United Plugins has announced Pluralis from founding partner SounDevice Digital – a dual delay plug-in able to split the signal to different delays to be applied to different audio areas.
Pluralis splits signals and then process them separately or in different combinations using four modes: Left/Right splits the signal in a traditional way, whereby users can apply Delay 1 to the left channel and Delay 2 to the right, while Mid/Side splits the signal into the centre (mid) and left and right (side) to focus on different parts of a mix or stereo audio file to apply different processes to different audio areas.
Low/High processes different frequency ranges to apply different delays to the low and high frequencies; and Quiet/Loud splits audio at a set loudness level so that the two delay processors independently work on quieter and louder audio.
Signal-splitting abilities and layered delay design uniqueness notwithstanding, Pluralis plays with the concept of regular delay processing, presenting two delays – Delay 1 and Delay 2 – with standard controls for time, Gain and Feedback, as well as ability to alter Colour (controls saturation of the delay and colour of the tape) and Panorama (Left/Right and Mid/Side modes). Sync (synchronisation to DAW tempo), Freeze (freezes the delay sound, so the delay is endlessly repeated), and Feedback Filter functions are also available.
Pluralis offers two modulation sections – Modulation 1 and Modulation 2 – allowing users to set Level and Rate, as well as Feed (feedback) and Dispersion (a ‘special effect that can shatter sound’), to fine-tune how much modulation is set and applied to which parameters.
Pluralis presents several folders of professionally-produced presets for each of its modes – including some created by award-winning producer, sound designer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist Zardonic. Speaking of Zardonic (aka Federico Augusto Ágreda Álvarez).
SounDevice Digital Pluralis is available as an AAX, AU, VST and VST3 plug-in (using internal 64-bit audio processing capable of handling any sample rate) at €79.
