Darvaza - Free Mangler

[bitflipper]

Just downloaded this to test. It's free. 32- and 64-bit, VST2 and VST3.

 

[Larry Shelby]

https://www.igorski.nl/download/darvaza

[bitflipper]

Oops. Thanks, Larry.

Here's the cryptic UI, which the dev describes as "intentionally vague" to encourage serendipitous experimentation.

Gotta love a plugin with a "Regret" knob.

 

[bitflipper]

It's basically a tremolo effect, but it can do weird and fun stuff to the signal, e.g. pitch-shifting, bitcrushing, down-sampling.

Use the "Odd" and "Even" knobs to select the tempo unit for syncing. "Door" controls the depth; turn it fully clockwise for a stutter effect.

[antler]

7 hours ago, bitflipper said:

which the dev describes as "intentionally vague"

I wonder if this is a cover for not being able to think up a word that succinctly describes what it does (maybe because it's affecting multiple parameters)?

Regardless though, is it any good?

[bitflipper]

I'm having fun with it. Manglers aren't normally part of my go-to kit, as my instinct is to go for naturalistic sounds. But there's a place in the blandest porridge for a little cinnamon.

There is a readme that tells you what the controls actually do. So yes, the obtuse names are intentional. "Regret", for example, alters the sample rate down to as low as 2KHz. "Sorrow" controls playback speed of the gated signal. "Weep" pitch-shifts the signal to one of six scales. "Dwell" gives a frozen reverb tail.