SIMPLE CHAOS
BAD CHANNEL is the multi-fx plug-in of your nightmares. Packed with cutting distortion, mixable pitch shifter, wide and weird modulation, multi-mode comb filter, sketchy tape-machine delay, metallic ghostly reverb, resonant filters, and built-in brick wall limiting, this plug-in is the one-stop-shop for all extreme sound enthusiasts to mangle new tones quickly.
With 16 factory presets and user preset save/load, and a live dot-matrix spectrogram, this plug-in is great for shredding any instrument. A searing solo, crushing drums, dark-chorus on bass, ripping synths, or resurrect a DI guitar track, slap this on anything and get lost in the chaos.
Available in VST3 and AU for Mac and Windows.
One (1) license valid for five (5) activations.
$30
MODULES:
:: Pitch ::
- Shift – Pitch-shifts the signal ±12 semitones.
- Mix – Wet/dry blend for pitch-shifter.
:: Distortion ::
- In – Input drive level.
- Out – Output trim.
- Tone – Brightens or darkens the distorted signal.
- Mix – Wet/dry blend for distortion.
:: Modulation ::
- Rate – LFO frequency (0.03-10Hz).
- Width – Modulation depth (1-50ms).
- Delay – Delay between dry and modulated signals (1-50ms).
- Feedback – Feeds the modulated signal back into itself.
- Mix – Wet/dry blend for modulation.
:: Comb ::
- Freq – Comb filter frequency (20Hz-10kHz).
- Intensity – Comb filter amount (0-95%).
- PEAK / NOTCH – Toggles between peak and notch comb modes.
:: Delay ::
- Time – Delay time (30ms-1s).
- Feedback – Signal fed back into the delay line (0-90%).
- Mix – Wet/dry blend for delay.
- REV – Reverse delay mode.
- PP – Ping-pong mode. Bounces repeats between left and right channels.
- Sync – BPM-synced subdivisions. Overrides Time when host tempo is available.
:: Reverb ::
- Size – Room scale (small to large).
- Decay – Reverb tail length.
- Damp – High-frequency damping. 0 = bright, 1 = dark.
- Shimmer – Feeds an octave-up pitch-shifted signal back into the reverb tail.
- Ghost – Introduces LFO pitch-wobble on the internal delay lines and blends in a reverse-granular tail at higher settings.
- Mix – Wet/dry blend for reverb.
:: Filter ::
- Low-Pass – Low-pass cutoff frequency (50Hz-15kHz).
- High-Pass – High-pass cutoff frequency (10Hz-15kHz).
- Res – Shared resonance for both filters.
PRESETS:
16 factory presets included. Save and load unlimited user presets.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
* macOS 10.13 or higher (Universal Binary — Intel and Apple Silicon native)
* Windows 10 or higher (64-bit)
* DAW with VST3 or AU support
* Internet connection required for license activation
* ~20 MB free disk space