Linda Audio releases Stargazer - hybrid delay/reverb with shimmer grain generator. The unique effect that can transform any sound to the ethereal shimmering soundscape, string-like or organ-like ensemble (like other shimmer reverbs) but its capabilities are wider. Stargazer is fantastic tool for any ambient music, but it is great also
for many other genres and use cases. It works great with guitars as well
as with synths or it can be used for some unique sfx design.
Stargazer is a bit different than traditional shimmer reverb design. It is composed of network of delays, each of these delay lines generates short pitch-shifted grains of sound and these grains are fed back to the delay network. The delay network is scalable from two to thirteen delay lines. With two or three lines the delay effect is very pronounced and delay taps are clearly noticeable, but with thirteen delays the sound has great density and smoothness. Delays have customizable time (size), predelay and feedback, damping filter control, hi pass filter and stereo width. The sound can be also modulated with chorus effect and there is one other special modulation called Organize - this filters and modulates input in a way that makes sound character more like pipe organ (and it has choice of two different modes). Grain generator is also customizable, you can adjust grain size, feedback of pitch-shifted signal and its mix with normal signal, you can select if pitch will be shifted octave up or down and select if the attack (build-up) of pitched signal will be fast or slower. Of course global dry and wet control is included. Stargazer also provides undo, redo, A/B and 15 presets.
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Patch 1.0.1
- fixed some issues with VST3 preset management
- fixed issues with Organize control in some hosts - now goes linear from 0 to 100% and precedes wet control.
Initial release 1.0.0
Here is a demo of Stargazer on guitar
Hi Martin, I think there is a good potential here.
OdpovědětVymazatAfter trying, I would think :
- switch dry wet position, a bit unusual
- the wet knob does not cover modulation so it's not possible to control the whole plugin wetness from here
- the organize knob feels it goes from 0 to 1 abruptly, not smooth
- preset saving would be useful
thanks and good luck !
Hi, thank you for the feedback! I just don't understand what do you mean that wet knob does not cover modulation. Dry signal is completely dry input signal and wet is signal going through the whole efect...
VymazatI mean when the effect is on an insert on a track, if wet is at zero and dry at full, we should hear just the original sound right.
VymazatBut when the modulation section is engaged it goes full wet.
So as soon as I add "Organize" then the sound is fully changed even with full dry and zero wet. That's what I mean.
And to be honest I don't understand that modulation section well, Organize seems to go from 0 to 100 with just a small turn.
I thought Modulation would be a chorus, routed within the same loop so controlled by wet dry.
As it stands I would not use the modulation section I don't get it and don't think it adds anything of value. But the shimmer section is interesting. Just overall a bit confusing.
I'm gonna check your hyperdrive it seems really good and totally the kind of plugin I love using to spice up sounds.
Thanks for your great work Martin.
Oh I see it now in the plugin doctor. Strange, this does not occur in Cubase nor in Reaper. Which host do you use? This is a bug. Hopefuly I will fix it.
OdpovědětVymazatOk, I think I fixed the issue and you can download version 1.0.1 Also fixed some issues with factory preset management in vst3.
OdpovědětVymazatLove this reverb - beautiful job! But I cannot get it to load in Reaper
OdpovědětVymazaton my 32 bit XP installation. The error said Stargazer did something illegal call?