Orbit

Transients are the life force of modern music, and sometimes when your instruments just won’t pop in the mix after EQ and compression, then it’s time to reach for a transient designer.

The Orbit is a simple & lightweight tool that will help boost your transients and add bite to your mixes, and whilst the interface may be basic, don’t let that fool you, under the hood you’ll find the same DSP used in our Velo limiter, making the Orbit, a powerful little tool to add to your plugin arsenal.

Boost

The boost parameter will increase the intensity of the effect and can deliver very subtle boosts, to extreme overdrive. A word of caution… Always check your levels before diving the boost too hard, your ears, monitors and neighbours will thank you for it.

Transient Modes

Orbit uses a combination of logarithmic style envelope followers, allowing you to boost the transients of percussive instruments like beats, drums and percussion as well as rhythmical guitar and synth parts.

The mode feature lets you adjust Orbit's algorithm to target slow, medium or fast transients. This usually means you want to use the slow (left) setting for low-frequency material like kick-drums and low synths, the medium(middle) setting for mid-frequency material like snare-drums and guitars, and the fast (right) setting for high frequency material like hi-hats, rim clicks and claps. 

Mix

The mix parameter allows you to use the Orbit much the same as you would use parallel compression. This is very useful when you want the sound of an extreme boost without the huge additional gain. Using the mix this way allows you to add character to the original signal.

Bypass

Often times, bypassing a plugin directly in your DAW will create popping artefacts. The internal bypass parameter in the Orbit has been smoothed for pop-free bypassing. This is particularly useful when automating the plugin off & on through a mix.

System Requirements

macOS:

• 10.12 – 10.15 (older OS versions may work but are not tested)

Plugin Formats:

• VST
• VST3
• AU
• AAX (Pro Tools 11.0.2 or higher)

Windows

• Windows 7, 8 or 10 (32 & 64-bit)

Plugin Formats: 

• VST
• VST3
• AAX (Pro Tools 11.0.2 or higher)

Specification Requirements:

• RAM: 8 GB RAM or more is recommended. Plus at least 8 GB hard disk space for installation.
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or newer.
• Formats: In theory any 32 or 64-bit VST, VST3, AU, or AAX compatible host application should work.
• Licensing: Internet access for activating licence key. Please ensure any outgoing connection blockers are deactivated.
• Sample Rates: Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, in both mono and stereo.