TweakBench Studio
by Aaron Rutledge
Thirty-six Tweakbench instruments and effects in one AUv3 install
Mar 12, 202660 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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Jump to
- 7:01The in-app catalogue listing 20 instruments and 16 effects with descriptions
- 11:25Arsenal, the 8-bit retro percussion machine, across its eight pads
- 15:41Dropout granular sample cycler chopping and reversing a drum loop
- 20:28Field ambience generator and its randomize button
- 45:26Saffron bass synth with two oscillators and a mod matrix
- 49:56Vintage texture effect with wow, flutter, crackle, saturation and dropouts
What it does
One install carrying the whole Tweakbench catalogue as AUv3 plugins, 20 instruments and 16 effects. The instruments lean retro and video game, including NES and Super Nintendo style synths, chip drum machines, bell and pad synths and granular samplers. The effects run from full processors with mod matrices down to one-knob tools for gating, chorus, reverb, delay and saturation. Most carry a randomize button.
In the demo
Jade opens with a chiptune track she built entirely from the bundle, then loads plugins one after another in AUM, racing through as many of the 36 as an hour allows, stacking effects on top as she goes.
Worth knowing
The desktop version sells a la carte on tweakbench.com, while iOS is the bundle only. Jade notes the price drew complaints from a price-sensitive iOS audience, so anyone wanting two or three of these plugins should compare that page first.
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