Soundtoys 5 Launches – Multi-Effects Processor Unifies All Soundtoys Plugins

Keep plugins together, keep plugins together forever and ever!

That’s the mission of Soundtoys via the just-launched Soundtoys 5. With the new Effect Rack at its core, Soundtoys 5 is a powerful multi-effects processor that improves workflow by providing a single place to browse the entire Soundtoys effects catalog, and to mix, match, tweak and save combinations of Soundtoys effects.

The Effect Rack promises to provide a whole new way to achieve entirely new mixing possibilities from Soundtoys plugins. Its global controls – input and output trim, wet/dry mix, tempo, and “Recycle” control – make it possible to create effects that would otherwise require complicated routing in most DAWs.

For a fast-track to inspiration, the Effect Rack ships with over 200 factory presets covering a wide range of effects, from basic saturation and coloration to lush delays, chorus, filters, modulation, rhythmic, and extreme sound design effects.

Besides the workflow and creative gains, Soundtoys 5 provides terrific value, providing all 18 Soundtoys plugins (including the new Effect Rack, PrimalTap and Little AlterBoy) for $499 — purchased individually, the cost of those plugins equals $1800. No dongle is required, and a free demo is available.

Soundtoys 5 puts 18 plugins in one place.

A plugin convergence like this comes along just once in a lifetime. Here are more details on Soundtoys 5, direct from Soundtoys:

About Soundtoys 5

All Soundtoys effects are carefully handcrafted, based on decades of experience creating professional effect processing hardware and software, and inspired by Soundtoys’ extensive collection of rare and classic studio gear. In addition to the Effect Rack, Soundtoys 5 includes expanded delay time for EchoBoy and Crystallizer, new, redesigned Tweak panels, enhanced groove control for Tremolator, and an improved LFO waveshape and rhythm editor that makes it easy to create custom beat-synced modulation patterns.

Soundtoys 5 also includes the complete line of Soundtoys effects plug-ins:

• Saturation, compression and distortion: Decapitator, Radiator, and Devil-Loc.
• Vintage and modern echo and delay: EchoBoy and PrimalTap.
• Pitch, chorus and widening effects: Crystallizer and MicroShift
• Voice alteration: Little AlterBoy
• Modulation and beat-synced rhythmic effects: PanMan, Tremolator, FilterFreak 1 and 2, and PhaseMistress.

All of the plug-ins in the Soundtoys 5 collection can also be used outside the Effect Rack, preserving workflow and session compatibility with earlier versions of Soundtoys effects.

“I’ve always envisioned our effects as a unified creative tool for music and sound design. The effect rack has been a big part of that vision since day one,” says Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and lead designer of Soundtoys. “I’m so excited to finally see this come to life – our effect rack opens up a new world of sound possibilities to explore – and in a way that is incredibly fun and intuitive. It’s taken a decade of research, modeling and increases in computer power to get to this point, so I’m incredibly happy to bring this to our users. But I think the fun is just getting started – we have so many more ideas to bring to this new platform!”

Soundtoys 5 is available for purchase at soundtoys.com. $499.

About Little AlterBoy

Little AlterBoy is a vocal effects plug-in that features pitch and formant shifting, distortion, pitch-quantize tuning effects, and robotic voice effects. Little AlterBoy was recently released for purchase after being offered as a free plug-in during Soundtoys’ Plugged-in Austin sharing promotion during SXSW 2015.

About Primal Tap

PrimalTap, Soundtoys’ newest effect plug-in, is the company’s take on an early hardware studio delay processor. PrimalTap captures the highly distinctive sonic imprint of its quirky hardware inspiration, bringing with it a healthy dose of lo-fi grit and vibe. Like the original, PrimalTap has two delay outputs, a built-in LFO, and a “Freeze” and “Multiply” function for capturing and modifying simple loops. Soundtoys has expanded the modulation and feedback options over the original, and added tempo-locked delay and loop times, taking PrimalTap far beyond just a simple emulation.

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