
LO-FI DISTORTION & CREATIVE TEXTURE ENGINE
Mortamer by Gooey Audio is a unique lo-fi effects plugin designed to add grit, character, and movement to your sound. It goes beyond standard distortion with formant filtering, sample rate reduction, and creative aliasing techniques for bold, experimental textures.
Shape everything from subtle degradation to extreme digital chaos using modulation, dithering, and ring-mod-style processing.
With 70 presets and a flexible workflow, it’s a powerful tool for bold, experimental sound design.
Available Format: VST3, AU, and AAX
Compatibility: macOS, Windows
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Modern digital audio often sounds too clinical, making it hard for your tracks to stand out in a crowded mix. Mortamer by Gooey Audio is a specialized lo-fi multi-effect designed to move away from that sterile perfection by embracing authentic digital grit and hardware-inspired character. Instead of just another harsh bit-crusher, this plugin acts as a creative sound design tool that values texture and personality over technical purity.
Standard decimators frequently struggle with piercing, unwanted aliasing that can ruin a mix. Mortamer approaches this problem differently by using several short, averaged delays to create a "mock filter." This unique system allows you to dull those aggressive, high-pitched artifacts while keeping the underlying crunch and weight of your sound. Whether you need subtle warmth for a pad or heavy digital destruction for a bassline, you can dial in the exact amount of grit without the typical ear-fatiguing harshness.
Vocal Texture Morphing: The built-in formant filter lets you apply vowel-like tones such as "Ah" or "Oo" to synths and drums, giving them a more organic and human quality.
Dynamic Movement: An integrated LFO allows you to modulate internal parameters, ensuring your lo-fi textures shift and breathe rather than staying static.
Specialized Aliasing Modes: Three distinct modes for filtering artifacts give you total control over how the bit-reduction interacts with your high-end frequencies.
Low CPU Overhead: This boutique plugin is built for efficiency, allowing you to run multiple instances across your project without taxing your computer's processor.
Beyond simple bit-reduction, Mortamer includes a pseudo ring-modulator for those moments when you want to push into metallic or industrial soundscapes. The interface is built for speed, featuring a streamlined slider-based layout that encourages experimentation rather than menu-diving. Combined with precise high-pass and low-pass resonant filters, you have everything you need to sculpt unique, gritty textures that give your productions a distinct, tactile edge.
Sample rate and bit depth reduction for digital character
Built-in LFO modulates and moves various internal parameters
Classic resonant filters for both low and high frequencies
Dithering that remains proportional to the input signal amplitude
Three distinct modes for filtering aliased image artifacts
Vowel formant filtering including Ah, Oo, E, and Ya
Pseudo ring-modulator for abrasive and industrial tonal textures
Delay-averaged mock filter preserves character while dulling harshness
Visual display provides real-time feedback on frequency response
Efficient boutique design ensures a very low CPU footprint
Intuitive slider-based interface allows for a quick workflow
Local user folder for saving and organizing custom presets For every dollar you spend on any Deal or in the Shop, past, present or future, we'll give you back 10% of that in store rewards credit that will be saved in your Rewards Wallet.
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