Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
This week, the cool new plugin I came across was keFIR by Piotr “Habib” Pyrzanowski which is a zero-latency FIR filter effect. Basically you load in an impulse response (a wav recording of a real space or piece of equipment, but you can use any sound you want), the incoming waveform will be conformed to the characteristics of the impulse response.
What is convolution
Convolution is the effect of multiplying every sample in one wave or impulse by the samples that are contained within another waveform. In a sense, this feature uses one waveform to “model” the sound of another waveform. The result can be that of filtering, echoing, reverberating, phase shifting, or any combination of these effects. (http://www.cksde.com/p_6_250.htm)
You can find a list of free Impulse Responses in this KVR post.
There really are endless possiblities with a plugin like this.
keFIR is a VST plugin for windows.
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