By Brian Riordan
guaguanco127@gmail.com
brianriordanmusic@gmail.com
https://www.brianriordanmusic.com/
This repository is a project started by Brian Riordan in 2023. Users with access to either Max/MSP or Ableton Live Suite will be able to use customized patches, abstractions, externals, or Max for Live devices. Users with access to RNBO can build their own VST or AU audio plugins for free to use with their own DAW.
The purpose of this project is primarily educational. However, some basic patches or VSTs here are designed with "DAW agnosticism" in mind. If you have access to fundamental mixing plugins, then it doesn't matter which DAW you use.
The naming system (br.xxxx.xx.1.0) is because all of these are prototypes. A more "proper" name will occur when these reach a certain level of quality regarding their stability and GUI. When that happens, the effect may move to a Gumroad account.
Please contact me at the emails provided above if you have any questions, notice any errors, or have any requests.
These effects are modeled after the Ableton Utility audio effect. Inspect the patchers to see how they are built. The benefit of having access to these effects as a VST is that they can be used in any DAW, and you can decide on the placement and order of these effects. Additionally, these can be used as externals or abstractions in Max/MSP.
Many of these effects have a RNBO patch included that allow the user to export as either a Max/MSP external, or a VST.
br.utility.gain.1.0 A basic utility effect that allows the user to adjust the volume of a stereo signal.
br.utility.mute.1.0 A basic utility effect that allows the user to mute a stereo signal.
br.utility.mono.1.0 A basic utility effect that sums a stereo signal into mono with 3 different mix settings.
br.utility.monobass.1.0 A basic utility effect that allows the user to sum frequencies below a cutoff to mono while leaving frequencies above in stereo
br.utility.stereo.1.0 A basic utility effect that enables the user to adjust the mix of a stereo signal, such as swapping, left only, right only, mid, or side. Additionally, the user can change the resulting signal's width or pan.
br.utility.stereomix.1.0 A basic utility effect that allows the user to mix the individual stereo channels independently. In addition to invert settings, the user can adjust each channel's gain and panning.
br.delay.pitch.1.0 A stereo delay effect with a pitchshifter included in the delay line.
br.munge.1.0 A real-time granulator and an emulation of the munger~ external object from Max/MSP. Additional features, such as the processing of a stereo signal and additional amplitude and stereo envelopes, are included.
br.stutter.a.1.0 An abstraction/device that is built around the Max/MSP stutter~ object. A real-time granular glitch effect that is a signal capture buffer.
br.stutter.b.1.0 An abstraction/device that is built around the Max/MSP stutter~ object. This contains all features as the br.stutter.a.1.0 but with extras. This effect adds LFOs in sync with each grain that can manipulate a filter, amplitude, and panning.
br.stutter.c.1.0 An abstraction/device that is built around the Max/MSP stutter~ object. This contains all features as the br.stutter.b.1.0 but with extras. This effect includes an auto re-triggering feature, auto-detection, adjustment of the phase (starting position) of the grains, and a refresher that restarts the grain when it reaches a certain position within the phase.
br.freeze.1.0 A spectral freeze Max/MSP object and Max for Live Device.
br.freezex.1.0 A spectral freeze object/device similar to br.freeze.1.0, except this allows for crossfading into the next freeze by as much as 10 seconds.
br.pitchshift.1.0 A pitchshifting device/object with slight latency and no artifacts. Preferred for harmonization.
br.whammy.1.0 A pitch-shifting device/object with no latency and some artifacts.
These are planned effects to be released on a later date.
br.scrub.1.0 A granular effect that scrubs through a buffer in real-time.
br.delay.reverse.1.0 A reverse delay effect
br.skipper.1.0 A granular effect that acts like a chaotic degital delay that randomly skips between delay times.
br.repeater.1.0 A type of looper that plays back the most recent "n seconds" stereo signals between 0. and 10,000 ms. This differs from a regular looper in that it reads from a circular buffer. It is reactionary in the sense that if you hear something that just happened you can go back and grab it. Scrubbing and speed features will be available.
br.strong.1.0 A Karplus Strong style synth with different features. Higher fideltiy and deeper sound than the traditional synth.
br.retrigger.1.0 A granular sampler that can retrigger any sample as frequent as the nyquist frequency without changing the pitch. Pitchshifting feature for timbrel adjustments will be a feature.
br.tone.1.0 A standard tone generator. Sine, Sawtooth, Triangle, Square, White Noise, and Pink Noise.
br.delay.1.0 A stereo delay with more dynamic features than the typical stock plugin. Analog and digital modes, along with cross feedback features, and tape warp effects will be featured.
br.comber.1.0 Not your typical comb filter. A cascade of all pass filters create many chaotic possibilities. Almost a granular sound.
br.looper.1.0 Not your typical looper. Various granular effects will be a feature.
br.modulator.1.0 A variety of modulators (chorus, flanger, phasor, tremolo, vibrato) with a variety of LFOs with folding and chaotic features
br.synth.detect.1.0 A synth that takes in an audio signal and turns it into a synth.
br.delay.space.1.0 A 10-second multitap delay where each delay line has its own independant set of oscillating LFOs to alter amplitude, filtering, and panning.
Many more.....