AudioThing offers the Effect Bundle (€499 value) for FREE to one lucky BPB reader on Cyber Monday. Keep reading for more info about the bundle and to enter the giveaway.
Most BPB readers are already familiar with AudioThing’s innovative audio effects. The company specializes in developing plugins that either emulate rare vintage gear or bring something completely new to the table.
The Effect Bundle contains all 27 audio effects developed by AudioThing. It’s a long list, so we’ll take a closer look at some of our favorite AudioThing plugins.
“The Effect Bundle features all AudioThing Effects plugins (VST/AU/AAX) with a 60% discount. Ranging from vintage valve emulation to complex convolution processing, this bundle is perfect for every kind of composer, producer, and sound designer.”
Outer Space emulates the famous Roland RE-201 Space Echo. If you like vintage tape echoes, this plugin is a must-have. AudioThing simulates the original unit down to the detail, including all the analog tape imperfections and saturation properties.
Wires is an emulation of a 1970s Soviet wire recorder. Now that’s something you definitely don’t already have in your plugin arsenal.
Things – Motor is a morphing rotor effect. It uses side-chaining to combine signals in new and interesting ways.
Things – Bubbles is the latest AudioThing plugin, and it’s available as a FREE bonus with any purchase during the Black Friday sale. It is an innovative sound design tool based on a filterbank delay.
And those are just a few of our tried-and-tested AudioThing favorites. The full bundle contains 27 plugins, and one lucky BPB reader will get it for FREE on Cyber Monday.
On a related note, AudioThing recently launched the Black Friday sale, offering a 30% OFF discount on all products.
The Giveaway
AudioThing a FREE copy of the Effect Bundle to one lucky BPB reader! A big THANK YOU to AudioThing for sponsoring this giveaway!
To enter the giveaway, simply answer this question in the comments section below: What is your favorite sound design tool?
The winner will be announced on November 28th, 2022.
The winner is: Ben (ben********@*****.com)
Congratulations! 🥳
AudioThing will soon contact you with the details about your prize.
Everyone else, better luck next time, and thanks for reading BPB!
More info: AudioThing Effect Bundle
1,233 Comments
Jesse
onVCV Rack, or Cardinal for M1 support.
Antoine B
onPicking a favorite sound design tool is so hard.
Here’s a quick summary of what I feel after 20+ years using and testing a lot of music software.
Control over sound is what makes music unique, allowing us to shape our creations.
I like to use several kinds of distortion plugins to give my sounds “life”, I use the BPB distortion tool, and also recently like Tritik Krush as it offers very interesting modulation options.
Apogee Soft Limit does add great warmth with an easy interface.
The two schools of visual or no visual indication of what we tweak are still there for tools like EQs. I personally like to see, but I always remind myself to listen attentively!
Lately with the release of master plugins like Waves Studio Rack we finally get to build and reuse complex plugin chains. For example I am most disappointed when a plugin does not have a wet/dry knob. I know it’s not common for many plugins but in these days when we can stick a guitar amp on a synth for extra distortion it would be great to dial it down for parallel processing. The Waves plugin allows to do that and so much more, nice utility.
Another type of feature that I like to use are LFOs for building “automatic automation” and I’d really like to see companies pay attention to the modulation side of their plugins. Most users will not just tweak and forget, but instead will seek to inject life by automating settings. Having LFOs and fun mathematical/drawing based control over parameters is an awesome way to inject life into a sound. I feel Melda audio plugins have built a phenomenal and probably way underused system with their Modulators. Utterly creative !!! Audiothing Dials seem to have such an LFO built in and it’s very much something I’d love to try on my guitars and synths.
I also see interesting innovation coming from Ujam with the way they integrate so much functionality in all their plugins yet with useable and fun interfaces. They create plugins that have a direct focus on helping make music, as opposed to “plugins with features”.
Valhalla SuperMassive is also fabulous, extremely versatile and I like having written tips on the interface, it’s really useful for us users to get reminded of how to use the plugins!
A word about presets. It’s essential to have a ratings system or to be able to remove presets as there’s very much unusable stuff in most of the plugins I use or test. Best systems allow to rate or highlight and even discard presets we don’t like. A plugin with many presets that does not offer all of those options will get annoying to use. Also, best to curate presets as it can make or break a plugin. Most users go through presets to test. I’ve been particularly disappointed with some instrument synths from a big brand that had so many awfully unmusical unusable presets. Quite a mood killer.
A word about interfaces. I’ve learnt to live with both analog style GUIs and the very plain ones. Whilst I favour the pretty ones, I do however really like scalable GUIs as it’s so helpful to focus clearly on one plugin on my second widescreen curved monitor. Everything has to be very readable please ! And easy to assign midi controllers ..
Finally, I’d like to get the Audiothing package because I’m working so hard on writing and producing my first album. I’d pushing myself doing everything by myself. I’d like to get the best tools to sculpt and mix my tunes. I feel with the Audiothing bundle I should have every tool I need to achieve this !
Josh
onWhat is it with some of us who’ve been writing music and experimenting with audio for decades, yet never released anything!
Your answer regarding automating plugin params, compounding and otherwise nuanced application of multiple plugins in chain (If I understood you correctly), is pretty much my view too, by far providing the most creative sound design flexibility.
The wet/dry application is inherently available via the mix console in your DAW, isn’t it? Or am I misunderstanding the signal path there somehow.
Good on you for taking the step to launch an album after so long. Would love to know what the catalyst was, I still don’t have the confidence or knowledge to take my completed projects to full scale launch. Even with all my experience, I never made the transition, because I’ve not seen it done first hand.
Josh
onSee my answer elsewhere, we think alike… I think! :)
Michael
onRift by Minimal Audio or Thermal by Output
Segun Adigun
onStudio one.
Tomatsu
onCakewalk by Bandlab
Sean
onMy new Korg opsix. (You didn’t say it had to be software! :)
MRG
onIt exists as software, so in any case, you’re covered.
Ramiro
onI’d say Valhalla FreqEcho. Even though I don’t use it that much, the shift option its awesome and sounds pretty good for leads adding some good and easy ear candy.
toney
onPaaauuulllXxxxxSstrreeeeeeeeeetchhhhhh.
Dustin
onNative Instruments Replika XT
oqpoil
onSoundtoys Crystallizer
drw
onAberrant dsp digitalis
Anon
onVital.
Kahlil Smith
onAdobe Audition
muzekestudio
onMy favorite sound design tool is my left hand
Jo
onMe ears and brains
Dmitrii
onmy trusty old korg monotrone, it always sounds like it’s going to break and that’s what I like about it
Per
onHalion by Steinberg, or the Cubase sampler.
E
onWaves F6
Pedro Santos
onUnfiltered Audio Sandman Pro
Steve
onMindMeld ShapeMaster (in VCV Rack)
Giuseppe Ernandez
onIt has to be the luftikus vst!
Kirk Hilbelink
onRetro Color! Love that plug.
DIYfuzz
onFracture XT by Glitchmachines.
Martin
onPigments
chulang
onFabFilter Pro-Q 3 my favorite without a doubt
DM
onMy Arse – it warns me when I’ve been sat down far too long wasting time trying to polish audio turds.
Ulloo Drone
onAudiothings Motor (just bought it)
Junior
onSteinberg Halion 6 NI Guitar Rig
Stefan Mellåker
onI am a sucker for DS Audio Tantra 2.
Konstantin K
onCan’t choose.l one :)
1. DEELAY
2. Emergence
3. Ribs
4. PaulXStretch
Jonatan Snapir
onAudiothing Noises
Ryan
onOuter Space
Scooba
onTrash2
venkatesh
onvital
R.R.
onNI Guitar Rig
Dan
onmsoundfactory
emir
onValhalla Supermassive
Sehyun
onSoundtoys
Charlie
onResampling through Valhalla effects
Valéry
onSpace designer from Logic Pro stock plugins.
ell
onThenatan VYBZ is a great one-stop-shop, despite it being very unstable in Logic Pro
Medi
onLogic Pro X Sculpture
Nathan
onSerum has been my go-to sound design tool
Marten
onBitwig Studio
Jari Oisalo
onPeff’s C.R.A.P.Re
James O'Gara
onMy favorite sound design tool is using a simple four band EQ and Distortion to shape sounds. Rolling of the high or low end, then boost or cutting frequencies to bring out honk, or spank, or thump. Then distorting heavily to make it sound nothing like the original signal.
Koothka
onPigments
Esteve
onUnfiltered Audio Plugins, Glitchmachines plugins, Arturia EFX FRAGMENTS, Arturia Dist COLDFIRE, reason Alligator, Reason Synchronous
Michael
onFor now, Arturia Coldfire !
Jomani Moore
onCableways Shaperbox 3
Francesco Ricci
onTriad
Thierry
onMy brain and senses
Domdomburger
onMy karate coach.
lafoca2772
onSynthmaster one
dóc
onIt’s still got to be NI Reaktor for me!
Lyle Gallant
onOuter space
Hix H.
onPigments 3
Black
onMy best bundle for sound design is Fabfilters.
Graham
onAudiothing Speaker – it’s in every mix I’ve done for years!
Tulbure Mihai
onFor me is the things texture
Lindsay
on2C Audio’s Aether
Andre
onLittle Alterboy – Soundtoys
Richard Surratt
onEC 300
T
onLogic Pro’s stock Chromaverb! That thing rocks!
Joshua Sample
onMy favorite has got to be the UJAM’s Finisher series, even their free MICRO is great!
kikodelmar
onGoldwave
S4VRO
onPues yo uso mucho de esta marca el Blindfold EQ, me encanta el modo análogo y lo quito para eq más suaves
M. B.
onAcoustica CoffeeThe PUN
Val
onArturia Tape Mello-FI! You can use it to either make your stuff sound old as heck or saturate and compress the hell out of your audio. It’s great!
Also Valhalla FreqEcho because of its insane feedback
Lloyd Holley
onHalf Time by Cable guys.
Per Christian Frankplads
onAudiothing Vinyl Strip.
Aleksander
onI guess it’s Falcon
Reg
onSaturn or any kind of modulated distortion plug in
Andrew
onEnergy Panner
Leth
onMy favorite sound design tool has to be Paul Strech
fabrice g
onMy favorite sound design tool is Massive X
Sun Ra
onVCV Rack
Petr Piskunov
onAvenger
Larry Larraga
onTasty Chips GR-1 Granular synthesizer
Ivano
onMuTools MuLab .
reathance
onhands down, surge. one of the best synths available on the market. and also i use anarchy fx bundle a lot, especially convoluter
Tyler
onValhalla Supermassive because it is a good free reverb plugin
Caleb
onDevious Machines Infiltrator – it’s a great sound design toolbox!
LBLY
onGuitar Rig 6
Toolie
onMy DAW: Presonus Studio One Professional.
Marco V
onBlack Box Analog Design HG-2
Janusz Mordak
onAudioThing – Things Bubbles
Lessandro
onSteinberg FX Modulator and Native Instruments Phasis
Jordan Robles
onArturia Pigments
SF
onWaves RBass
Richard Burley
onNative instruments
Lee
onI use Serum
Paulo Gusmão Guedes
onI find myself using Eventide Quadravox quite often.
Natan
onBitwig
Evgeniy
onSynthmaster One!
Evgeniy
onSynthmaster One! great
Arnold
onMmm… Maybe Saturn 2.
Gil Monteiro
onVital Synth
Luis
onSimpler/Sampler and Granulator 2 , usually followed by an arrray of stuff
Thx for the chance!
Kyle MacEachern
onhmm…bitwig studio or absynth
DjTesta
onSHAPER BOX 3
Owen
onPigments. Thanks for the giveaway!
Andreas Berg
onit’s shaperbox
Mike
onRight now, my favorite is Devious Machines Infiltrator.
Kevin
onSerum FX
Rich Cooke
onMinimal Audio Rift
Jhery
onChannelStrip de Harrison
Tony
onVital Synth. So powerful and free! Matt Tytel is a genius !
Alex
onDELAY Delay delay delay delay delay
Gambe
onFab Filter Pro Q-3
Ben
onLooperator
Tomislav Zlatic
onCONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON! :)
@awaregomusic
onRedux from Ableton Live and any formant filter.
Chad
onDmitry Sches Tantra (now distributed by Plugin Alliance). It leads to “happy accidents” often when generating background rhythms.
Lukas
onBitwig Studio
WeirdJesus
onValhalla Supermassive
Miracledee
onSNAP HEAP by KiloHearts
Michal
onMy fav sound design tool is ableton’s audio effect rack – cuz it’s intuitive way to stack multiple plugins at once and easy to save/load anytime I need it <3
Vinicius Gomes
onOuter Space that emulates the famous Roland RE-201 Space Echo.
Wing Yee
onIndependence FX
red
onCockos Reaper
ELZURIX
onVital
Sebastian
onNI Massive X
Dan Cryer-Reade
onMatt Tytel’s Vital
Peter Olsson
onUnfiltered audio Triad
Falko Freund
onCableguys Shaperbox
Ed
onSonosaurus PaulXStretch
David
onSerum
Jacques (BlackWinny)
onBy far, my favorite audio effect is Fog Convolver 2 since the day I purchased it a dew months ago.
Jacques (BlackWinny)
onBy very far, my favorite audio effect is Fog Convolver 2 since the day I purchased it a few months ago.
Arthur
onMGranularMB
Kiran
onBackbone
Sergio
onu-he Bazille
Synthie Lauper
onI really like HOFA System
DJ Energy
onChromaphone 3 Arturia V Collection
NoisesVega
onVital Audio…It is powerful, and also free!
Daniel Ene
onPigments
John Halewood
onFor primary sound generation, Phase Plant, then something like Fog Convolver to completely mangle the original
Anna
onOutput Portal
Molecola
onPro Tools’ own Avid EQIII 7-band eq/filter
marcus
onSoundtoys Echoboy
Mike Chursin
onTantra 2
Lloyd Holley
onCable Guys Half time
Kyle Patterson
onRecently been digging Arturia EFX Fragments.
Dennis
onFalcon is my favorite
Douglas Bogert
onPolyverse Manipulator
Max
onI love shaperbox on anything
Pablo
onReaktor!
Adam
onUVI Shade
Aubrey Jenkins
onusually I use IK Mixbox
Paul Korol
onZebra
Den
onVital
Javier Reyes
onCableguys Shaperbox
Juanjo Salazar
onSoundtoys Alterboy
Gyuri
onPaulXStretch
CHESUS
onSurge es impresionante
Synth Street
onCableguy’s Shaperbox
Taras Osipchuk
onThings Texture
Lee
onPitch Shifter
Jesse
onMax 4 Live
GiGi
onMy analog pedal chain in feedback loop:
Jamman > pre-drive > delay > slapback echo > reverb > distortion > MS-50 (random) > Freqout > Jamman > Recorder
Turn the knobs, wait… and record :)
Then listen, sample and slice, slice, slice.
Cheers from Italy!
Nicko_Sparks
onElektron Octatrack MKII
Sound
onMy favorite sound design tool is Trash 2
Psolkaiyn
onFavorite sound design effect or tool would have to be Rift by Minimal. Their feedback section alone is awesome, but the whole plugin has useful goodies that are fun to mess with.
Acho Beats
onDevious Machines Infiltrator
Milosz
onPaulXStretch
Jon
onNI Reaktor is my favourite!
Alex
onRoland D-50
TheBroJoe
onArturia Pigments!
Swancho13
onI’ve been using Izatope’s Iris 2 a lot lately
Satyabrata Choudhury
onDune 3.
luk
onUnfiltered Audio SpecOps \o/
Dave
onCircuit synth editor
Christian
onI would say Reels or RC20 for sound design… but one VST I use on most of my tracks is Scaler.
This will help me to find melodies or new chords that matches what I’m playing. A great tool!
Luca
onCherry Audio Voltage Modular
Jns Stone
onREAPER of cause :)
Adem
onMy ears
Sean Knisely
onSoundtoys, especially Crystallizer for turning a sound into a pad… then it’s fun to make it weirder with Goodhertz Wow Control. I also really love Wires (makes everything more interesting), and really want Speakers.
Carroll MacDonald
onIzotope Break Tweaker.
AeonicB
onKorg’s MDE-X.
Joe
onSoundtoys Panman
Concrete Wave
onA combination of Reaper (DAW) , Korg electric esx1 with Novation Ultranova ,Bass Station II and Valhalla plugins….
Vedat Kati
onOutput Movement
Javier avila
onXLN Audio’s RC20 Retro Color is my favourite
Les Fuller
onZebra
Ryan
onValhalla, Unfiltered Audio, and Melda Productions plugins, various saturation plugins, convolution reverb using things like wavetables or bits of samples instead of IRs, Reaper’s pitch shifter, Amplitube, hardware rack effects and pedals, and Eurorack.
koo a
onHard to pick one but let’s say Dawesome Abyss
Mario PL
onI just warp and waaaaarrp de audio files and ended with reverb xd
Lorenzo
onSSL Native Drumstrip X Sean Divine
Norberto Prado
onCAKEWALK
Norberto Prado
onCAKEWALK by Bandlab
Sarah D
onAll Vertigo Sound plugins.
Bruno
onValhall Freq Echo
John Turner
onSoundtoys Crystallizer
Kevin Lawrence
onAt the moment (cause it changes like the waves lapping the shore) RP Predator and Falcon synths. Because one is never enough…. there are more, but I will control myself!
Paul R
onMy go to sound design tool tends to be a pitch shifted delay so something like output portal or soundtoys crystaliser are what I use most frequently.
Marcus
onFreakshow Industries, manybothers of course, but these differ
Marcus
onFor me its Freakshow Industries, they take a step further
cosmo
onUnfiltered Audio’s SpecOps, picked it up for free recently and it’s a ton of fun
Joshua
onOuter Space
Hiroki
onDawsome Abyss is Awesome.
Daniel Gaudet
onFalcon!
James T
onSound design using vital is fun.