SimpleSide: Creative Volume Control with LFO Curves
SimpleSide by Armando Montanez is an intuitive and powerful VST/AU plugin designed for precise volume modulation of your audio signal. Forget about manually drawing volume automation to create rhythmic effects or sidechaining effects. SimpleSide offers a flexible approach, allowing you to “draw” a volume curve that synchronizes with the tempo of your project.
It’s the perfect tool for creating pumping effects, rhythmic volume patterns, or simply for dynamically shaping sound with unprecedented accuracy.
Key Features of SimpleSide
- Tempo Synchronization: Easily adjust the modulation speed, which automatically synchronizes with the tempo of your DAW. This ensures perfect rhythm matching for your tracks.
- Drawn Volume Curves: Instead of standard LFO shapes, SimpleSide allows you to create your own unique volume modulation curves. You can add an unlimited number of “subcurves” for maximum flexibility.
- Flexible Ramp Adjustment: For each section of the curve, you can independently adjust the ramp-up or ramp-down speed. This gives you precise control over the dynamics of transitions between different volume levels.
- Mix of Original and Processed Signal: The Wet/Dry control allows you to smoothly blend the original, unprocessed signal with the signal that has passed through SimpleSide. This is useful for achieving the desired effect balance or creating more subtle modulations.
- High-Precision Automation: The modulation speed and Wet/Dry mix parameters can be automated with sample accuracy, ensuring smooth and clear changes throughout the song.
Why SimpleSide Will Become Your Indispensable Assistant?
In modern production, especially in genres like electronic music, hip-hop, and contemporary pop, dynamic volume control is critical. SimpleSide simplifies the creation of complex rhythmic effects that previously required laborious manual work with automation.
Need a “ducking” effect for the bass from the kick drum? SimpleSide will do it quickly and accurately. Want to create unique rhythmic patterns for a pad or synthesizer line? Draw the desired curve.
The ability to draw your own, complex curves instead of using standard LFO shapes opens up unlimited possibilities for creative sound design. You can emulate the behavior of classic compressors in sidechain mode, create pulsating textures, or use it for more subtle, almost imperceptible dynamic processing that adds life to your track.
The simple and intuitive interface makes working with the plugin enjoyable and efficient, allowing you to quickly realize your ideas. Whether you are a beginner in the world of production or an experienced professional, SimpleSide will offer you a new level of control over the volume of your tracks.
Compatibility
SimpleSide is available in VST and AU formats, supporting 64-bit Windows and macOS operating systems. This ensures wide compatibility with most modern DAWs.
SimpleSide by Armando Montanez is more than just a sidechaining tool. It’s a flexible LFO volume modulator that allows you to shape the dynamics of your sound with unique creativity and precision. Create complex rhythmic effects, breathe life into static sounds, and make your mixes more dynamic with this powerful and intuitive plugin.
