KLSTRBAS

KLSTRBAS (which stands for "cluster bass") is a plugin for the well-known audio editing tool Audacity that can help advanced computer users such as sound engineers, music producers or users with similar activities enhance the quality of their projects.

As one could probably imagine, this plugin can be used to create dense sounds by combining various waveforms with fixed frequency ratio values between them. For example, the early drum machines created by Roland generated cymbal sounds partially by merging several square waves with non-integral frequency ratios.

The resulting combined signal was processed through a high-pass filter that produced a dense cluster of high-frequency harmonics. KLSTRBAS was born during a fail attempt to create the cymbal sounds by using the technique described above.

Among the parameters that can be adjusted by using this plugin users can find MIDI key, Decay, Fractional Decay, Density, Detune and Flange. Adjusting these parameters can be simply done by accessing the plugin's configuration window and dragging the sliders across the bars until the desired value is reached.

An alternative would be typing the values directly in the designated boxes. This operation can be better handled by professionals who already know what values should be placed there in the first place.