Dblue Glitch [Freeware]

Illformed's Glitch vst is an extremely tweakable vst plugin effect which lets you effect your music in ways ranging from quiet glitches to over the top madnes. The core of Glitch is it's sequencer, which syncs to the host tempo and slices the incoming audio up as you ask it to, applying a random selection of cool different effects to each slice. The onboard effects are a Tape Stop, a Modulator, a Retrigger, a Shuffler, a Reverser, a Crusher, a Gater, a Delay, and a Stretcher. You an individually tweak each effect and then program into the sequencer when the effect is applied, or let the sequencer do it for you at random.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The software is easy to install, just drag and drop the windows VST .dll file into your chosen DAW and fire it up. It runs smoothly with no performance issues, even with larger audio files. It has yet to crash my computer or anything of that sort. It's rather easy to use once you get the hang of it and can easily produce some AWESOME effects. It's a great free alternative to plugins like SugarBytes Effectrix, and definitely lives up to the standard. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to add an odd touch to some of their tracks.

OVERALL OPINION

Altogether, this is a really, really cool plugin that I plan on keeping around for the long haul. I would love to see a feature implemented where you could have slots for your own effects, and I'm sure the program will grow in the future. It's well worth the download, so if you need something to add a little spark to your tracks, this is it. Maybe you won't use it on EVERY track, but if you listen hard I'm sure you could find ways to apply it to nearly everything. Overall this is one of my favorite effects, and I highly recommend it.

Dblue Glitch is one of the best FREE plug ins that you can every have. Glitch gives you so many options on cool stuff you can do with your music that you have created. It will take a plain sequence to creative once you throw some Glitch effects on it. I really couldn’t believe that Dblue Glitch was free when I downloaded it I though that it was just a trial. Like I said its one of the best freewares you will every use.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Installing it couldn’t be any easier, but I don’t think there is a manual for it. Well I havent seen a manual and I have been using glitch for years now. Maybe you can download it online somewhere but if there isn’t one its not that hard to figure out you will get the hang of it in a hour or so.


OVERALL OPINION

You wont find a better free program that can do what glitch can. Other programs that are similar to this (that are good) cost over 100 dollars and Glitch brings you a 100 dollar program plug in for FREE. What more could you ask for. After you get the hang of it you will find your self using it more and more. You will almost get to the point where you wont make many songs without using it or some parts of it. One of the things that I wish it would be different is more effects. I think there are like 8 to 10 of them. But after you have had this for a few years you use all of the effects up fast. Even though you can edit each effect the way you want it still gets old after a while and you want something new. So hopefully they put out a new version with more options soon.

Trouble-free installation, it takes very little space

No need to read the manual, it's very intuitive

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Dedicated PC is not connected to internet, Amd Processor 955 phenomII 4coeurs to 3.2 GHz, 12GB Ram, SoundCard Motu 828mk3 Hybrid

Runs under Windows 7 64-bit

Everything is stable and working properly, as VST FL Studio and Ableton, works perfectly.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 2 years, it is effective in tampering effect whatsoever on the master track, or a beat or lead ..
The effects are okay and it is rigged knew the tempo of your host.

Small flat, for quick, no Preset is provided with, you must build them, so for a quick implementation I would direct you to an easier Sugar Bytes Tornado for example ...

That said, the Glitch is free!