Baby Audio Complete FX Bundle

The Complete Baby Audio Collection

Discover seven focused and elegant plugins by New York-based company, Baby Audio. Each of their plugins has been designed to be a one-stop solution that you'll instinctively reach for whenever you need creative delays, parallel compression, tape saturation or an injection of lo-fi magic in your production.

Make space for lushness with Baby Audio's latest edition, Crystalline, a new, state-of-the-art algorithmic reverb plugin. An evolution of classic 20th-century studio reverbs – fully upgraded for today.

Want a tape delay vibe for your lead synth, a modern slap on your vocals, and a crunchy lo-fi echo on your guitars? Not a problem. Comeback Kid is designed to adapt to your sound, creating the perfect creative and inspiring delay.

Feel the grainy magic of the VHS era — with six unique effects all in one strange plugin... Super VHS is here to infuse some 80's nostalgia into your tracks by adding anything from subtle warmth and warping to full, dizzying lo-fi disintegration.

Explore True ‘New York-style' parallel compression with IHNY-2. Engineered for a modern and ultra-aggressive compression sound, perfect for adding power to your tracks, IHNY-2 hosts a parallel signal chain internally for a fast and obstacle-free parallel compression workflow and is a majorly upgraded version of Baby Audio's first ever plugin (I Heart NY).

TAIP will help you to add that magical analogue heat to your tracks, right inside the box. Its powerful and innovative approach using AI to accurately decipher the sonic qualities that make a tape machine sound and behave in the way it does will give you that real tape flavour.

Combine parallel compression and saturation like never before in a single plugin with Parallel Aggressor.

Spaced Out is a lush wet-FX generator, built for sending your sounds and vocals into a weightless, heavenly orbit. It combines a crystalline reverb engine with a wealth of modulation options and a 16-step delay sequencer. In total, more than 50 individual effects come together in a singular creative experience with endless outcomes and zero sub-menus.

Smooth Operator is an intelligent signal balancer all about creative expression. Smooth Operator has your back when it comes to automatically eliminate artefacts, and is meant for shaping your tone.

The Baby Audio Complete Bundle is available for a limited time only.

Crystalline

Next Generation Algorithmic Reverb

Crystalline is a new, state-of-the-art, reverb plugin with a pristine and modern sound. It gives you unprecedented creative control to shape your reflections. You can sync reverb start and decay times to your song’s tempo.

It follows the tradition of the classic algorithmic reverbs but adds new features and higher fidelity thanks to modern computer power. It is meant to sound unreal – in the most positive sense of the word. Its rooms and halls won’t sound anything like those in your house – but closer to those of your dreams!

Features

Reflections Section

• “Size” lets you set the room size from tiny to large. This control is detached from the “Length” control, meaning you can get any size/length combination you want, including esoteric settings like huge spaces with very short tails or tiny spaces with very long tails.
• “Sparkle” emphasizes high frequencies inside the reverb algorithm. This generates reflections that are naturally brighter, which will help you achieve that extra shine on vocals or snares.
• “Width” lets you set the stereo image of the reverb from mono to wide – and even further to extra wide.

Depth Section

• “Resolution” sets the complexity of the algorithm from ‘basic’ to ‘pristine’. More complex settings will give you an ultra-clean reverb response, free of metallic artefacts – while the ‘Basic’ setting will give you an efficient CPU performance at a normal fidelity.
• “Modulation” creates pitch variations inside the reverb algorithm. This results in a richer sound that works especially well to fatten up synths, guitars and vocals.
• “Shimmer” makes the high frequencies of the reverb tail decay slower than the rest of the spectrum, giving the reflections an ‘angelic halo’ effect. You can set the frequency cutoff point as well as the multiplier effect, which controls how much longer it takes for the higher frequencies to decay. Please note that if Shimmer is active, the high frequencies will decay later than your specified reverb “End Time” (either at 2x, 4x or 6x the length).

Clean-Up Section

• “Damping” is a dual filter control that lets you remove high and low-frequency content from the reverb reflections. This control offers a fast way to get rid of clutter and muddiness in your mixes.
• “Sides” is a high-pass filter that removes stereo information from the low end of the reverb, while keeping the mono information intact. This is especially helpful for creating wide vocal or lead instrument reflections without muddying up your low end.
• “Gate” lets you instantly recreate the classic 1980s gated reverb sound. The gate offers ‘threshold’ and ‘release’ controls and makes it fast and intuitive to make your snares go ‘Phil Collins’.

Learn more about and download the trial version of Crystalline. 

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.

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.

Learn more about and download the trial version of 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.

Learn more about and download the trial version of Spaced Out.

Parallel Aggressor

Unlock Unparalleled Powers

Parallel processing plays a fundamental part in getting a “big” mix sound. By processing multiple copies of the same track and blending them together, you can add more punch to a mix — in a more natural-sounding way.

It's like teamwork: Multiple copies of the same track - each focused on doing one specific job - can achieve more together than a single copy being processed to death on its own.

Parallel Aggressor is based on this simple concept. The plugin splits your audio into three equal parts:

• Dry - Your original signal
• Spank - A heavily compressed duplicate 
• Heat - A heavily saturated duplicate

Work the duplicates hard! Then combine all three signals to squeeze every drop of sonic juice out of your track.

SPANK

Spank offers an addictively punchy compression algorithm, designed to adapt to your audio signal. It begins where Baby Audio's I Heart NY plugin ended, with improvements in sound quality, signal detection, and flexibility.

Style injection buttons: Extra Punch, Extra Smack, Sidechain Filter, Mono.

HEAT

Heat is a warm, analog-modeled, saturation algorithm with an aggressive bite. It is based on Baby Audio's tape saturator from Super VHS, but has been rewritten and optimized for the Parallel Aggressor release.

Style injection buttons: Extra Hot, Tone, HP Filter, LP Filter.

AUTO GAIN

Auto Gain ensures that the combined output of the plugin’s three signals roughly matches the input/dry level. This allows you to experiment with different internal mix balances while keeping a consistent plugin output.

Workflow

• Balance the three parallel signals from the main level mixer.
• Use the Spank and Heat knobs to dial up the firepower of the parallel engines.
• The meters help you set the right amount of Spank and Heat for any audio signal. (Dial the main Spank/Heat knobs until the meters peak right before the orange line).
• The style knobs inject desirable sonic flavors into the parallel engines. Engage many at once. 
• The solo buttons let you monitor each parallel signal individually for fine-tuning purposes.
• Turn on Auto Gain to get a consistent plugin output, roughly matching the input level.
• Output sets the global output level (post-Auto Gain).
• Switch between three different color schemes by clicking the top-left icon.

Learn more about and download the trial version of Parallel Aggressor.

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.

Highlights

• AI-powered algorithm, giving you the true warmth and behavior of analogue tape.
• Flexible feature set, allowing you to create a custom ‘tape flavour’ for any need.
• Use TAIP to add musical saturation and glue to drums, instruments, vocals, and beyond.

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: Let's 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 and download the trial version of TAIP.

Comeback Kid

Hands-on Delay with Analogue Flavour

A delay worth waiting for.

Of all the essential mix tools, the delay may be the most creatively satisfying. So Baby Audio asked themselves: could they take one of their favourite effects and give it an upgrade?

They set out to develop their vision for a warmer sounding, more inspiring delay plugin: One that lets you design your own delay sounds through a versatile selection of onboard flavouring tools. Easily and intuitively.

Comeback Kid includes everything you'd expect from a new go-to delay — plus some unexpected extras.

Features

• BPM-synced modes: Straight, dotted, triplet. Free mode: 0.01 ms - 2500 ms. Ping-Pong option.
• Lo-Cut + Hi-Cut: Tame your delays with analog-modeled filters.
• Attack + Sustain: Sculpt your delays with flexible transient designers.
• Cheap: Degrade your delays with a custom 11-bit signal path — modeled after vintage digital units.
• Tape: Warm up your delays with analog-style tape saturation.
• Swirl: Add movement to your delays with an analog-modeled phaser.
• Sauce: Add space to your delays with a touch of algorithmic reverb.
• Wider: Widen your delays through L/R time variations.
• Richer: Add dimension to your delays through L/R pitch variations.
• Pan: Place your delays in the stereo image.
• Mono: Turn your delays into mono.
• Ducker: Lower your delays when the dry signal is playing — for a cleaner, more modern sound.
• Destiny: Leave your delays to destiny — for a less robotic, more human, and unpredictable vibe.

Learn more about and download the trial version of Comeback Kid.

Super VHS

Creative Multi FX

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.

A chain of six meticulously crafted ‘one-knob effects:

• 1. STATIC — Static noise synthesizer
• 2. HEAT — ‘Analog tape’ saturator
• 3. SHAPE — Sample rate reducer
• 4. MAGIC — Dark chorus FX
• 5. DRIFT — Pitch fluctuation LFO
• 6. WASH — ‘Bad hall’ reverb
• + Internal/hidden EQ, bit-crusher, and limiter.

Learn more about and download the trial version of Super VHS.

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. Here, you’ll find a number of new features that weren’t included in V1.
• 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.
• Tooltips - Turn on to get explanations of each parameter as you use the plugin.
• Save As Default - Save your own default preset, which will load whenever you open a new instance of IHNY-2.
• Reset To Default - Reset the plugin to your default preset.
• Baby Audio Logo - Bypass the plugin.
• Resize Icon - Resize the plugin.
• Mouse Controls: 
  • Cmd+Click: Slows down mouse movement in the Tweak Panel for finetuning purposes.
  • Ctrl+Click on XY Pad Node: Horizontal movement only.
  • Alt (Cmd) + Click on XY Pad Node: Vertical movement only.
  • Double Click: Resets any parameter to its default value.

Learn more about and download the trial version of IHNY-2.

System Requirements

Mac

• Platform: Mac OS 10.7 and up
• Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX
• DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic Pro, Nuendo, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit only.

Windows

• Platform: PC Windows 7 and up.
• Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX
• DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit and 32-bit compatible.