
Name: MDA Ambience
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Ambience
Type: Reverb
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Name: MDA Bandisto
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Bandisto
Type: Distortion
Short Description: Multi-band distortion

Description:
This plug is like MultiBand but uses 3 bands of clipping instead of
compression.  This is unlikely to be a plug you use every day, but when
you want to recreate the sound of torn bass-bins you know where to come!
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Name: MDA BeatBox
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/BeatBox
Type: Generator
Short Description: Drum replacer

Description:
Contains three samples (kick, snare and hat) designed to be triggered
by incoming audio in three frequency ranges.  The default samples are
based on the Roland CR-78.

To record your own sounds, use the Record control to monitor the plug's
input, then with the source stopped select the slot to record into, play
your sound, then with the source stopped again, switch back to monitoring.
This process is easier in an 'off line' editor such as WaveLab, rather
than during a live mixdown in a DAW.
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Name: MDA Combo
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Combo
Type: Simulator
Short Description: Amp & speaker simulator

Description:
This plug-in can sound quite subtle but comes alive when used on guitar
with the drive turned up!  Remember that distortion may not sound good
on time-based effects such as delay and reverb, so put those effects
after this plug, or after a separate distortion plug with Combo acting
only as a speaker simulator.
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Name: MDA De-ess
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/DeEss
Type: Dynamics
Short Description: High frequency dynamics processor

Description:
Reduce excessive sibilants (/s/ /t/ /sh/ etc.) in vocals and speech.

For stronger de-essing you may want to use two plug-ins in series,
or apply processing twice.
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Name: MDA Degrade
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Degrade
Type: Distortion
Short Description: Sample quality reduction
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Name: MDA Delay
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Delay
Type: Delay
Short Description: Simple stereo delay with feedback tone control
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Name: MDA Detune
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Detune
Type: Pitch
Short Description: Simple up/down pitch shifting thickener

Description:
A low-quality stereo pitch shifter for the sort of chorus and detune
effects found on multi-effects hardware.
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Name: MDA Dither
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Dither
Type: Distortion
Short Description: Range of dither types including noise shaping

Description:
When a waveform is rounded to the nearest 16 (or whatever)-bit value
this causes distortion. Dither allows you to exchange this rough sounding
signal-dependant distortion for a smooth background hiss.

Some sort of dither should always be used when reducing the word length of
digital audio, such as from 24-bit to 16-bit. In many cases the background
noise in a recording will act as dither, but dither will still be required
on fades and on very clean recordings such as purely synthetic sources.

Noise shaping makes the background hiss of dither sound quieter,
but adds more high-frequency noise than 'ordinary' dither. This high
frequency noise can be a problem if a recording is later processed in
any way (including gain changes) especially if noise shaping is applied
a second time.

If you are producing an absolutely final master at 16 bits or less,
use noise shaped dither. In all other situations use a non-noise-shaped
dither such as high-pass-triangular. When mastering for MP3 or other
compressed formats be aware that noise shaping may take some of the
encoder's 'attention' away from the real signal at high frequencies.

No gain changes should be applied after this plug-in. Make sure any
master output fader is set to 0.0 dB in the host application.

Very technical note This plug-in follows Steinberg's convention that
a signal level of 1.0 corresponds to a 16-bit output of 32768. If your
host application does not allow this exact gain setting the effectiveness
of dither may be reduced (check for harmonic distortion of a 1 kHz sine
wave using a spectrum analyser).
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Name: MDA DubDelay
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/DubDelay
Type: Delay
Short Description: Delay with feedback saturation and time/pitch
modulation
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Name: MDA DX10
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/DX10
Type: Instrument

Description:
Sounds similar to the later Yamaha DX synths including the heavy bass
but with a warmer, cleaner tone.  This plug-in is 8-voice polyphonic.
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Name: MDA Dynamics
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Dynamics
Type: Dynamics
Short Description: Compressor / Limiter / Gate
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Name: MDA ePiano
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/EPiano
Type: Instrument
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Name: MDA Image
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Image
Type: Spatial
Short Description: Stereo image adjustment and M-S matrix

Description:
Allows the level and pan of mono and stereo components to be adjusted
separately, or components to be separated for individual processing
before recombining with a second Image plug-in.
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Name: MDA JX10
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/JX10
Type: Instrument

Description:
When Vibrato is set to PWM, the two oscillators are phase-locked and
will produce a square wave if set to the same pitch. Pitch modulation
of one oscillator then causes Pulse Width Modulation. (pitch modulation
of both oscillators for vibrato is still available from the modulation
wheel). Unlike other synths, in PWM mode the oscillators can still be
detuned to give a wider range of PWM effects.

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Name: MDA Leslie
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Leslie
Type: Simulator
Short Description: Rotary speaker simulator

Description:
No overdrive or speaker cabinet simulation is added - you may want to
combine this plug-in with Combo.  For a much thicker sound try combining
two Leslie plug-ins in series!
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Name: MDA Limiter
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Limiter
Type: Limiter
Short Description: Opto-electronic style limiter
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Name: MDA Loudness
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Loudness
Type: Dynamics
Short Description: Equal loudness contours for bass EQ and mix correction

Description:
The ear is less sensitive to low frequencies when listening at low
volume. This plug-in is based on the Stevens-Davis equal loudness contours
and allows the bass level to be adjusted to simulate or correct for
this effect.

Example uses:

If a mix was made with a very low or very high monitoring level, the
amount of bass can sound wrong at a normal monitoring level. Use Loudness
to adjust the bass content.
Check how a mix would sound at a much louder level by decreasing
Loudness. (although the non-linear behaviour of the ear at very high
levels is not simulated by this plug-in).

Fade out without the sound becoming "tinny" by activating Link and using
Loudness to adjust the level without affecting the tonal balance.
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Name: MDA LV2
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/mainIn
Short Description: An LV2 port of the MDA plugins.
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Name: MDA MultiBand
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/MultiBand
Type: MultiEQ
Short Description: Multi-band compressor with M-S processing modes

Description:
As well as just "squashing everything" this plug-in can be used to
"overcook" the mid-frequencies while leaving the low end unprocessed,
enhancing playback over small speakers without affecting the overall
sound too much.

To give more control when mastering (and to offer something different
from other dynamics processors) in Mono mode this plug does not compress
any stereo information, but in Stereo mode only the stereo component is
processed giving control over ambience and space with a similar sound
to strereo "shufflers" - but be careful with the levels!  The stereo
width control works as a "mono depth" control in Stereo mode.
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Name: MDA Overdrive
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Overdrive
Type: Distortion
Short Description: Soft distortion

Description:
Possible uses include adding body to drum loops, fuzz guitar, and that
'standing outside a nightclub' sound. This plug does not simulate valve
distortion, and any attempt to process organ sounds through it will be
extremely unrewarding!
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Name: MDA Piano
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Piano
Type: Instrument
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Name: MDA RePsycho!
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/RePsycho
Type: Pitch
Short Description: Drum loop pitch changer

Description:
Event-based pitch shifter

Chops audio into individual beats and shifts each beat downwards in
pitch. Only allowing downwards shifts helps keep timing very tight -
depending on complexity, whole rhythm sections can be shifted!

Alternative uses include a triggered flanger or sub-octave doubler
(both with mix set to 50% or less) and a swing quantizer (with a high
threshold so not all beats trigger).
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Name: MDA RezFilter
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/RezFilter
Type: Filter
Short Description: Resonant filter with LFO and envelope follower
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Name: MDA RingMod
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/RingMod
Type: Modulator
Short Description: Simple ring modulator

Description:
Simple ring modulator with sine-wave oscillator.

Can be used as a high-frequency enhancer for drum sounds (when mixed with
the original), adding dissonance to pitched material, and severe tremolo
(at low frequency settings).
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Name: MDA RoundPan
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/RoundPan
Type: Spatial
Short Description: 3D panner

Description:
Like all 3D processes the result depends on where you sit relative to
the speakers, and mono compatibility is not guaranteed. This plug-in
must be used in a stereo channel or bus!
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Name: MDA Shepard
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Shepard
Type: Generator
Short Description: Continuously rising/falling tone generator

Description:
This plug-in actually generates "Risset tones". Discrete stepping
"Shepard tones" will hopefully be included in a future version.
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Name: MDA Splitter
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Splitter
Type: Dynamics
Short Description: Frequency/level crossover for setting up dynamic
processing

Description:
This plug-in can split a signal based on frequency or level, for example
for producing dynamic effects where only loud drum hits are sent to
a reverb. Other functions include a simple "spectral gate" in INVERSE
mode and a conventional gate and filter for separating drum sounds in
NORMAL mode.
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Name: MDA Stereo
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Stereo
Type: Spatial
Short Description: Haas delay and comb filtering
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Name: MDA SubSynth
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/SubSynth
Type: Distortion
Short Description: Several low frequency enhancement methods

Description:
More bass than you could ever need!

Be aware that you may be adding low frequency content outside the range of
your monitor speakers.  To avoid clipping, follow with a limiter plug-in
(this can also give some giant hip-hop drum sounds!).
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Name: MDA TalkBox
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/TalkBox
Type: Filter
Short Description: High resolution vocoder
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Name: MDA TestTone
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/TestTone
Type: Generator
Short Description: Signal generator with pink and white noise, impulses
and sweeps
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Name: MDA ThruZero
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/ThruZero
Type: Flanger
Short Description: Classic tape-flanging simulation

Description:
Tape flanger and ADT

This plug simulates tape-flanging, where two copies of a signal cancel
out completely as the tapes pass each other. It can also be used for other
"modulated delay" effects such as phasing and simple chorusing.
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Name: MDA Tracker
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Tracker
Type: Spectral
Short Description: Pitch tracking oscillator, or pitch tracking EQ

Description:
This plug-in tracks the frequency of the input signal with an oscillator,
ring modulator or filter.  The pitch tracking only works with monophonic
inputs, but can create interesting effects on unpitched sounds such
as drums.

This plug can be used with white or pink noise inputs to generate random
pitch sequences.  Interesting evolving soundscapes can be made with a
drum loop input and Tracker, RezFilter and Delay in series.
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Name: MDA Transient
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Transient
Type: Dynamics
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Name: MDA VocInput
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/VocInput
Type: Spectral
Short Description: Pitch tracking oscillator for generating vocoder
carrier input

Description:
This plug-in produces a voice-like signal on the right channel to be
used as a carrier signal with vocoder and other vocoder plug-ins. The
input signal passes through on the left channel.
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Name: MDA Vocoder
URL: http://drobilla.net/plugins/mda/Vocoder
Type: Filter
Short Description: Switchable 8 or 16 band vocoder

Description:
16-band vocoder for applying the spectrum of one sound (the modulator,
usually a voice or rhythm part) to the waveform of another (the carrier,
usually a synth pad or sawtooth wave).

Note that both carrier and modulator signals are taken from one input
channel, which therefore must be stereo for normal operation. This is
different to some other vocoder plug-ins where one of the input signals
is taken from another plug-in in a different channel.
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