Cytomic "The Drop" Resonant Filter Plugin

[mpod]

Waiting for PC vst beta...this is going to be famous..

[andy_cytomic]

I'm looking into the GUI issue at the moment, very odd...

[balbazor]

No GUI. MBP with 10.8 With Ableton Live 8.3.1

[andy_cytomic]

Doh. I am pulling the background image from a local file, not from the built in resources. Easy fixed, gimme a minute to upload the new binary.

[Roberto Alvarez]

Yep! Andy you have worked hard. I only hope that you can achieve great financial success with this.

[andy_cytomic]

The Gui issue is fixed with v0.9.2:
https://cytomic.com/drop-public-beta-ready

Sorry windows people, I'm officially dead now. There will be a build for you tomorrow.

[digital 1010]

Can confirm Gui now working in Logic 9.1.7 on MAC OSX 10.6.8 both 32bit and 64bit and automapped versions too

[andy_cytomic]

Originally Posted by Roberto Alvarez

Yep! Andy you have worked hard. I only hope that you can achieve great financial success with this.

I'm in it for the love, like most people in the audio industry. I'm happy just earning enough to keep my family housed and fed and me funded enough so I can keep on being a geek making stuff I think it cool

[andy_cytomic]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

Can confirm Gui now working in Logic 9.1.7 on MAC OSX 10.6.8 both 32bit and 64bit and automapped versions too

Excellent! Now time to put it through its paces if you CPU can handle it!

[KarimKamel]

I'm really liking it. Have already inspired me to enhance some of the tracks I'm working on. Let the studio time begin!

[sonicdefault]

I have the GUI working in 64bit AU


-SD

[andy_cytomic]

I take it as a good thing that everyone (ok Mac people at least) are busy playing with The Drop to make too many comments.

I've updated the list of known issues / missing features on the web page, probably the biggest one is some visual indication of the lfo / env1 / env2 / fm / midi levels and activity. Please let me know if there is anything I should add or if you have any suggestions:

The Drop Public Beta Ready | Cytomic

[sonicdefault]

^
Is there a way to modulate resonance separately from freq? I'm trying to get my mind around the routing abilities.


-SD

[borg64]

Hey Andy,

Thanks for the beta, it's sounding GREAT and AU is working in Reaper 64 bit so far. Buying asap.

Would it be possible to add the feature where a modifier key + left clicking reset knobs/values to a default position where applicable (i.e. Pre and Post gain, HP and LP etc.)?

The whole routing layout seems incredibly powerful, need to experiment with it a lot more and try to make some sense of it. On a fully related topic, is there anything resembling a written guide at this point for us less tech-literate?

Thanks again!

Sven

[digital 1010]

Heres a quick dirty repeating loop style mess about with The Drop filtering just the 7th tech style chord created in Omnispshere. Just grabbing knobs and tweaking on the fly so goes a bit random in parts . Really inspired me in the hour or so I've being trying it out

Bass - Moog Minitaur
Beats - Battery and WaveAlchemy one shots and a small loop

Loving the way it spaces out across the stereo field and really grooves along, goes insane if you want too, Awesome plugin Andy!!!

To add - I had Oversampling turned OFF doing this as well I realise now I've bounced it.

Ben

[Andy_bt]

Originally Posted by borg64

Would it be possible to add the feature where a modifier key + left clicking reset knobs/values to a default position where applicable (i.e. Pre and Post gain, HP and LP etc.)?

Sven

+1 on the knobs reset

@ Digital 1010:
Nice groove, The Drop works wonders there
A.

[TallestTowers]

This is fantastic. Just messing around with it on a drum loop for a bit and noticing that the filters are more lively than anything I currently use. And this may be the first digital plugin with drive that I don't even miss the oversampling when it's not enabled.

Happy The Drop day everyone!

[gussyg2007]

doin some filtered disco ATM.. lookin 4ward to puttin it through its paces in the lab tomoz !!!!

[Karloff70]

Very much looking forward to taking this for a wee spin tomorrow!!

[CoolColJ]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

Heres a quick dirty repeating loop style mess about with The Drop filtering just the 7th tech style chord created in Omnispshere. Just grabbing knobs and tweaking on the fly so goes a bit random in parts . Really inspired me in the hour or so I've being trying it out

Bass - Moog Minitaur
Beats - Battery and WaveAlchemy one shots and a small loop

Loving the way it spaces out across the stereo field and really grooves along, goes insane if you want too, Awesome plugin Andy!!!

To add - I had Oversampling turned OFF doing this as well I realise now I've bounced it.

Ben

Might need to highpass the mix, subs sound overblown and overpowering on my SM9

[ignatius]

congrats on making a really fantastic sounding filter plug in.

working fine here 32bit OSX 10.7.4 Logic 9.1.7

it really does sound very very nice. the filter drive, resonance, and freq response/behavior etc of the filters is great. well done. can't wait to hear what other filter types will mena for this puppy.

the modulation section is clear, obvious and funky.. though i wish it had another LFO and more routing options. but by no means a deal breaker. it's damn funky as it is.. but ya know.. more is better.. i heard that somewhere.

anyway- congrats on launching the beta.. can't wait for the full version!

[cane creek]

Just used Drop to enhance the bass on this work in progress

Drive 7db
Mix 82%
LP res 75%
LP Freq 913.2hz

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by CoolColJ

Might need to highpass the mix, subs sound overblown and overpowering on my SM9

Haha quick and dirty

[djshire]

I just tried this out, its great.

[energizer bunny]

Originally Posted by cane creek

Just used Drop to enhance the bass on this work in progress

Drive 7db
Mix 82%
LP res 75%
LP Freq 913.2hz

Thats tune is quite a trip, liking it a lot.

Congrats Andy, I'll demo the drop soon. Thanks.

[gussyg2007]

Very cool stuff indeed ....don't know if it's there but is there any way to sync up the lfo rate so it moves like 1/2..1/4..8th..16th , as opposed to just Hz ?

[borg64]

Originally Posted by gussyg2007

Very cool stuff indeed ....don't know if it's there but is there any way to sync up the lfo rate so it moves like 1/2..1/4..8th..16th , as opposed to just Hz ?

From the 'Known issues / Features missing' list:

The Lfo Rate knob still shows Hz values when Sync is enabled instead of showing the quantized Beat amounts

[gussyg2007]

Ok thx 4 that

[digital 1010]

Here is a small test with just an instance of Omnisphere.

Omnispshere 1 layer OB8 RAW PWM FAST and some unison added. No filtering or modulation just holding a chord and the raw sound (edit - forgot there is a a touch of Hall reverb on a send).

All the movement in sound is the DROP modulating the LP into the LFO and adjusting LFO parameters like spacing,rate, Mult etc

I need to map the plugin properly in automap so i can go tweak mad and not mouse mad.

Ben

[arvfur]

Windows version available any time soon?