Hikari

Stochastic Reverberator

Hikari is an ocean-themed random reverb.

Emulating uncommon digital reverbs from the 1990s and early 2000s, Hikari aims to create something unconventional.

Adding in Hikari’s navigation & anomaly system, where moving to different positions makes the reverb behave differently according to the topology of the ground below, Hikari is made for sound exploration.

Highlights

Navigate the Ocean Floor

Central in Hikari’s interface is the “navigator”, which lets you move around in two dimensional space. The contours of the terrain beneath the navigator are sampled and used to subtly alter various settings in the reverb algorithms. The two dimensions of the current navigation position can be used to modulate various parameters, using the same workflow that is available in Glow.

The navigator can also enter “autopilot” mode, where the movement is automated & adjusted by various controls.

Picking up an Anomaly…

The navigator also points to multiple positions of interest, called anomalies. When you get close to the anomaly positions, the sound will change. Anomalies are randomly generated in-between plugin states, so the positions of them, and what they do is largely random.

There are additional audio processes that only occur during anomaly states.

Illusion & Fathoms

Along with a reverberator, Hikari also features multiple additional processors to add ambience & create texture on top of what is already being processed.

Illusion is a short, granularized reverse-audio effect that reads from an audio buffer. It essentially makes your sound come back again, but very disjointed.

The fathoms control adjusts the “depth” of the signal (thats why it’s measured in fathoms!). It does multistage filtering, subtle decorrelation, and light noise adjustments.

Features

• Anomaly system, allowing for unpredictable processing in special states
• Feedback Delay network modelling reverberation
• Input tone controller (filtering, de-correlation, noise processing)
• High-quality diffusion network & damping system
• Super cool visualizer / controller system
• Vectorized, resizable interface

System Requirements

Windows: Supports VST3 & AAX

MacOS: Supports VST3, AU & AAX (Intel and ARM)