Creative sound torture
Seven hardcore tools for advanced sound design
Unexpected results of some seriously twisted R&D
It'll make your Momma cry...
Psycho Toolkit is a bundle of plugins that were largely unexpected results of research while developing
Clone Ensemble, Alien Solo and Voice Trap. The tools are aimed at sound design rather than mainstream audio production.
Psycho Toolkit includes:
Barnum Preamp - OTT warmth-adding analogizer thingy
Excitable Boy - aural enhancer / exciter that goes too far
Flip Speed - rectification-based and playback speed octave generator with an attitude problem
Metal Demon - death metal vocal effect to defile the purest voice
Sick Puppy - seriously twisted wave-peak analysis distortion generator
Trash Triode - vacuum tube and cheap amp construction kit
Water Glass - noise reduction and texture generation
Listen
Listen to this MP3 of all Psycho Toolkit plugins in action (452k).
First up you'll hear a really lame multitrack vocal composition. Then you'll hear exacly the same piece again,
but this time every track has been processed by one (or more) of the Psycho Toolkit plugins:
* Percussion: beefed up with Excitable Boy
* Bassline: transposed down and transfored by Flip Speed
* Rhythm guitar: pumped through Trash Triode
* Lead vocal: corrupted by Metal Demon
* Lead guitar: transposed up by Flip Speed then destroyed by Sick Puppy
Is the world ready for a-capella beatbox deathmetal?
Download
Download the DirectX version of Psycho Toolkit now (5.7M).
Download the VST (Windows) version of Psycho Toolkit now (3.8M).
The freeware versions are restricted so that you cannot adjust any of the settings, so you are hardwired to a single preset for each plugin.
Learn more
More info: Psycho Toolkit User Notes.
Need help installing? Check out Installation Notes.
Will it run under your audio host? Check out Compatibility Notes.
Screen-reader friendly version for blind users available here.
Register
Register your copy of Psycho Toolkit
here,
using the secure Share-It service. As soon as your payment of $25 is processed,
you'll receive an email with your registration code. Then you can start twiddling the dials.
Both the DirectX and VST versions use the same registration method - if you register one,
you've automatically registered the other.
PayPal also accepted - our paypal account is
When I recieve notification (mentioning which plugin you want to register),
I will generate your unlock code and email it. By contrast this happens automatically with the Shareit system.
NB: When entering your registration code:
* Use Copy/Paste, don't try to type it
* Please include the "Curly brace" {} characters around the code.
NB: Please download, install and test Psycho Toolkit before registering!
Some unsolicited user testimonials:
I made this song using the "Metal Demon" plugin from your Psycho Toolkit: The Devil's C*ck (advisory: lyrics). I could only have created the growl or scream at the start by putting the plugin on my own vocal "growl"...thank you. Belita Adair, music medium, www.belitamusicmedium.com. (Warning: Belita's site is not for everyone...)
Change history:
17 January 2007: Version 1.1a - fix cosmetic problem when displayed on "Large Fonts" (120 DPI) displays
24 April 2006: Version 1.1
* New skins
* New plugin added - Barnum Preamp
31 January 2006: Version 1.0a - fix VST "Unique ID" conflicts
27 November 2005: Version 1.0 of bundle released
DirectX and VST effects plug-ins for digital audio recording studios.
All content and software Copyright 2007 Trevor Magnusson
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