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macOS · Windows · Max for Live

Audio plugins · Tone, space and depth

Amps, stereo imaging, delays and reverbs: plugins and two Max for Live devices, organised by sonic purpose.

Amps and cabinets

Valla Amp Modeler GPU

What it is

Guitar and bass amp modeler with NAM A2 profiles, impulse responses and Apple Metal CPU/GPU selection.

When to use it

Choose an amp and cabinet, record in CPU mode or use the GPU in larger sessions.

Valla Amp Modeler GPU

What you can control

  • Input · Output · Noise Gate · EQ
  • NAM A2 · IR
  • CPU / GPU · LITE / FULL
Technical details
  • NAM A2 · IR
  • CPU: LITE · GPU: LITE / FULL
  • Apple Metal · IR: CPU
  • VST3 · AU · Standalone

Compatibility and download

macOS Apple Silicon · VST3 · AU · Standalone

Shape the stereo space

Ospazio

What it is

Ospazio is a multiband stereo imaging plugin. Shape width, depth and stereo balance across up to eight bands, with phase controls and spectrum and stereo width visualisation. Designed to give your mixes space and definition, it is available as VST3 for Windows and macOS Apple Silicon, and AU for macOS Apple Silicon.

When to use it

Give a mix space and definition by treating different frequency ranges separately.

Ospazio

What you can control

  • Width, depth and balance · Up to eight bands · Phase · Spectrum and stereo width
Technical details
  • VST3: Windows · macOS Apple Silicon
  • AU: macOS Apple Silicon

Compatibility and download

VST3: Windows · macOS Apple Silicon / AU: macOS Apple Silicon

Create echoes and movement

Delay-boh

What it is

delay with 17 modes, five styles and BPM sync.

When to use it

Create rhythmic repeats or echoes with different characters, from tape to digital.

Delay-boh

What you can control

  • 5 styles: Single, Dual, Ratio, PingPong, Quad · 1 ms–10 s
  • BPM sync · Dotted / Triplet · 4 taps · Positive / Negative feedback
  • Repeat / Swell · Ducking · Drive · Age · Era · Width · Low / High cut · Diffusion
Technical details
  • 17 modes: Tape, HiFi, BBD, Digital, Ghost, Pitch, RevPitch, DuckTape, Clarity, BBDuck, LoFi, Analog, ChromeTape, Quartz, PhaserDDL, PitchDuck, RichPitch
  • 5 styles: Single, Dual, Ratio, PingPong, Quad · 1 ms–10 s
  • BPM sync · Dotted / Triplet · 4 taps · Positive / Negative feedback
  • Repeat / Swell · Ducking · Drive · Age · Era · Width · Low / High cut · Diffusion
  • Wow / Flutter · Frequency shift · Pitch shift · Reverse · Phaser
  • 38 parameters · 9 presets · Mix Lock · Mono / Stereo

Compatibility and download

macOS · Windows

MultiModo-boh

What it is

chorus and multitap delay with nine modes and modulated diffusion.

When to use it

Animate static sounds with chorus, multiple repeats and modulated textures.

MultiModo-boh

What you can control

  • Mix · Depth · Width · Delay · Feedback
  • TAPS / MOD / DIFF / TONE / DRIVE / WARP
  • BPM sync · Dotted / Triplet · Dark · Half Speed
Technical details
  • 9 modes: DimD, VP330, SuperSix, 6TapRandom, DualEnsemble, 8Tap, 16Phase, 16Tap, 32Tap
  • Mix · Depth · Width · Delay · Feedback
  • TAPS / MOD / DIFF / TONE / DRIVE / WARP
  • BPM sync · Dotted / Triplet · Dark · Half Speed
  • 35 parameters · 10 presets · Save / Load (.multimodo) · Lock mix
  • Mono / Stereo

Compatibility and download

macOS · Windows

Add depth and atmosphere

Room-boh

What it is

All the rooms a producer needs: twelve environments to place every sound in its space, with separate controls for early reflections and the reverb tail.

When to use it

Place a sound in a room by balancing early reflections and the tail separately.

Room-boh

What you can control

  • Space: Mix · Pre-delay · Decay · Depth · Lo Cut · Hi Cut
  • Early: Size · Send · Diffusion · Space · Cross · Mod Rate · Mod Depth
  • Late: Size · Bass Mult / Xover · High Mult / Xover · Cross · Mod Rate · Mod Depth
Technical details
  • 12 modes: Open Hall, Small Studio, Air Bloom, Silk Hall, Warm Loft, Shadow Hall, Night Vault, Orbit, Prism, Nebula, Abyss, Mosaic
  • Space: Mix · Pre-delay · Decay · Depth · Lo Cut · Hi Cut
  • Early: Size · Send · Diffusion · Space · Cross · Mod Rate · Mod Depth
  • Late: Size · Bass Mult / Xover · High Mult / Xover · Cross · Mod Rate · Mod Depth
  • 23 parameters · 12 presets · Bypass · RMS / Peak meters
  • Mono / Stereo / Mono → Stereo · Dry: 0 latency · Aux: Mix 100%

Compatibility and download

macOS · Windows

Bellold-boh

What it is

Vintage-flavoured reverb: 22 modes and three sonic eras to give vocals, instruments and mixes character and depth.

When to use it

Choose a reverb character from different sonic eras and shape its tail.

Bellold-boh

What you can control

  • Mix · Predelay · Decay · Size · Attack
  • Bass / High damping · Early / Late diffusion · Modulation
  • Low / High cut · Stereo width
Technical details
  • 22 modes · 1970s / 1980s / NOW
  • Mix · Predelay · Decay · Size · Attack
  • Bass / High damping · Early / Late diffusion · Modulation
  • Low / High cut · Stereo width
  • 22 presets · SAVE / LOAD (.belloldpreset) · COPY / PASTE · MIX LOCK
  • Mono / Stereo

Compatibility and download

macOS · Windows

Shim-boh

What it is

shimmer reverb with pitch shifting in the feedback and eight presets.

When to use it

Build floating atmospheres and shimmer tails with pitch shifting in the feedback.

Shim-boh

What you can control

  • Low Cut 10–2000 Hz · High Cut 1000–20000 Hz · Mod Rate 0.02–10 Hz · Mod Depth
  • Reverb: Mono / Small Stereo / Medium Stereo / Big Stereo
  • Pitch: Single / Dual / Single Reverse / Dual Reverse / Bypass · Color: Bright / Dark
Technical details
  • Mix · Shift −12 / +12 semitones · Feedback · Diffusion · Size
  • Low Cut 10–2000 Hz · High Cut 1000–20000 Hz · Mod Rate 0.02–10 Hz · Mod Depth
  • Reverb: Mono / Small Stereo / Medium Stereo / Big Stereo
  • Pitch: Single / Dual / Single Reverse / Dual Reverse / Bypass · Color: Bright / Dark
  • 13 parameters · 8 presets: BlackHole, ConcertHall, BrightHall, DeepBlueDay, Chorus, BigReverse, TajMahal, OctaveUpDown
  • Mono / Stereo / Mono → Stereo · Aux: Mix 100% · Shimmer: DeepBlueDay, Shift +12, Feedback 0.7–0.9

Compatibility and download

macOS · Windows

Inside Ableton Live

sMONOficator

Stereo width and position in a compact device

Max for Live · Ableton Live

What it is

A compact Max for Live device for stereo width and positioning using the Haas effect.

When to use it

Quickly widen and position a signal in Ableton Live.

sMONOficator

What you can control

  • I combined L/R delays, sMON control, pan, pre/post filtering and per-channel phase inversion in one device.
Technical details
  • Max for Live
  • Ableton Live
  • Audio DSP
  • Haas effect
  • Stereo imaging

Compatibility and download

Ableton Live + Max for Live

sMONOficator MultiBand

Separate control of lows, mids and highs

Max for Live · Ableton Live

What it is

sMONOficator spatial control extended to multiple bands, with separate control of lows, mids and highs.

When to use it

Treat the stereo space of lows, mids and highs separately in Ableton Live.

sMONOficator MultiBand

What you can control

  • I brought the Haas effect to multiple bands with independent delay, pan and mix, M/S processing and channel selection.
Technical details
  • Max for Live
  • Ableton Live
  • Audio DSP
  • Multiband
  • M/S processing

Compatibility and download

Ableton Live + Max for Live

macOSWindowsMax for LiveAudio DSP