A few of our recent blog posts have discussed of minimalism in the design of the Valhalla plugins. Minimalism is a big goal for us at Valhalla DSP. It’s reflected in the GUI style of the plugins, and…
Author: Sean Costello
Sean Costello is the "algorithmic reverb plugin wizard" [citation needed] at Valhalla DSP.
Minimalism in algorithm design
The more that we work on plugins, the more I have come to appreciate a deeper minimalism. This minimalism isn’t limited to the GUI style. Instead, it is reflected in the foundational design of the plugin itself.
Minimalism In Plugin GUIs
Minimalism is one of the driving principles behind Valhalla plugins. A plugin should have exactly what is needed to do the job. Adding extra stuff complicates the situation. Plugins are tools, and an ideal tool is easy to pick up and use.
ValhallaVintageVerb 1.7.1 update released. Chaos. Reigns.
I am happy to announce that ValhallaVintageVerb has been updated to version 1.7.1. The 1.7.1 VintageVerb update is a free update, and is available in the valhalladsp.com user accounts of all people who have purchased a VintageVerb license.…
ValhallaRoom 1.5.1 Released for OSX and Windows. Electric Blue GUI.
ValhallaRoom 1.5.1 has been released for OSX and Windows. The main update to ValhallaRoom is the GUI. We’ve updated the Room GUI to fit in with the other Valhalla plugin GUIs. “ValhallaRoom” title is smaller Version info in upper…
ValhallaShimmer 1.0.4 Beta
The 1.0.4 beta of ValhallaShimmer is available for testing for OSX and Windows. The changes since version 1.0.3: Added mono-in, mono-out mode. This allows ValhallaShimmer to be used as a mono reverberator, or as a multi-mono reverberator in…
Technical Difficulties (FIXED as of 3/21/2017)
We’re experiencing some website issues. It looks like people can’t actually BUY things right now, as the website is having problems connecting to our payment gateways. WHEEEEEE. We’re working on fixing this as soon as possible. In the…
Chaos in Audio: Self-Similarity
Back in the early 90s, the term “chaos theory” was often bandied about as THE FUTURE. It was never clear exactly what chaos theory would be THE FUTURE of, but it was clearly important stuff. Fast forward 20 years,…
Z-DSP Shimmer Cartridge
I am happy to announce that the Z-DSP Shimmer cartridge has been released. The Z-DSP Shimmer cartridge has 8 original algorithms, designed to combine lush reverberation with multiple voices of pitch shifting, to create ethereal pads, rich chordal textures,…
ValhallaPlate, Diffusion, and Presets
One of the goals for ValhallaPlate was to have a minimal user interface. The goal was to have as many controls as necessary to sculpt beautiful plate reverberation, but no more. Any parameters that were deemed superfluous, or…