3 New MOTU Plug-ins by Audio EaseThe Nautilus Bundle Submerges
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August 25, 2000Netherlands based Audio Ease introduces their second pack of plug-ins
exclusively for MOTU Audio System: the Nautilus Bundle. The Nautilus
Bundle consists of three extraordinary effects that are guaranteed to
blow your mind.
RiverRun
RiverRun, by the maker of Thonk, is the most versatile real time
granular synthesizer available today.
Audio from performer tracks or directly from a disk file, can be
streamed into and frozen in RiverRun. Tiny particles of the audio,
called grains, are pushed through an envelope generator, pitched and
scattered across the output channels according to the surface
controls. There is no synthesis technique that sounds quite like
RiverRun's granular synthesis, so be sure to check out the immense
Gregorian monk choirs that can be created out of a single utterance.
Or use RiverRun as a microscope as the grain cursor progresses
through the snapshot at a hundredth of normal speed, dissecting a
single guitar strum into a wealth of distinct stages. With the
'Rhythmic' mode it is possible to groove random samples locked to
Digital Performer's tempo, while they are simultaneously transposed
to pre- selected chord pitches. RiverRun's fantastic variety of
applications will keep you experimenting way beyond bed time.
Deep Phase Nine
Deep Phase Nine is a true phaser that offers unprecedented control
and visual feedback. Sweep up to 24 notches per channel with a
versatile LFO while Deep Phase Nine plots their motion in real time.
You can even boost peaks and notches to the point of self oscillation
because a fitted look-ahead-peak-limiter constantly guards output
levels. With automatable one-shots, glassy sample-and-hold phasers locked
to Performer's tempo, deep classic 6-stagers, and notch spread control,
this is truly a phaser done the Audio Ease way.
PeriScope
PeriScope is a flexible and phase-correct 32 band equalizer that
offers incredibly sharp +36 to -144 dB bands.What's the truly amazing
thing about PeriSope? A real-time frequency analysis is displayed
directly beneath your faders so you can grab your audio exactly where
you see it. Push up a fader and you not only hear that band come up,
but you also see the frequency graph below the fader rise accordingly. Use the overview window to set the lowest and highest band to
any desired frequency, so you can easily zoom in on a frequency area
to obtain exceptional band resolution and separation.
Distribute 32 bands from 0 Hz to 100 Hz for powerful control over the
low-end of your mix while everything remains completely phase
correct. Or surgically eliminate just a 10 Hz band at 3 kHz. You
won't believe the effects you can create with an equalizer that
attenuates and amplifies as precisely - and drastically - as
PeriScope.
The Nautilus bundle is set to submerge first week of September. The
bundle costs US$299. For more information, visit their web site at www.audioease.com. | 
