A small sticker on the side informs you that you'll need a Mac running OS 9.2 or OS X, Pro Tools software, and an iLok key. Turn On.įilter Freak comes in the sort of circular tin box that looks as if it ought to contain old-fashioned travel sweets.
Sound Toys say that TDM versions of all of these should follow in the first quarter of 2003, whilst a port to other native formats such as Audio Units and VST is also being considered. The first to appear is Filter Freak, which, as the name suggests, provides a variety of resonant filter effects, while the near future will also bring classic analogue-style phasing, flanging, echo, auto-pan and tremolo, plus the more esoteric Decapitator and Crystallizer.
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Sound Toys are continuing to develop exclusively for the Pro Tools platform at present, but the eight new effects announced so far have been implemented first in the host-based RTAS/HTDM format, on Mac OS 9 and OS X only. With the change of name comes a new range of plug-ins, and a shift of focus. Under their old name, Wave Mechanics, they produced innovative plug-ins such as Speed and Sound Blender for Pro Tools TDM systems, while developers Ken Bogdanowicz and Bob Belcher also have an impressive track record in hardware effects design, having worked on Eventide's industry-standard H3000 and DSP4000 Harmonizers. Sound Toys may be a new name in the field of plug-in effects, but there's plenty of experience behind their products. Sound Toys say that their new plug-in captures the sound of an analogue filter in digital form.