HoRNet Plugins has announced the release of HoRNet Harmonics, a freeware waveshaper effect in VST/VST3/AU/AAX/RTAS plugin formats for PC and Mac-based digital audio workstations.
HoRNet Harmonics is a non-linear waveshaper effect that provides the user with direct control over ten harmonic generators. Both the amplitude and phase of each harmonic can be adjusted individually. A handy waveform display on the right side of the user interface shows the plugin’s frequency response. A set of 11 factory presets is included, covering some of the basic distortion types that can be achieved with HoRNet Harmonics.
The user interface is not resizable, although it is conveniently sized for use on an HD monitor (those with higher resolution screens might find it a bit too small). The CPU hit is a bit higher than I’d like to see in a waveshaper plugin, hitting around 10% on average on our test machine. Most importantly, though, HoRNet Harmonics is a rather versatile distortion and saturation tool, and I can definitely see myself using it for sound design and mixing purposes. The workflow is very good and I’m overall pretty happy with the distortion produced by the plugin.
The download process is a bit annoying since you’ll first need to share the product page on a social network of your choice first (either Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus) and then also complete the standard registration and checkout procedure. It’s not all bad, though, because the download pack comes without an installer. It’s a simple ZIP archive containing the DLL files that are ready to be placed in your plugin folder. All major plugin formats are supported and compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit host applications on PC and Mac.
HoRNet Harmonics is available for free download via HoRNet Plugins (5.19 MB download size, ZIP archive, 32-bit & 64-bit VST/VST3/AU/AAX/RTAS plugin format for Windows & Mac OS).
9 Comments
marti garaughty
onVery cool plugin!
Hsoel
onNasty download process.
Al Capone
onChristian Budde Christortion
arseniy
onThanks!
Here is the link to it – http://www.pcjv.de/vst-plugins/
arseniy
onI think it was OK. Took me like 20 seconds to start download.
arseniy
onHaven’t heard of such distortion type before. Seems intresting. The CPU is not friendly so would need to print the processed stuff into wav I guess.
The sliders are kinda too slow. They could make it like holding SHIFT make them move slower.
The Dry/Wet knob would be nice.
Stereo mode would be nice(having separate knobs for left/right channel)
Below someone posted a similar plugin – Christortion. It’s CPU friendly but has 7 harmonics generators. But also has DC ofset feature(actually would be nice if it has automatic option).
Thank you guys. Discovered new intresting tool!
Tomislav Zlatic
onCheers Arseniy!
Al Capone
onРусский? Процессор грузит во многом графический интерфейс, я в Рипере нажал на кнопку UI, которая его убирает и меняет на стандартный риперовский и нагрузка заметно уменьшилась. Да и рулить так действительно удобнее.
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The processor will ship largely graphical interface, I clicked on the UI Reaper button, which removes it and changes to the standard, and the load is considerably reduced. And so really convenient to manage
arseniy
onYes I am. I stick to FL Studio. It has no such option. I want to add another DAW to my arsenal long ago but decided to learn mixing first. It took me like 3 years already and still need to know more.