Cableguys has released version 2.0 of VolumeShaper, adding a free-running option for its LFO and a refined user interface.
VolumeShaper is an innovative VST plug-in that lets you automate the volume of any signal in a flexible way, yet very precise and easy to use.
The plug-in allows you to easily draw your own waveforms with precision and ease. Using the waveform drawing tool, you can construct your own modulation curves in an intuitive manner.
Accurate and hard-synced cuts to your audio signal can be done just as well as long evolving transitions.
Small corrections, modifying the volume shape of any input signal, such as isolating, fading or muting a piece from a drumloop, can all be done in a second. VolumeShaper 2 also makes an excellent tremolo unit, or can provide the typical effect of sidechain compression. Its sidechain presets give a good start.
VolumeShaper 2 is now available for Windows and, for the first time, Mac OS X as a VST effect plug-in. It costs €15 / $20. Customers of v1.x get the upgrade for free. The demo version is essentially a freebie as it has no time limitation but is restricted to just one instance and to the built-in presets.