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Auras

Ambient Texture Shaper

Part of Studies

One of the ten free devices in Studies. Download Studies and it works right away, no account needed.

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Price: $20

The original plugin with its own interface, as a one-time purchase.

 See the standalone interface

Description

Auras turns your sound into ambient textures and spaces. It runs your signal through a reverb and treats the tail in one of three modes: spectral freezing with a ring modulator, dark distortion, or lo-fi bit crushing for that nostalgic dial-up sound.

We added a clean sub-octave under the tail for depth and low end, and a modulator with random interruptions keeps the sound moving. DECAY takes the reverb from short, tight spaces to long, washed-out tails.

Auras in the Handbook

Signal path

Your sound goes through the modulator's ring stage into the reverb. The tail picks up the sub-octave and the CHARACTER treatment, then mixes back in at BLEND.

  1. Modulator

    MOD
    Sets the depth of the modulator. What it moves depends on the mode (see below).
    SPEED
    Sets the modulator's rate, from about 1 Hz to 10 Hz. In SUB + FRZ it also tunes the ring modulator.
    INTERCEPT
    Adds random interruptions to the modulator. Turn it up and the movement stutters instead of cycling evenly.

  2. Reverb

    DECAY
    Sets the length of the reverb, from short, tight spaces to long, washed-out tails.
    TONE
    Sets the brightness of the reverb. Turn it down to darken the tail.

  3. Sub octave

    SUB
    Adds a copy of the reverb tail one octave down, for depth and low end.

  4. Character

    CHARACTER
    Sets how strongly the current mode treats the tail.
    MODE
    Picks one of the three modes: SUB + FRZ, DARK or DIAL-UP.

  5. Master

    BLEND
    Sets the mix between your dry sound and the texture.
    GAIN
    Sets the output level, up to double. The center is unity.

Try thisSUB + FRZ with a high CHARACTER and a long DECAY turns any phrase into a slowly smeared pad. Add SUB for a frozen drone underneath.

Three modes

SUB + FRZ

Spectral freezing with ring modulation. CHARACTER sets the spectral blur, and MOD sets the level of the ring modulator, which SPEED tunes.

DARK

Distorted, filtered reverb for dense textures. CHARACTER darkens the filter on the clipped tail, and MOD animates it.

DIAL-UP

Lo-fi bit crushing and filtering for nostalgic digital tones. CHARACTER sets how hard the sound is crushed, and MOD animates a low-pass filter.

Demo
This video shows the standalone plugin.
Good to know

In Studies

Auras is in Studies Effects, under Pitch & Time and Spatial.

Standalone

The standalone plugin, shown further down the page, has a Jumble button that randomizes the controls, which makes it easy to try new ideas.

Formats
Studies: Audio Units, VST2 and VST3 on Mac, VST3 on Windows · Apple silicon native
Systems
Current macOS and Windows 10/11 x64
Auras | Ambient Texture Shaper

Standalone version

The original plugin with its own interface, as a one-time purchase.

AU · VST2 · VST3 · macOS · Windows