Degradator, a bitcrusher plugin developed by DsgDnB, is currently available as a free download. The offer is ending soon, so grab it while you can.
This article covers the download information and an overview of Degradator.
What Is DsgDnB Degradator?
Degradator is a digital degradation effect that turns clean audio into gritty, broken, worn-out textures. Bitcrushing and downsampling are controlled through an interactive XY field that reacts to the audio. It also features jitter, a resonant tone filter, and two degradation characters.
Key Features
- Degradation field: a circular XY controller (X sets Crush, Y sets Downsample) with GPU-rendered visuals
- Crush: bit-depth reduction from subtle grit to fully stepped quantization
- Downsample: sample-and-hold decimation that recreates classic sample-rate reduction
- Jitter: randomizes the decimator timing to create unstable, worn-out textures
- Two characters: raw, gritty decimation, or a Soft mode with an anti-aliasing pre-filter, DAC-style reconstruction and dither
- Tone: a resonant low-pass filter to shape and color the degraded signal
- Equal-power dry/wet mix, plus input and output gain
How to Download and Install Degradator
You can download the installer for your operating system from the “Download” link on the official page (a Google Drive folder).