The plugin detects the pitch of any monophonic source and locks three enhancement engines to each note.
Sub-bass plugins tend to add low end that drifts out of tune. To get around that, Baby Audio has built SubCulture – a plugin that tracks the pitch of a monophonic input in real time, locking its bass enhancement to each note. This means extra low end will always sit in tune with the source.
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The enhanced low end comes straight from the input signal, not from synthesis or psychoacoustic tricks. This means it blends with the original part instead of fighting it. Working in real time also keeps the subharmonics clear of subsonic clashes.
SubCulture’s three bass engines start with Sub Layer, which drops in a pitch-shifted sub-octave, up to two octaves below the original. Root Boost is a pitch-tracking EQ band with up to 18dB of boost or cut at each note’s fundamental. Resonance is a parallel filter network modelled on classic analogue designs.
Analogue-modelled saturation and compression add punch, harmonics and dynamics control on top. SubCulture isn’t just for bass, though. It can layer any source, opening it up for sound design on vocals, leads and other melodic parts.
The plugin ships with 177 presets from producers and sound designers including Craig Bauer, Dakota G and Eryck Bry, and runs in all major DAWs on Mac and PC.
Eighteen months in the making, SubCulture is out today. Learn more here.
