SoundToys Microshift - Electronic Delivery

Product Description

SoundToys MicroShift makes it wide. Be it vocals, synths, guitars, backing vocals or whatever you choose to run through it, MicroShift uses this classic studio trick to spread out, thicken up, or give a new space to any track you hit with it. Of course, the Soundtoys spin takes it beyond the original with the new FOCUS knob that lets you push and widen specific ranges without affecting the rest of the track. Amazing for adding "shimmer" to a vocal, or "air" to a guitar. Control of the detune amount, delay, and a mix knob let you tweak the effect to fit just right in the track. MicroShift combines the classic sound of the hardware with new advanced features, and an intuitive interface. Simply huge.

A Bit of Micro-Shifting History

The technique has been around since the early days of pitch-shifting, using devices like the Eventide H910(x2), H3000, the AMS DMX 15-80, and all the way to plug-ins like our own SoundBlender and PurePitch. The idea is fairly simple, small amounts of delay and or pitch-shift panned hard left and right. The formulas are all a bit different on all the devices, but the effect is essentially the same. It adds a width, space, depth, and thickness to vocal and background vocals. Of course it's been used on lots of other things but that's kind of where it started. It's also still a vital part of most mix engineers "bag of tricks". Oh, and let's not forget the guitars. It was also used by guitarist to get crazy huge walls of sound, and bring solos out front (where they should be).

specifications

• RTAS, AAX, Audio Units, AudioSuite, VST
• Current Version: 4.4.3
• Mac: OSX 10.6 - 10.11 (Intel-only*)
• Windows: XP - 8.1
• iLok user ID
• iLok USB key (optional for MicroShift**)
• These plug-in formats are included with this product:
  • Audio Units 32/64-bit
  • AAX Native 64-bit
  • VST 32/64-bit
  • RTAS 32-bit

*PPC Macs are no longer supported for this product.

**MicroShift does not require an iLok USB Key. You will still need an iLok.com account, and will need to have the iLok License Manager installed, but the authorization can be placed directly on your hard drive or on your iLok USB key.