N-SPECTRAL MASK [PLUGDATA-FX] (Patreon)

v1.8 - Ported to Plugdata 0.9.2🥳

N-SPECTRAL MASK v1.8 for PLUGDATA-FX 0.9.2

N-SPECTRAL MASK is a spectral envelope follower that can be modulated by itself or an external sidechain signal, which can reduce heavy smearing, pre- or post-ringing and resonances/decays.

On SELF mode, N-Spectral Mask acts more like a spectral gate, as increasing the MAIN control will impose self modulation onto the 256 frequency bands that SPECTRAL MASK splits a signal into.

You can choose which parts of the frequency spectrum to mask with the SPECTRUM BLEND, allowing for more precise control of processing.

Where N-SPECTRAL MASK is incredibly useful for is when using it in EXT (External) mode. This allows you to route a sidechain signal into the plugin, enabling unique spectral envelope following of different signals or (its' primary focus) restoring pre-fx frequency amplitudes. 

The RELEASE slider lets you smoothen the masking envelope wether you want to soften strong masking/gating or ring out dominant isolated frequencies.

The CLARITY slider preserves higher frequencies when masking the spectrum.

Popular spectral fx plugins that use high FFT sizes can sound amazing, but often leave undesired artifacts like smearing (pre- or postringing). This keeps a lot of people from using complex effects that cause these artifacts, as they're generally regarded as a degradation of sound quality.

Spectral Mask allows these effects to thrive while restoring the original frequency amplitudes, effectively spectrally gating out smearing arteficts or resonances a plugin causes.

USING EXT (External Mode) ▶️

FEATURES:

MASK (3D Sphere): Increases the amount of envelope following

EXT/SELF: Switches from Self envelope following to External sidechain envelope following.

RELEASE: Controls the release of the masking effect. Similar to a release control on a gate.

CLARITY: Preserves higher frequencies when masking the spectrum.

SPECTRUM BLEND: Draw in the parts of the frequency spectrum you want to be masked.

HOW TO INSTALL:

INSTALL/UPDATE TO PLUGDATA 0.9.2 ➡️ plugdata - Download

DRAG AND DROP THE .PLUGDATA FILE INTO PLUGDATA ✅

DOWNLOAD PLUGDATA 0.9.2 (FREE)