Voxengo Shinechilla

Voxengo Shinechilla is described as an experimental creative sound effect, an AAX, AudioUnit, and VST plugin aimed at users who deal with sound creation and music production apps. Its highest-rated characteristics are the lack of intermodulation distortion, along with the capability of generating and blending 2nd, 3rd, and 4th harmonics.

Harmonics are the name of the game, and Shinechilla should deliver just that. It excels at solo instrument processing by generating clear and precise harmonic coloration, which is added on top of the sound, and not distorting or scrambling the original source.

The UI is as comprehensible as possible unless you are new to VST plugins. There is a Presets menu that offers several hand-picked styles, a harmonic selection tab at the bottom of the pane, and dozens of small buttons that help with adjusting the stereo, gain, routing, inversion, etc.

From a compatibility standpoint, the plugin can be loaded into any host application that conforms to the AudioUnit, AAX, or VST plugin specification.

To sum it up, Voxengo Shinechilla is a neat VST/AAX plugin that can be used in creating sound effects or music with the help of various harmonic tones. Electronic music producers and sound designers should get the most out of this plugin, but also casual music lovers and experimentalists.