SECTA

What it does

An effect that divides an incoming signal into two amplitude sections, above and below a threshold set by the Verge control, then processes each one on its own path with sustain, drive, filter and a smearing Drift control. A sidechain amount ducks one envelope under the other, and a smoothing control rounds off the gating edges.

In the demo

Jade runs it over a long ambient piece, then mutes one section at a time so the split is audible, and holds each knob to read its description on screen. She goes through the presets, adds it to a drum loop to chop transients, and stacks it with Flu and GlitchScaper in AUM.

Worth knowing

The results tend toward gated, stuttered and glitched textures rather than tidy dynamics control. There is a desktop version sold separately through K-Devices at a higher price.