Denise Audio is giving away three plugins from their catalog for free when you subscribe to their newsletter – read the article below to learn how to get Crush, Slappy, and Bad Tape for free.
The company is about to launch its new website with a rebuilt catalog, so you may have to wait a few days before receiving the freebies after you’ve subscribed to their mailing list.
If you’re new to Denise Audio, they are a Berlin/Amsterdam-based plugin developer company focused on intuitive audio plugins and creative effects.
They had already given us cool freebies in the past, such as Noize Retro, an interesting adaptive noise generator effect.
If you want more, you can now get My Crush, Slappy, and Bad Tape for free as well!
My Crush
My Crush, a lovely name, by the way, is unsurprisingly a bit crusher plugin.
It’s a simplified version of the premium Bite Harder plugin, but it shares the same brutal algorithm.
The individual Reduce and Resample dials allow you to gradually destroy and degrade your audio signals, while the Stutter control is a creative added effect option.
You also get six different preset curves to change the tone and vibrancy of the bit-crusher.
A very cool feature is the possibility to filter and scoop out the frequencies with independent HPF and LPF both in Pre and Post-processing.
Lastly, the Mix knob lets you blend the desired effect to taste.
Slappy
Slappy is a simple-to-use saturated slapback delay with a great sound.
It shares the same Bad Tape’s hysteresis saturation smooth algorithm, which creates a warm and analog sound emulated from vintage tape machines.
The added value of Slappy is its CPU efficiency, so it may be a perfect candidate to look for when you just need a classic slapback delay effect on your guitars or vocals, for example.
Bad Tape
Talking of Bad Tape, it is what the name sounds like.
Its main focus is to create extreme tape artifacts with controls like Harm, Hiss, Squeal, Wow, and Flutter.
I think this plugin is the most unique among the three described since most tape emulation plugins emulate ‘good’ tape behavior.
So Bad Tape can be your bizarre go-to plugin for weird, wonky effects.
It’s also interactive and perfect for use in real-time in arrangements and live edits.
For instance, by keeping the Detune button pressed, you can create a tape-stop effect in real time.
All these plugins are built for both Windows and macOS users, with VST, VST3, AU, and AAX as available formats.
Download: My Crush, Slappy, Bad Tape (requires subscribing to Denise Audio newsletter)
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Last Updated on September 15, 2023 by Tomislav Zlatic.
