Metallicizer w/ JK (@ancientjpeg)

Metallicizer is a comprehensive metallic sound design tool created by JK and modified by nthnblair in Max for Live.

Use Metallicizer to create punchy and futuristic percussion: from hollow wood to piercing metal. The core of the plugin relies on two main modules: a vocoder, and a Karpluss-Strong resonator. The vocoder bandpass filters are set to an extremely high Q, which creates a resonance in each band that lends an impressively realistic tonal quality to any content passed through. As the Q factor increases, so does the "decay" of these resonant filters. This is enhanced by the Karpluss-Strong module, which simply functions as a short-time high-feedback delay with a lowpass filter in the middle of the feedback circuit. To round things out, transient shaping and distortion give your percussion some additional thickness.

Control your sound with five knobs:

• Jitter: Provides additional roughness and texture.

• Punch: Sharpens transients and increases drive.

• Frequency: Control cutoff frequencies for vocoder and physical modeling.

• Decay: Adjust the resonance time.

• Bands: Control the number of bands in the vocoder, which is useful for moving between simple wooden sounds and complex metallic ones.

If you have any questions or if you would like to report a bug, please reach out on twitter @nthnblair.

demo audio by Tracey Brakes