. Now you can easily
replicate this popular mixing technique with just one plugin and a couple of clicks, allowing you
to dial in extreme delay effects whilst maintaining clarity of the original signal. If you want to
keep things simple, just load up Mutant Delay on your vocal track, choose a preset and voila!
Need to get deeper? Adjust the delay and ducking parameters to your own taste, with clear
visual feedback provided in real time, showing exactly how the ducked delay is being
performed.
So what’s going on under the hood? Essentially, the ducker listens to the dry source, and ducks
the wet delay signal making space for the source signal. This setup is very useful when using
more pronounced delay effects that have a lot of feedback. For example; vocals, synths and
percussion. Quickly dial in extreme delay effects without losing the definition and clarity of the
source signal.
Power
The Mutant Delay logo acts as a bypass control for the whole plugin, and is smoothed to be
click and pop free for unhindered A/B testing.
Visual Feedback
The waveform graph at the very top of the interface shows the dry source and the wet delay
signal in different colours. You can clearly see what the plugin is doing in terms of delay and
ducking.
Synced Delay Section
The Synced Delay section of Mutant Delay offers flexible host-synced delay for the left and right
channel independently, including High & Low pass filters and a Ping-Pong setting.
Mix & Time
Use the Mix dial to set the wet delay level. Used in conjunction with the Threshold and Ratio
dials within the Internal Ducker section, this parameter can give precise control over the
performance of the delay and feedback. Independent delay time controls for the left and right
channels can be set from 1/1 to 1/16 with straight, triplet or dotted notes.
Feedback & Ping-pong
The Feedback dial mixes the output of the delay back into the input of the delay line, creating a
repetitive delay effect. For more complex delay combinations, you can cross-mix the feedback
paths of the left and right delay channel using the Ping-Pong routing option.
Frequency shaping
A common delay technique; shaping the frequency of the delay tail adds movement to the
feedback and helps with mix clarity, reducing high and low end clutter. Mutant Delay’s High &
Low pass filter dials can be used to filter the output of the delayed signal in two different ways.
Mode A limits the entire delayed signal to the upper and lower frequency limits. Mode B will
introduce the frequency shaping slowly as the delay feeds back - an interesting and creative
effect.
Internal Ducker Section
The ducking section of the interface works similarly to a standard compressor and the Threshold
and Ratio dials are the main controls for shaping how the ducked signal is processed. Threshold
sets the intensity level at which the compressor starts working and the Ratio dial dictates how
much gain reduction is applied.
Advanced Controls : Attack / Hold / Release
You can fine tune the behaviour of the ducking effect with the Attack, Hold and Release dials.
Attack allows you to ignore transients in the delay signal. Hold stabilises the generated gain
reduction. Release set the fade out time for the gain reduction. Adjusting these parameters is
the key to shaping your bespoke delay. Try setting Attack to zero and dialling in a long Release
time for a really atmospheric effect.
Presets
Including a wide range of factory presets, Mutant Delay is designed to get you up and running
quickly. The specially tailored settings include many types of delay chains, from standard
processing right through to special FX. These are all easily accessible from the plugin menu and
of course, you can save you own settings as user presets too.
This all-in-one frequency shaped ducked delay gives you precise control over your delayed
vocals, synths and so much more. Mutant Delay perfectly controls delay feedback tails, without
complex routing and sidechaining, maintaining the clarity of the original signal. It’s just simple
and fast.
W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio
quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!
Features:
- Host-synced delay
- Built-in internal ducker with compressor-style controls
- Many presets for a wide range of delay parameters
- Click free bypass control
- 2 filtering modes (straight dampening & increasing over time)
- Straight and ping-pong delay with multiple note divisions
- Real-time waveform display
- Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video
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