Rob Papen LowSane – Lo-Fi Crunch Effect Plugin (VST/AU/AAX) Rob Papen

Welcome to the world of breaking down the digital world! Yes, in our music production world, we are proud to record on 24bit and 192kHz to provide pristine audio for music lovers. BUT… as we are, we are keen on crushing things as well, which means that LoFi audio quality is not a side effect of cheap child toys, but has become a creative tool in today’s music creation and post-audio productions! Who could have thought of that in the 80ties when everybody screamed for 16bit instead of 8bit! Yes, humans are creative and many years later the ‘LoFi’ sound sculpting became an art of its own.

LowSane adapts to this creative process and adds some additional creative options like the ‘Disrupt Sphere’ to this world of crushing down the digital bits. It offers in the audio route a Distortion module, Band Pass / Notch Filter, Lo-Fi section, Hi and low Pass Filters, and a Noise Gate.
These parameters can be controlled by the ‘Disrupt Sphere’, and additionally there is also an Audio Follower which again can control the “Disrupt Sphere” or any of the other parameters.

Last but not least there is a 2-slot modulation matrix in which you can connect again parameters, or use MIDI to control parameters and also the ‘Disrupt Sphere’. With LowSane you get your bits and pieces together going LoFi!

General info:

• LoFi FX with additional distortion, Band Pass / Notch Filter, Hi-Pass Filter, Low-Pass Filter, and Noise Gate
• Disrupt Sphere control for creating FX changes
• Audio Input Follower, for controlling LowSane’s parameters
• GUI sizes available are 100%, 125%, 150%, and 200%

General controls:

• Volume control
• Edit / Original compare function
• ECS (external MIDI controller setup)
• Help ? opens the ‘User Guide’
• Control menu (upper right-hand side) with various general setting options
• Dry/Wet control and Full Wet button

Preset section:

• Presets are stored as files in clear categorized bank folders
• ‘Quick Browser’, ‘Recently Browsed’ and ‘Favourite’ functions

Audio route:

• Distortion àBand Pass / Notch à Lo Fi à Hi-Pass Filter àLow-Pass Filter àNoise Gate àAudio Output

Distortion:

• Amount control
• On/Off control

Band Pass / Notch Filter:

• 12dB and 24dB Notch Filter with Q control
• 12dB and 24dB Band Pass Filter with Q control
• Stereo Separate feature, which alters the Left and Right Cutoff Frequency
• Dry/Wet control
• Volume Boost control
• On/Off control

Lo Fi:

• Sample Rate control 
• Bit Rate control
• Stereo Separate feature, which alters the Left and Right Sample Rate
• Dry/Wet control
• On/Off control

Hi-Pass Filter:

• 12dB Hi Pass Filter
• Cutoff control
• Q control
• On/Off control

Low-Pass Filter:

• 12dB Low Pass Filter
• Cutoff control
• Q control
• On/Off control

Noise Gate:

• Threshold control
• Attack time control
• Hold time control
• Release time control
• On/Off control

Audio Follower:

• Inputs available: Input, Side-input, BandPass/Notch Output, LoFi Output, HP LP Filter Output, Noise Gate Output, and the Output.
• Threshold control
• Smoothing control
• Destination menu
• Amount control
• On/Off button.

Disrupt Sphere

• The Sphere-Slider holds 8 available controls that can be connected to LowSane parameters.
• The Sphere-Slider can move back to the center in a tempo-based way which we call the ‘Spring’ feature.
• Spring back quantize.
• ‘Lazy Mode’ so that the movement of the Sphere-Slider can be automated in different directions, which allows you to also create creative new types of sounds.
• ‘Lazy Mode’ start triggers: Host (music program start) | Note | Pitch Bend | Mod Wheel | Breath Controller | Foot Pedal | Expression Pedal | MIDI Controllers 16-21 84-90

MIDI and Mod 1and2:

• ‘MIDI and MOD 1 and 2’ control section can be used to influence various LowSane parameters including the ‘Disrupt Sphere-Slider’
• 2 possible sources with amount control
• 2 possible destinations with amount control

Back Panel:

• Computer keyboard up/down
• MIDI preset program change
• MIDI bank change select
• External MIDI control capture mode
• MIDI Channel control
• Screen size 100%, 125%, 150%, and 200%