Dynamic Noise-Floor Padding Effect

US Voxengo releases CRTIV Shumovick 31/01/20

Voxengo says that CRTIV Shumovick, their new AU, AAX and VST plugin produces a creative dynamic noise-floor padding effect. Here’s the details in their own words…

This effect is most effective on beats and synth sounds used in electronic music production – EDM, hip-hop and the like. The noise-floor effect created by this plug-in is correlated to the spectral content of the sound being processed.

As a result, on beats, this creates mellow noise bursts that make bassdrum sounds a lot softer, with a bit of stereo-field enhancement effect. On synths, on the other hand, such noise-floor effect may boost the power and density of the sound. Shumovick can be also effective when used on sterile-sounding basslines where it can add a bit of “pillowy” noise background. In practice, Shumovick can be also used on acoustic drum buses adding “vintage” feel and aggression to them. Shumovick is, however, not as effective when used on full mixes, but can be also used on full mixes in some music genres.

CRTIV Shumovick is a relatively CPU-demanding effect plug-in, so it requires a higher-end computer processor for a comfortable use. However, the CPU requirements can be lowered by adjusting plug-in’s processing band count.

Features

Noise-floor signal envelope controls

Noise-floor signal equalization

Selectable processing band count

64-bit floating point processing

Preset manager

Undo/redo history

A/B comparisons

Contextual hint messages

All sample rates support

Zero processing latency