Native Instruments Spektral Delay 1.5 (Academic Version)
NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY offers exceptional great possibilities for creative sound design - from subtle corrections and rich effects to total alienation of the input signal. It uses real time FFT (Fast Fourier Transformation) to split up each channel of audio input into as many as 1024 individual frequency bands. The amplitude, delay time and feedback ratio can be adjusted independently for each frequency band. Additionally, various modulation effects can be applied to the signal in the frequency domain, allowing for even further sound manipulation.
Creativity and Comfort
Edit Graphs which are intuitive to use and packed with comfortable edit functions are used to set up the delay times and feedback levels for the bands: each of the up to 160 bands per side can be delayed separately and fed back to the delay input with an individual amount. The delay times can be set freely or according to the rhythm via a selectable note grid. The maximum delay time is 12 seconds. The effects achievable with this band delay include rather subtle colorings as well as rhythmic courses of the partial tones and dense, atmospheric sound textures.
The modulation effects of the NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY, which are expandable by plug-ins, are applied in the frequency domain of the audio signal and offer many unusual processing options - such as rotation of the frequency bands or reverb simulation by 'smearing' the amplitude courses of the bands. The modulation effects make a big contribution to the unique sound possibilities of the NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY.
The amplitudes of the bands are also controlled intuitively by drawing in an Edith Graph with the mouse. In contrast to those of conventional filters, the filter curves resulting from this can have any shape and therefore make possible even very extreme filter settings and sweeps. For example, it is possible to completely filter all frequencies while some very narrow frequency bands are still audible. The filter curves can be drawn together or separately for the two channels of a stereo signal.
Effects Processor and Performance Tool
Separate feedback delays for up to 160 bands per stereo side, unique modulation effects and freely drawable filter curves make the NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY an exceptional flexible, powerful and creative effects tool. All parameters such as filter, delay and feedback settings can be modulated with an integrated LFO or via MIDI. This makes it possible to create very organic and lively effects which can easily be played live.
The NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY runs on Macintosh™ or under Windows™, either stand-alone with MME™, Direct Sound™, Sound Manager™ and ASIO™ or as a plug-in with a VST™ - or DirectX™ - compatible host program. Many presets for different applications (e.g. guitar, vocals, drums, ambiences, reverberations, spacial effects) are included.
Features:
- Effects processor for real-time manipulation of audio material of any kind
- Produces unique delay effects
- Real-time Fast Fourier Transformation is used to split each side of a stereo signal into up to 160 separately modifiable frequency bands
- Level, delay time and feedback level for each of the bands can be set separately
- Up to 1024 bands are calculated internally
- Intuitive Edit Graphs with comfortable edit functions for setting up the parameters
- Modulation effects applied in the frequency domain offer many processing options
- Any frequencies of the signal can be attenuated or filtered completely
- Completely MIDI-controllable
