Okay Shaper, a volume shaper plugin developed by Okay Synthesizer, is currently available for free.
In this article we cover the giveaway details and an overview of Okay Shaper.
1. What Is Okay Synthesizer Okay Shaper?
Okay Shaper is a 3-band volume shaper plugin that lets you set an independent curve, depth, rate and trigger for each of the Low, Mid and High bands. By drawing curves and syncing them to the host (or running them free), you can create sidechain-style pumping, trance gating, stutter, tremolo and more inside a single plugin. Multiband moves such as ducking only the low end in time with the kick while giving the mids a different motion and gating the highs can be done without any routing.
Key Features
- 3-band structure using Linkwitz-Riley crossovers (the Mid band is always active and can run full range; the Low and High bands are added with a double-click)
- Curve editor for each band with up to 32 breakpoints and tension adjustment
- Sync covers 16 note values, while free-run ranges from 0.01 to 50 Hz
- Independent transient detector per band (pre/post crossover switching, sensitivity, detection band and sidechain input support)
- Three trigger modes: Free (follows the clock), Retrigger (restarts the curve on onset detection) and Envelope (plays once per onset)
- 23 curve shapes including gate and ducking types, which can be edited, saved and loaded into other bands
- Automatic fallback to the main input when the sidechain bus is not connected
- Anti-click gain glide (0.15 to 30 ms) to prevent click noise, with zero latency
- 8 theme presets, with color customization also available
Samples Used in the Video | Splice Sounds
- STCR2_MHPT3_126_Synth_Arp_Exodus_Fmin
- T_TSCR2_126_kick_loop_caracas
- 91V_SF_126_drum_top_loop_lose_myself_complex
- AU_GEDH_126_drum_fill_loop_paunchy
2. How to Install and Activate Okay Shaper
You can grab it from the “GET IT — NAME YOUR PRICE” section on the official site. The price is up to you, and $0 (free) can be selected. After checking out, download and install the plugin, then enter your email address on launch and click the link in the email you receive to activate it.
Summary
That covers the free giveaway of Okay Synthesizer Okay Shaper. A 3-band volume shaper with independent curves, transient detection and 23 shapes is a genuinely useful tool to have on hand, and grabbing it at $0 makes it an easy addition to any effects folder.