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The Sometimes Beauty of Broken Things (The Obliterate Distortion Filter)

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Dec 82 min read

The Sometimes Beauty of Broken Things (The Obliterate Distortion Filter)

How and why our Obliterate Distortion Filter plug-in came to be.

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The Unbearable Lightness (and Weight) of Creation (or why you should make music)

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Nov 103 min read

The Unbearable Lightness (and Weight) of Creation (or why you should make music)

Why we do what we do.

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Mix Glue 2: Why Delay is my Favorite Reverb

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Feb 164 min read

Mix Glue 2: Why Delay is my Favorite Reverb

Last year we wrote a blog post about Mix Glue, what it is, and how to achieve it with a buss compressor like Invigorate. Buss compression...

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Rhythm is Just Time Rhyming. (How Can a Delay Help Set the Groove?)

newfangledaudio

Feb 133 min read

Rhythm is Just Time Rhyming. (How Can a Delay Help Set the Groove?)

In our last blog post we asked the question: why do we want a delay plug-in, what is it for? We talked a lot about how it adds depth and...

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Why Recirculate? (Why Make a New Delay Plug-in in 2024?)

newfangledaudio

Feb 66 min read

Why Recirculate? (Why Make a New Delay Plug-in in 2024?)

Recirculate started with the question, “Why does one want a delay plug-in”? I don’t think it’s possible to know what a plug-in should be...

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Isn’t Clipping a BAD THING? (a.k.a. how not to market plug-ins)

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May 17, 20234 min read

Isn’t Clipping a BAD THING? (a.k.a. how not to market plug-ins)

We call Saturate a Spectral Clipper. We’ve talked about what Spectral means before, but it’s weird to sell a “clipper” plug-in, no? Isn’t...

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WERKFLEAUX 2: Electric Delta Listen Mode

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May 1, 20233 min read

WERKFLEAUX 2: Electric Delta Listen Mode

(This is a continuation of the blog post WERKFLEAUX, all Newfangled Audio plug-ins now contain those changes, so please read it for...

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newfangledaudio

Mar 1, 20234 min read

WERKFLEAUX! (a.k.a. workflow)

I'm a proud DSP nerd. I often go to sleep thinking about algorithms or new ways to modify sounds. Most of the work we do at Newfangled...

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Ooey Gooey Gluey Goodness................. (The Shocking Truth Behind Mix Glue)

newfangledaudio

Dec 7, 20225 min read

Ooey Gooey Gluey Goodness................. (The Shocking Truth Behind Mix Glue)

Our last blog post was all about our new plug-in Invigorate and how it works. This blog post is going to be about why... and the elusive...

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newfangledaudio

Nov 21, 20224 min read

Newfangled Audio Invigorate (A Bus Compressor Like No Other)

Ever since we released Elevate we’ve had people asking us to make a master bus compressor. The truth is, we did try using Elevate’s...

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newfangledaudio

May 3, 20224 min read

Introducing Saturate 1.10!

(More Good Harmonics, Less Bad Aliasing) I’m happy to announce that Saturate 1.10 has three new features to make it much better at adding...

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Analog Model Bending the Buchla 259 Wavefolder

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Dec 13, 20215 min read

Analog Model Bending the Buchla 259 Wavefolder

(or how we made the Bent 259) We’ve referenced Model Bending a couple times while talking about Generate. It’s a new technique we’ve...

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newfangledaudio

Nov 19, 20213 min read

Generate 1.3

(All the new features!!!) The response to Generate has been fantastic. However, there have been a number of really great feature...

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newfangledaudio

May 3, 20214 min read

Generate and Pendulate 1.2

(AKA: Free Updates!) Generate and Pendulate are unique synthesizers and designing them was an incredible undertaking. When we released...

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newfangledaudio

May 3, 20212 min read

Elevate Mastering Bundle 1.8

(AKA: Get up with the shrink down) Elevate Mastering Bundle has been had runaway success from the moment it was introduced, and over time...

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newfangledaudio

Dec 28, 20203 min read

MASTERING WITH A BRAIN!?

We recently received an initially skeptical (but ultimately favorable) review of Elevate from a popular Youtube account, and I love that....

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Saturate 1.7.0: Preserving Detail While Clipping

newfangledaudio

Nov 28, 20203 min read

Saturate 1.7.0: Preserving Detail While Clipping

(AKA: What is a Spectral Clipper?) Saturate is a popular product, but people often ask, “what is a Spectral Clipper?” This makes us think...

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Introducing Generate! (And Model Bending Synthesis)

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Sep 9, 20203 min read

Introducing Generate! (And Model Bending Synthesis)

We're very happy to announce our new polysynth Generate. Generate takes the ideas we first released in our free chaotic monosynth...

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Finish It! 5 Essential Tips for Finishing Your Tracks

newfangledaudio

Mar 27, 20204 min read

Finish It! 5 Essential Tips for Finishing Your Tracks

Take your tracks and mixdowns from "work in progress" to "done" with these tips and tricks.

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newfangledaudio

Feb 26, 20202 min read

Playing with Matches

Get better mixes with EQuivovate by matching your mix to a reference from one of your favorite tracks.

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