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Tide, Flanger view: The comb response. Drag on it: it is also an XY pad on delay and feedback.

The comb response. Drag on it: it is also an XY pad on delay and feedback.

modulation suite in development

Tide

Phaser, flanger, chorus and doubler in one instrument of tides. Slow, deep movement with feedback that is allowed to sing.

in development

One email when it's ready, nothing else.

formats
VST3 · CLAP · AUv3
runs on
macOS · Windows · iPadOS

Four swirls share one feedback loop, and the loop is allowed to sing.

Damping and drive sit inside the loop, and the low end takes its own path around it, so heavy settings stay solid underneath.

The sweep runs free, follows the tempo, or restarts on transients, on the bar or from MIDI notes. The big display in the middle is also an XY pad.

on the faceplate

14 controls in 3 groups, named as the plugin labels them.

01Modes

Flangerdelay, feedback and damping; classic, hollow or diffuse; through-zero
Chorusone to three voices with bucket-brigade darkening
Doublerno feedback here: it doubles, it doesn't comb
Phaserup to 42 notches; modern, classic, or an endless barber-pole rise

02Motion

LFOeight shapes, from sine to sample-and-hold and a smooth glider
Ratein hertz or locked to the tempo
Phase L/Roffsets the two channels for width
Envthe input's envelope pushes the sweep
Restarts onfree, on transients, on the bar, or on a MIDI note

03Tone and output

Drivesaturation inside the feedback loop
Lowskeeps the low end out of the swirl
Widthstereo width, with cross-feed and detune
Oversampling1x to 8x, for clean extreme settings
XY padthe display drives any two of 22 parameters
04every control, in the manual→
01

The display is the controller

Each mode draws its own live view, and dragging on it moves the two parameters you pick.

02

Sweeps that land on time

Restart the LFO on transients, bar lines or MIDI notes, so the swirl follows the music.

03

A phaser that never ends

The barber-pole model rises forever without ever arriving.

the manual

A first draft for now: every control on the faceplate, and how activation works. The full manual comes with the release.

Read the manual
  1. 01overview
  2. 02activation
  3. 03modes
  4. 04motion
  5. 05tone and output
  6. 06design notes
  7. 07specifications
  8. 08questions

Movement that comes in and goes out like water.

  • Tide VST3 and CLAP, macOS and Windows
  • free updates within version 1
in development

One email when it's ready, nothing else.

formats
VST3 · CLAP · AUv3
runs on
macOS · Windows · iPadOS

before you buy

How many computers can I use it on?

Three at a time. Sign in once from the plugin and it checks its licence on that computer without going online again. Deactivating a computer, from the plugin's settings or from your account page, frees its slot.

My studio computer is offline. Can I still activate?

Yes. The plugin shows a machine ID; paste it on your account page and download a licence file for that computer. It counts as one of your three.

Do updates cost anything?

Not within the version you bought. Download them from your account page.

Is the iPad version included?

No, the iPad version is sold separately on the App Store, and Apple handles that licence. A desktop licence covers macOS and Windows.