Baby Audio Industry Standard Bundle

A Curated Baby Audio Starter Pack 
 

The Baby Audio Industry Standard Bundle offers six of their most popular and creative plugins to instantly breathe new life into your productions. With three modern mix effects to add punch and impact, lush and dreamy FX textures, or clean up your mixes; two retro effects to get the sound of analogue tape or degrade your tracks to the point of no return; and one special synth to create sounds dripping with colour, the Industry Standard Bundle offers some of their most beloved plugins by industry leading producers (hence the name). It's the perfect place to start if you’re new to Baby Audio.

BA-1

A Synth With A Soul
 

BA-1 is based on a portable 1980s synth with a toylike appearance and a gritty sound. Despite its small size, it left a big mark on music history, while still flying somewhat under the hype radar. The original has been used as a secret weapon for bubbly synth textures by some of Sweden’s most successful pop producers of the past two decades. It was also a staple of 1990s digital dancehall and beloved by the indietronica scene for its raw lo-fi quality. The ‘CS01’ - as the original is called - has never been properly captured in software form. So for Baby Audio's first-ever synth, they started there.

In keeping with Baby Audio's motto ”It’s an evolution, not an emulation”, they modelled the hardware with the greatest possible accuracy, before carefully upgrading it with new and useful features. A second analogue-modelled oscillator, FM, polyphony, and more, help to vastly expand the sonic palette of the original. All while keeping its signature sound unspoiled. Additionally, BA-1 lets you drain the battery, bend the circuits, and use the built-in speaker – for an authentic lo-fi aesthetic that you could normally only get with hardware.

Features

• 4 Color Options - After long hours in the studio it can be nice to see something new. BA-1 lets you switch between grey, blue, purple and orange colour modes to keep things fresh. 
• 500+ High-Quality Presets - BA-1 comes with a ton of new musical inspiration in the form of 500+ carefully crafted presets. 
• FM - FM adds complexity and depth to the classic analogue subtractive architecture, giving you more sound design options
• Envelope Section - The envelope lets you shape the sound with the same quirky side effects as in the original hardware
• LFO Section - A simple LFO that is easy to utilize and hard to mess up – like the original. 
• Sidechain - Synths sound better when they ‘move with the mix’. That’s what the Sidechain feature is for. 
• Tone + Drive - BA-1’s FX section would be worthy of its own retro-colour plugin. It is inspired by cheap 1980s rack effects and guitar pedals. 
• Delay + Reverb + Chorus - The grainy digital delay, reverb and chorus combo is THE sound of the 1980s! Baby Audio has recreated this epic FX combo in BA-1 – modelled after budget rack hardware from the era
• Battery - The original synth could be powered by batteries. But they never lasted long – and weird sonic artefacts were introduced as the power deteriorated. Baby Audio modelled this behaviour and exaggerated it slightly for a better effect. Drain the battery to achieve pitch fluctuations, noise and distortion the further down you go.
• Speaker - Sometimes a mix needs some ‘moving air’ to come alive. While the original hardware’s speaker was by no means high quality, it had a quirky and pleasant lo-fi vibe. Baby Audio modelled it in all its rough glory. 
• Re-Gen - Creates new and unique patches with every click. Unlike a regular randomizer, Re-Gen hosts a smart algorithm, calibrated to come up with usable and musical presets on the fly. 

Learn more about BA-1.

Smooth Operator

Introducing Clarity on Demand
 

Smooth Operator combines equalization, spectral compression, and resonance suppression into a singular creative experience that’s instant and intuitive. Use it to perfect your tonal balance and add a touch of ‘hi-fi’.

Baby Audio's spectral detection algorithm adapts to your audio 44,100 times per second and automatically eliminates fatigued frequencies. This gives you full control to shape your signal and bring out more definition.

While most spectral tools focus on audio restoration, Baby Audio wanted Smooth Operator to be all about creative expression. The plugin is meant for shaping your tone. Use it to compress, EQ and ‘purify’ in one simple process – and know that Smooth Operator has your back when it comes to automatically eliminating artefacts.

Features

• Brings out clarity and smoothness across instruments, vocals, and mix busses.
• Allows for creative tone-shaping without artefacts or harsh resonances.
• An intelligent algorithm that automatically detects and resolves fatigued frequencies
• 63 presets created by friends of BABY Audio - including Preston Reid (Ciara, Toni Braxton, Lil Uzi Vert), David Nakaji (Post Malone, Aminé, Lil Eazzyy), Rob Kleiner (David Guetta, Sia, Britney Spears, Giorgio Moroder) and Neenah (Winne, Mr. Probz, Nana Fofie, Joe Budden)

Learn more about Smooth Operator.

Spaced Out

Dream Big
 

Spaced Out offers a pristine sounding one-stop solution for your wet-FX needs on drums, instruments and vocals. Use it subtly to add depth and movement — or go explore the outer bounds of wet-FX processing.

It is no secret that Baby Audio are obsessed with the quirks, sounds, and simplicity of vintage analog gear. With every software product Baby Audio makes, they hope to offer a little bit of that same hands-on experience and instant gratification. Never by emulating the past — but by tapping into its spirit to invent something new.

With Spaced Out, Baby Audio asked themselves this: How would they design a “space echo” effect today, almost 50 years after the original, with the abundance of computer power and algorithmic complexity at their disposal? 

They set out to create an effect as fun, flavoured and futuristic for the 21st century as the Space Echo was for its own time. It’s been an epic journey and Baby Audio are proud to have returned with their most complex plugin to date.

Features

• X-Y based joystick control for intuitively morphing between reverb length and modulation behaviour
• Programs: Vacuum, Small Space, Medium Space, Outer Space
• Pre-Delay: 0-250 milliseconds
• Stardust: Adds an angelic, sustained shimmer to the reverb tail
• Mellow: Dual low and high end dampening filter
• Clean-Up: Feeds an altered dry signal into the reverb algorithm, for a cleaner and less dense response
• Width: Sets the reverb width between wide and mono
• Generate: musically tuned randomizing function for instantly generating new effect configurations
• Lift-Off: Glues the wet signals together through a combination of compression, mid-side processing and EQ
• Ducker: Ducks the wet signal when the dry signal is playing
• Ducker Sync: Syncs the ducker to your DAW’s BPM for a pumping ‘four-on-the-floor’ effect
• Output: Controls the global effect output

Learn more about Spaced Out.

TAIP

Warm Up Your Sound
 

Tape recordings have a musical quality that digital mixes often lack. TAIP brings this quality into your DAW. It will add some authentic analogue heat to your tracks, without the need to route any audio outside the box.

Tape plugins are not a new concept. However, this emulation method is. Instead of using traditional DSP, Baby Audio has developed TAIP around an AI algorithm designed to decipher the invisible nuances of analogue circuits.

The result is a truly faithful tape emulation that’s intuitive and creative in use – with some added features to accommodate a modern workflow. Use TAIP to bring a touch of warmth and glue to your tracks, or ‘drive it like you hate it’ as an alternative to your distortion plugins.

TAIP is Baby Audio's creation of the ideal ‘Tape Machine’ for the DAW-era, combining an authentic vintage sound with a modern feature set. Its parameters will let you customize the right tape flavour for any need.

Features

• DRIVE: Traditionally, tape machines were designed to colour the sound as little as possible. TAIP is not. You can use the DRIVE knob to add just as much colour as you need - from a subtle touch of heat to heavy distortion.
• MIX/TAPE FLANGING: MIX lets you run your tape in parallel. You can combine MIX and WEAR to get a classic ‘tape flanging’ effect. This is caused by the wow and flutter of WEAR running in parallel with the dry track.
• MODEL: While SINGLE is a regular tape emulation, DUAL creates a series of two tape emulations chained together under the hood, each applying half of the DRIVE value. This will add slightly more weight to your signal.
• LO-SHAPE / HI-SHAPE: These sliders let you saturate the low/high end more or less than the rest of the frequency spectrum. (Example: Warm up a drum bus without distorting the low frequencies).
• GLUE: Tape machines are known to introduce a pleasing compression-like effect due to their low dynamic range. TAIP lets you add this effect – or even exaggerate it. Use GLUE for subtle cohesion or as an actual compressor.
• NOISE: Lets you add tape noise to taste – or avoid it altogether.
• WEAR: Combines wow, flutter, and an altered frequency response curve to emulate a worn-out tape machine.
• PRESENCE: Part of the tape warmth comes from an attenuated high-end. PRESENCE allows you to decide how much of that attenuation you want. It can bring back the brightness that is sometimes lost on tape.
• INPUT: Choose between NORMAL or HOT (more distorted) input levels without affecting the output volume.
• AUTO GAIN: Allows you to add more DRIVE while keeping a consistent plugin output level.

Learn more about TAIP.

IHNY-2

Mix Harder
 

The plugin is purpose-designed for slamming your tracks in parallel and will hit harder than your typical go-to compressors. It is not subtle, but a dedicated tool for adding energy and “slap” to drums, mix buses or even the master bus (if you dare!)

IHNY-2 is an evolution of Baby Audio's very first plugin, I Heart NY. The original was a favourite with many users and was picked for the SOS Awards by Sound On Sound Magazine. V2 ships with new features, surgical control – and improvements in sound.

Features

• Configuration - IHNY-2 splits the incoming audio into two duplicates. One remains untouched by the plugin (Dry track), the other is subjected to all the goodness IHNY-2 has to offer (Wet track).
• Tweak Panel - HNY-2 is meant to be as fast and intuitive as its predecessor. But if you need to go deeper, the Tweak Panel gives you full control over the compressor. 
• Attack + Release - Sets how fast the compressor engages and disengages. 
• Ratio - Sets the compression intensity from mild to aggressive.
• Punch - Heavy compression tends to suck the transients out of a signal. The Punch control works to emphasize attack transients in the compressed track, helping it cut through even at very high compression levels.
• Harmonics - Imagine a saturator that behaves like a compressor – that’s Harmonics. This feature introduces harmonic saturation controlled by the gain-reduction, meaning more compressed parts get saturated harder.
• Shape - Adds the custom ‘smiley EQ curve’ to bring out the lows and highs and make the compressed signal more present. (The smiley EQ curve is what sets “New York Compression” apart from regular parallel compression. IHNY-2 can do both).
• Tilt - Makes the compressor work harder on either the low or high end of your signal – which can be useful for controlling bass-heavy material and letting the high end breathe (or vice versa).
• Lo + Hi Preserve - Prevents the low and high frequencies from being compressed above/below the cutoff points. This is a great way to preserve the kick while squashing the rest of your drum bus.
• Oversampling - Run the plugin in 1x, 2x or 4x oversampling modes. (1x recommended for better CPU performance).
• Solo - Monitor the wet signal in solo. Useful for finetuning – or for using IHNY-2 as a regular insert compressor.

Learn more about IHNY-2.

Super VHS

LoFi Vibes from a Strange Decade
 

As kids of the 80s, the Baby Audio team have always been drawn to the sound of slightly out-of-tune synths, warm tape saturation, gritty samples, and grainy reverbs.

So they set out on a mission to capture the lofi spirit of their favourite decade — and bring it into a new decade. Meet a complex algorithm with eight simple knobs. They named it ‘Super’ for its powers and ‘VHS’ for its sound.

Baby Audio wanted this plugin to be like sending your sounds back in time, then re-discovering them on a worn-out VHS tape 30 years later. All with the click of a single button, right inside your DAW.

The result is six unique effects coming together in a versatile signal chain. Super VHS will add some lofi authenticity to whatever clean sound you run through it — from a subtle touch of character to extreme sonic twists that leave your head spinning. Each effect has just a single control, but multiple parameters under the hood, allowing you to find endless combinations to transform your synths, samples, guitars, drums, vocals and beyond.

Features

• STATIC: A synthesized hum, generated by a pink noise oscillator mixed with a digital saw wave. 
• HEAT: A warm sounding saturation algorithm inspired by ‘consumer-grade’ tape machines from the early 1980s. 
• SHAPE: A sample rate reducer (with some extras) inspired by 1980s 8-bit samplers. 
• MAGIC: A lush “Juno style” chorus — but modeled with a slightly darker and more detuned tone.
• DRIFT: An internal LFO creating unpredictable pitch and time fluctuations, ranging from ‘natural’ to ‘supernatural’. 
• WASH: A grainy, unnatural sounding, hall reverb, inspired by digital rack effects from the VHS-era. 
• MIX: Controls the over-all wet/dry balance. 
• OUTPUT: Controls the global output. 
• HIDDEN PROCESSING: High shelf EQ attenuation, bit-crusher, limiter.

Learn more about Super VHS.

System Requirements

macOS:

• macOS X 10.7 or later (64-bit only)
• Intel or M1 Apple Silicon Processor (Native compatibility)
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX
• DAWs Supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.

Windows:

• Windows 7 and up (32 / 64-bit)
• Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX
• DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.

Please Note: An internet connection is required to authorise this software.