GRM Tools ST

ST description:

The GRM Tools ST RTAS Bundle. Four high-end plug-ins for any Pro Tools LE or TDM system in OSX or OS9.

The GRM Tools ST RTAS Bundle consists of four plug-ins based on FFT analysis and resynthesis, Contrast, Equalize, FreqShift and FreqWarp. Whether you're enhancing a recording in a studio, creating new sound designs, composing jingles or film music, or transforming your sounds in performance, GRM Tools delivers distinctive and astonishing results.

Contrast takes a completely original approach to compression/expansion-type processing technique. Contrast analyzes a user-defined frequency range within the spectrum of an input sound and groups the frequency components within that range according to the strength of their amplitudes. The groups are frequency components with strong amplitudes, frequency components with medium amplitudes, and frequency components with weak amplitudes. The strength of each of the groups can then be modified independently. Why do this? Because this approach allows you to redefine the character of a sound in a powerful and original way. If you decrease the strength of the medium and weak amplitudes, thus emphasizing the strong amplitudes, for example, you'll make a sound more mellow. If you strengthen the medium amplitudes relative to the stronger and weaker amplitudes, you'll add vibrancy, liveliness, and depth to a sound. If you strengthen the weak amplitudes relative to the others, you'll make the sound more metallic, harsh, and percussive.

Equalize is a 31-band graphic equalizer. Each band, controlled by a single slider, is 1/3-octave according to the ISO norm. You can create an equalization curve with simple mouse gestures, for example, or move the curve to higher or lower frequencies, or control any number of sliders as a group. Intuitive mouse-and-key commands are used to manipulate the slider controls so easily and responsively, the plug-in is performable.

FreqShift powers you to transpose or transform a sound by any combination of frequency scaling or frequency shifting. Shift contains two functions that can be used separately or together. The scale function transposes a sound by multiplying each spectral component by a constant frequency. The shift function is a frequency shifter, sometimes referred to as a single-sideband ring modulator, that adds a constant frequency to each spectral component. When you use a frequency shifter, harmonic sounds become inharmonic.

FreqWarp can transform a sound by rearranging its frequency components in a completely free and creative way. One user said, "This is the most far out, the most radical, the most bizarre, powerful, and effective sound transformation tool I have ever seen."

The main features of GRM Tools ST include:

• Four high-end plug-ins for any Pro Tools LE or TDM system in OSX or OS9
• Four plug-ins based on FFT analysis and resynthesis
• Contrast, Equalize, FreqShift and FreqWarp
• Ideal for recording in a studio, creating new sound designs, composing jingles or film music, or transforming your sounds in performance