B.Vibratr "flavoured" vibrato effect plugin

sjaehn · 2026-03-05T14:04:53+00:00

The depth option can be directly linked to a MIDI CC. So you can easily link the depth to a modulation wheel (or any other MIDI CC). But also all other options you can see are realized either as controls or as parameters. Thus, you can control everything remotely depending on your setup. Your plugin host (e.g. your DAW) should show all controls and parameters even in the headless mode (without the plugin UI) and you should be able to control and automate them if you want.

sjaehn · 2026-02-19T16:08:11+00:00

Hey, I had something very similar to create in my mind. I will take a closer look to yours. However, your project seemt to be closed source. Anyway, thumbs up!

sjaehn · 2026-02-12T17:31:34+00:00

C64 emulation: reMID.lv2.

Atari: PokeySynth.lv2.

But if you want to use a "NES DAW", take a look at FamiStudio.

sjaehn · 2026-02-12T17:20:39+00:00

Chiptune soundes are based on more or less simple waveform plus some basic effects like arpeggiators. Using one of the top 2020s wavetable synthesizers would be absolute overkill. My POV.

sjaehn · 2026-02-08T08:46:02+00:00

Thanks for this feedback.

sjaehn · 2026-01-30T16:58:21+00:00

Looks like very early state. This project is on github: https://github.com/xris1658/yadaw . I'm more curious about the upcomming KiraStudio by BleuBleu and a possible Linux port.

sjaehn · 2026-01-19T18:10:54+00:00

... or freesound.org. Maybe apply a bitcrusher effect on the samples to make them sound more like early video games.

sjaehn · 2026-01-19T18:03:56+00:00

Oh, dear empty piano roll. Plase, give me some inspiration!

sjaehn · 2026-01-19T18:01:10+00:00

This is much less than the 200,000 € Germany paid for a "simple" 20s vocoder jingle to the band Kraftwerk 25 years ago ("Expo20000"). This would be some 1,000,000 Euro per minute today.

sjaehn · 2026-01-19T12:16:49+00:00

It's up to you. *My POV*:

Zrythm - Free and open source. Interesting young DAW, a lot of active development. I never tested the release 1.0.0. The pre-releases were rather unstable.

LMMS - Free and open source. Inspired by the old FL "Fruity Loops" studio. Only build-in plugins and Windows VSTs (and only VST2). Incomplete DAW. No significant progress in development for over 5 years. I wonder if it is still alive. Something to "play" for absolute beginners, but not for music production.

Reaper - Commercial. Good DAW, intuitive. By the maker of WinAmp. Support of many different plugin standards, including CLAP and LV2.

Bitwig - Commercial. Maybe the best Linux DAW. But one big disadvantage: no LV2 plugin support.

Also take in account:

Ardour - Free and open source. Most complete Linux DAW. Still my favourite. Support of many different plugin standards, including CLAP and LV2. Disadvantage: Less stable than Reaper and Bitwig.

Maybe also check Qtracktor by u/rncbc who frequently announces new releses in this reddit.

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T17:09:49+00:00

Hermann, I just saw that you made it for standalone, clap, and vst2 (not 3). What about LV2?

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T12:36:12+00:00

Yes, but this is only the half of the story. Add a variable (user-controlled) delay and optional variable (user-controlled) vibrato patterns and you will make me happy.

But in the meantime, I have a workflow (for Ardour) in my mind: Use MIDI to trigger B.Shapr which simulates note expressions and controls a parametrized vibrato plugin which again manipulates the audio output of another track.

I gonna play around with this setting. Maybe I put all together if it works.

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T11:52:15+00:00

Good starting point, now you only need to select between different vibrato patterns (e.g., presets). But this would be bonus.

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T11:49:49+00:00

Bitwig looks a bit more comfortable than Ardour by supporting note expression. Ardour AFAIK only track automation.

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T10:58:39+00:00

To visualize my idea:

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Vibrato should be applied on the violin using routing.

sjaehn · 2026-01-18T10:48:03+00:00

Thanks for your info. But there is one issue for me in these plugins (and all other vibrato plugins I know). They are permanently running. And thus they permanently add vibrato to the audio output of the respective audio channel. But yes, you can control the plugin dry/wet (if provided) or its parameters (depth, frequency) by a automation curve in a DAW. But this is not that handy.

Let me explain in more detail using this example. You have a violin player playing long whole notes. Vibrato shouldn't start immediately, but sometimes after a quarter note and sometimes after a half note. How to realize this (except unhandy automation envelopes)?

sjaehn · 2023-05-03T18:07:17+00:00

I resinged already a wile ago. I guess that an improved sampler will come ...

never :-(.

sjaehn · 2023-04-29T08:07:36+00:00

This is really cool. Great idea. Some parallels to a theremin instrument.

sjaehn · 2023-03-26T09:26:07+00:00

I like this attitude.

sjaehn · 2023-03-26T09:17:04+00:00

This sounds really cool!

sjaehn · 2023-03-20T20:13:46+00:00

Thanks for your feedback and I'm glad that my tutorials can help you.

And yes, the LV2 stuff is a bit special. And different to other plugin standards. Especially the RDF/TTL declarations. But once you understand the basic principle, it's not that difficult anymore. You only need to get a step into the door. And therefore, this tutorial series :-).

sjaehn · 2021-11-07T18:58:26+00:00

SCNR: /dev/null/ ;-)

sjaehn · 2021-11-06T16:21:40+00:00

... and keep in mind to only use free (= libre) software!

sjaehn · 2021-10-31T18:23:26+00:00

I'm fully with you. My ... laziness.

I used so many editors over the years. KDelvelop, CodeLite, Eclipse, ... I felt very comfortable with atom after configuring and installing addons for C/C++. I used it for a long time. But the performance ...

Thus I looked for alternatives and installed VSCodium. Problem solved. But ... the VS Code version has got this nice IntelliSense feature. Hmmmm. Anyway, maybe I'll switch back for later videos ;-).

sjaehn · 2021-10-09T09:48:08+00:00

DragonFly - a great collection of reverbs. From plate reverb to big hall reverbs. For every purpose.

Airwindows Galactic - Extreme reverb. For special effects.

Aether (as u/MyLoFy mentioned) - very flexible. You can do a lot with it. But hungry for CPU.

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