Free Plugin Of The Week – Brainworx
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
Last week Brainworx released their second free plugin bx_cleansweep and since I actually use their other free plugin bx_solo quite often I figured I’ll talk about them both. 1 is new, 1 is not, both are helpful tools. PC: VST & RTAS; Mac: VST, RTAS & AU
bx_solo is a simple MS tool. It allows you to swap Left and Right, solo Left/Right/Mid/Side as well as a handy stereo width control. Once in a while I’ll have something in a mix that I want über wide and in the background so I’ll set the stereo width control to 400%. More info on bx_solo
bx_cleansweep is a hi-pass and low-pass filter (aka bandpass) but goes about it in an interesting way with a joystick to adjust HP and LP cutoff simultaneously. Additionally there is a knob for each filter for finer/more traditional adjustment. More info on bx_cleansweep
Get both of these on the Brainworx Free downloads page, the TT Dynamic Range Meter is also available for download on that page.
2 Responses to “Free Plugin Of The Week – Brainworx”
By Joe Gilder on Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
Hey man. On the MS plug-in, does it have a way to split the mid and the side to separate tracks, so you can compress/EQ the middle differently than the sides? That would be freaking awesome.
I guess you could just bus the mix through two auxes, each with the plug-in, one set to Mid and one set to Side. Thoughts?
By Jon on Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
“I guess you could just bus the mix through two auxes, each with the plug-in, one set to Mid and one set to Side.”
That’s what I would do.
1 stereo bus, two stereo auxes receiving. both with this plug and set to M or S solo.
It’s probably easier than how I explained it in this podcast episode: http://www.homerecordingshow.com/?p=331