The Endless Series
Description:
The Endless Series are four effect plugins based on an auditory illusion known as “Circular Pitch” or more commonly the “Shepard Tone/Scale” after Roger N. Shepard who discovered it in the 1960s. Shepard showed that using basic additive synthesis it’s possible to create the illusion of a continuously rising or descending chromatic scale. The term circular pitch was used because, although the scale sounds as if it is moving in one direction, in fact, after twelve steps it returns to where it started. For more info see Wikipedia.
Endless Tone can be used to synthesize classic Shepard/Risset tones. It can also be used as a ring modulator either using an internal sine wave or the audio input for the carrier signal. Endless Flanger is a circular pitch (barber-pole) flanger - instead of flanging up and down the frequency spectrum, it appears to continuously flange in one direction. Endless Phaser works in the same way but rather than using delay lines, it uses filters to produce its effect. Endless Shifter provides a further variation by using pitch shifting to impose the illusion of circular pitch on the source material.
Screenshots:
Features:
- Specify glissando or chromatic (stepped) mode
- Change the rate and direction of the tone/effect
- Adjust the base-pitch of the tone/effect
- Mix between two different amplitude envelopes
- Spread the partials across the stereo image
- Presets and manual included
Example Sounds:
- Demo 1 - (Endless Tone) descending Risset
- Demo 2 - (Endless Tone) ring modulated Shepard
- Demo 3 - (Endless Phaser) ringing filters
- Demo 4 - (Endless Flanger) hihat loop
- Demo 5 - (Endless Shifter) trumpet
- Demo 6 - (Endless Tone) vurt - "52"
- Demo 7 - David Hindmarch - Endless Phaser demo
- Demo 8 - David Hindmarch - Endless Flanger demo
Formats:
- Windows VST and RTAS
- Mac VST, AU and RTAS UB
System Requirements:
PC:
- Windows XP or Vista
- 1Ghz P3 or equivalent cpu (2Ghz P4 or better recommended)
- Pluggo Runtime 3.61 or higher
- VST/RTAS Host such as Cubase SX, Sonar, Audiomulch or ProTools
- Quicktime 7
Mac:
- PPC or Intel cpu (Intel recommended)
- 1Ghz cpu (2Ghz or better recommended)
- OSX 10.4 or 10.5
- Pluggo Runtime 3.61 or higher
- VST/AU/RTAS Host such as Live, Logic, DP or ProTools. NOTE: your host should be Universal Binary. Cubase / Nuendo 4 are not supported at present
Get the Demo:
Click the following links to download the demo for your system
Download Mac Demo
Download PC Demo
Please make sure you have installed pluggo runtime before using the plugins
(Available from here: Mac Version Win Version)
The VST version does not work with Ableton Live 8 or Steinberg hosts (on OSX).
Demo limitations: Every 20 seconds you will hear a beep. Endless Tone has no demo restrictions.
How to Purchase:
The Endless Series costs £15 GBP. Click on the buy now button below to pay via paypal. A download link will be sent to your email address usually within 24 hours.
