ITHACA is out – the first release by SoundDrops in the brand new DEW Acqua product line, Available in VST3, AAX, and AU plugin formats, and is compatible with all major DAWs on macOS and Windows systems.
ITHACA is, at its core, a saturator/distortion unit inspired by researches into nonlinear sound processing, dating back to the mid-1960s. It’s a sound processor designed and optimized primarily for guitarists, but it can also be used in many other creative and unexpected ways.
ITHACA the perfect secret weapon to breathe life into dull sounds, add drama to overly “polite” musical contexts, or create colorful sonic textures that can take your mix to the next level.
Key Features
• Musical saturation with Drive, Bias, and 2nd Harmonic control
• Up to 16× oversampling for reduced aliasing and higher fidelity
• Pre-saturation tilt EQ for tonal shaping
• Classic post-saturation tone circuits inspired by iconic pedals
• Stereo speaker emulation with multiple cabinet models
• Output level control with clipping warning
• Fully resizable, high-quality user interface
ITHACA (click on image to start gallery)
ITHACA_GUI_shadow
ITHACA Page
ITHACA Structure-WBG
In all the following audio and video demos, only ITHACA has been used, aside from some reverb and delay courtesy of RICE and FIRETHEDELAY by Acustica Audio.
Marimba Drone
ITHACA Demo
Easy on the Fretboard
Drum Loop 1
Drum Loop 2
Drum Loop 3
In each of these drum loop tests, the first loop is the original one, followed by two versions processed by ITHACA.