TIMBRE

Reshape the Character of Any Sound

TIMBRE is a real-time formant-shifting plugin for producers, mixing engineers, and sound designers. Reshape the character of vocals, instruments, loops, and full mixes without affecting pitch.

Unlike EQs that boost frequencies or pitch shifters that change notes, TIMBRE transforms the formants that define a sound's identity, offering an entirely new approach to mixing, vocal production, and creative sound design. TIMBRE delivers immediate, musical results with an ultra-low latency of just 23ms.

Use the built-in noise generator for whisper-like textures, or feed any external sidechain signal into TIMBRE for expressive formant vocoding with remarkable intelligibility.

TIMBRE gives you a level of control over sonic character that's simply not possible with EQs, pitch processors, or other formant-shifters.

What can TIMBRE do?

ADD WEIGHT
Shift the formant of fundamental frequencies with complete control and transparency. Add weight to kicks, accentuate the body of snares, or thicken instruments with ease.

TRANSFORM VOCALS
Add growl, breathiness or presence to vocals, or tame sibilance by shifting their formants across any part of the frequency spectrum.

CREATIVE MIXING
Make instruments sit naturally in a mix by shifting their timbral centre instead of carving space with a traditional EQ. Use the Resolution and Dry/Wet controls to refine your processing, from subtle to extreme.

VOCODING MADE SIMPLE
With internal and external sidechain carrier modes, TIMBRE lets you create entirely new sounds with the built-in noise generator, or transfer complex envelopes from one sound to another.

Features

• Real-time Formant Processing: Reshape the character of vocals, drums, individual instruments and full mixes without affecting their pitch
• Wide Timbre-shift Range: Go from subtle adjustments to extreme transformations with ±36 semitones of timbre-shifting
• Flexible Architecture: Use Unlinked Mode to independently process High and Low Bands, plus per-band On and Solo controls
• Linked Processing: Link the High and Low Bands for simple one- knob timbre-shaping across the entire frequency spectrum
• Dedicated Carrier Section: Create unique textures and formant-vocoder effects using the built-in noise generator or an external sidechain signal
• Fine-tune the Processing: Use the Resolution control to adjust processing detail, or use the Dry/Wet control to blend in the dry signal
• Low-latency Operation: Process audio in real-time with 23ms of latency @ 44.1kHz