Speed offers high–quality pitch–shifting and time–stretching, which can be applied via a graphical interface for maximum flexibility. The oldest of the Native Effects plug–ins is Speed (see ‘The Need For Speed’ box), which dates back to Sound Toys’ earlier incarnation as Wave Mechanics, and was originally reviewed in SOS February 2001 ( Unlike the others, it’s an off–line plug–in which is only available in Audiosuite format, so it won’t work with Audio Units hosts such as Apple Logic. This too has already been reviewed by Sound On Sound, in April 2006 ( and all I can add is that it is the best plug–in of its kind that I’ve heard. Anyone wanting the full low–down on the filter should revisit our original review from January 2004, which is available on–line at Suffice to say that, nearly four years on, it is still a fantastic plug–in it remains my first choice for almost all filtering duties, and the output distortion its Analog Mode offers is excellent for adding dirt to drums or synth bass.Īlso included in the Native Effects pot is the equally marvellous Echo Boy delay. These are available in RTAS and Audio Units formats, but not as VST plug–ins.

It would be like being reunited with an old friend and not only that, but the Sound Toys range had grown in the meantime.įilter Freak is now part of Sound Toys’ Native Effects bundle, wherein it is accompanied by no fewer than five of its colleagues. Having become hopelessly addicted to their Filter Freak effect on my old Mac, I had been forced to spend a couple of years in cold turkey on XP. It’s probably a sign of something amiss in my life that the email announcing the availability of Sound Toys plug–ins for Windows made my week. It’s not often you encounter plug–ins that combine detailed emulations of analogue classics with a wealth of new tricks, but Sound Toys' Native Effects do just that.

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