Fragmental

by ndc Plugs (http://www.niallmoody.com/ndcplugs)

Version : 1.02

Author : Niall Moody (niallmoody@yahoo.co.uk)

Format(s) : Windows VST

Created with : C++

CPU Usage : 0.01-45% (on a 2GHz Pentium-M)

Description :

A complex multi-fx plugin incorporating a delay, granulator, three phase vocoder effects, a reversinator, and three types of modulation source. Incorporates a very flexible routing scheme capable of serial and parallel effects routings, and a new kind of modulation routing based on a kind of pie chart representation. This plugin was developed in conjunction with shamann from KVR. For full details, see the accompanying PDF manual, which should explain how all the effects work, and the various idiosyncracies of the plugin's design.

It should be noted that the presence of the phase vocoder effects mean the plugin has a constant delay of 7680 samples, although PDC-capable hosts will compensate for this.

Note: Some of the presets are quite loud, so you may want to turn your speakers down when you're exploring them.

The code for the phase vocoder effects is licensed under the LGPL. Since Steinberg refuse to make their VST license compatible with the GPL, the phase vocoder code has to reside in a separate dll (NiallsPVOCLib.dll) to the plugin itself. This dll should be placed in the same directory as the plugin. If the plugin cannot find the extra dll, it will still work, though the phase vocoder effects (Trans, Exag, Accum) will not be active.

Credits :

VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies AG.

Installation :

Copy the Fragmental.dll and NiallsPVOCLib.dll files into your vst plugins directory.

Hosts tested on :

Tracktion v2.1.0.11

Version History :

v1.02 - The last update introduced a bug to the gui, fixed now (thanks jtxx000!).

v1.01 - Fixed stupid denormalisation bug with the delay, fixed LFO Freq Range button when Host Sync is on.

v1.00 - First release.

License :

This plugin is released under the MIT/expat license (below). In addition, you can find the source code for it (for the foreseeable future – as long as I have webspace for it anyway) at http://www.niallmoody.com/ndcplugs/fragmental.htm.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.