{"id":91181,"date":"2022-04-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=91181"},"modified":"2022-04-06T17:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T16:19:19","slug":"baby-audio-crystalline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/baby-audio-crystalline\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Audio Crystalline: a reverb that provides unprecedented control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Baby Audio continues its wave of useful and cool plugin releases. Both Magic Dice and Magic Switch are freebies that provide crazy cool effects for your music. But now Baby Audio has released Crystalline, a reverb plugin that uses modern technology to build on classic technology.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baby Audio have said their idea has been to give you \u201cunprecedented creative control to shape your reflections\u201d, reports Gear News<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Beginning with familiar controls like Size<\/strong>, Width<\/strong> and Damping<\/strong>, Baby Audio Crystalline also packs less common controls for creating unique reverbs<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baby Audio Crystalline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let’s get into them. The\u00a0Reflections<\/strong>\u00a0section allows you to determine the\u00a0size of the room – independent of the reverb length. Furthermore, you’ll find a Sparkle<\/strong>\u00a0control that emphasizes the higher frequencies. And finally, you’ll also find a\u00a0stereo width control<\/strong> in this section too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s move on to the Depth<\/strong> section. Here, you’ll find a\u00a0Resolution<\/strong>\u00a0parameter that controls how complex the reverb algorithm should be. In turn, this affects how much CPU power is necessary. Moreover, you’ll find a Modulation<\/strong>\u00a0control that allows you to create musical pitch variations. And a\u00a0Shimmer<\/strong>\u00a0parameter allows you to adjust how fast or slow the high frequencies of your reverb decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Clean-Up<\/strong>\u00a0section, a\u00a0Damping<\/strong>\u00a0control and a Sides<\/strong>\u00a0parameter allow you to control the low end and remove unwanted stereo information. Additionally, a\u00a0Gate<\/strong>\u00a0control allows you to emulate classic 80s gated reverbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, the\u00a0Shape<\/strong>\u00a0section gives you a Tone EQ<\/strong>. In addition, you’ll find a\u00a0Smoothing<\/strong>\u00a0control that allows you to “mellow out” the harshness of your reverb. And a\u00a0Transients<\/strong>\u00a0control allows you to focus the reverb on either the attack or sustain phases of the signal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Baby Audio hasn’t stopped there. Crystalline includes even more comprehensive controls that allow you to\u00a0sync the reverb start and decay times to your project tempo too. We can save ourselves both time and the stress of parameter fiddling by musically synchronizing the reflections of our reverb to our music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, an integrated\u00a0Ducker<\/strong>\u00a0effect will automatically duck your reverb when your incoming signal is playing. You’ll also find Reverse<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Freeze<\/strong>\u00a0options too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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