What is a Bitcrusher?
The free bitcrusher vst plugin, Krush,combines the crispy taste of the digital realm with the warmth of its drive stage and analog modeled resonant filters. Krush is a free download and available as a VST, AudioUnit, and AAX for Mac and Windows. Download Krush Free Now. The Bitcrusher.dll file is a dynamic link library developed by Steinberg Media Technologies.This library includes important functions that may be needed by softwares, games or other basic Windows tools. The Bitcrusher.dll file is 0.12 MB. The download links are current.
Bitcrusher is a type of audio effect that has a low-quality distortion in its core. In addition, It produces a distortion by the reduction of the resolution or bandwidth of digital audio data. Furthermore, the sound is metallic or gritty. The sound impression changes when using bit crusher on audio ranges from subtle, more warmer, to extremely harsh sound depending on the amount of reduction.
Digital Audio
Digital audio consists of a rapid series of numeric samples that encode the changing volume of an audio waveform. To accurately represent a smooth waveform, digital audio requires a large number of samples at a high sample rate. The higher the rate, the more accurate the waveform. Higher sample rates are also allowing the accurate recording of higher frequencies. For example, DAWs today typically use 44.1 kHz or higher sample rates. Early digital gear used much lower sample rates to conserve memory for stored audio. A Speak & Spell from the 1970s, for instance, used a 10 kHz sample rate. Sample rate reduction (also called downsampling) intentionally reduces the sample rate to degrade the quality of the audio. With the reduction of sample rate waveforms become more coarse. This results in losing the high frequencies. At extreme reductions, the waveform becomes metallic and very harsh sounding.
Sample Rate Reduction
Samples in digital audio are recorded as integers or floating-point (real) numbers stored in computer memory. Consequently, a series of on and off memory bits are encoding these numbers. The larger the number of bits, the more accurate a sample encodes the instantaneous volume level of a sampled audio waveform. DAWs today typically use 32-bit floating-point numbers. Early digital audio gear and video games used 8-bit integer samples or less. Roland’s classic TR-909 drum machine used 6-bit integer samples. Resolution reduction intentionally reduces the number of bits used for audio samples. However, as the bit depth goes down, waveforms become more stair-stepped. This results in losing the subtle volume variations. At the extreme bit reduction, waveforms are becoming clicks. The waveform jumps abruptly from low to high and back again without intervening values.
Bit Depth
The Bitcrusher effect usually has at least two controls. One reduces the sample rate, while the other reduces resolution. Furthermore, the knob parameter for resolution, usually represented as bits depth, most commonly ranges from 32 bits to 1 bit. The parameter for sample reduction, usually represented as downsampling, is shown in Hz for a new sample rate or a reduction factor. Moreover, sample rate reduction is sometimes represented as a number of consecutive samples. A Value of 20 reduces the sample rate to 1/20th of its original rate.
Additional Resources & Source Texts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcrusher
Krush is a lively bit-crusher and a bit more.
With its bit crushing and downsampling algorithms, Krush combines the crispy taste of the digital realm with the warmth of its drive stage and analog modeled resonant filters. A modulation section allows you to quickly add extra life to the sound by modulating any parameter.
The sound palette produced by Krush ranges from the dirtiest digital effects to crunchy modulated colours, with all the classic and weirdest bit-crushing effects in between.
Main Controls
. Crunchy drive stage
. Bit depth reduction
. Sample rate reduction
. Analog modeled resonant filters (low-pass and high-pass)
Modulation Section
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. Free or tempo-synced modulation speed
. 4 modulation waveforms
. Modulation depth for every parameter
Interface
. Fully resizable interface !
. Clean and intuitive
. Tooltips and preferences in english, french, portuguese or spanish
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Presets
. File based preset system
. Access through menu or browser
. Presets ‘freezer’ for safe recall
. Copy/paste current state using the system clipboard
Krush is a free download and available as a VST, AudioUnit, and AAX for Mac and Windows