NYX-DSP Bad TeaNYX-DSP has released Bad Tea, a sensor-driven automatic double tracking (ADT) plugin for Windows and macOS. Since Ken Townsend came up with ADT at Abbey Road, the basic approach has hardly changed. Even in software, most popular plugins are emulations of the original tape setup: a delayed copy moved around by an LFO. Bad Tea takes a different route. Bad Tea uses sensor arrays that analyse the incoming audio continuously and use it to steer shifts in Time, Amplitude and Pitch (TAP) on the wet path. Each knob sets the range the double can move through, and the sensors decide where in that range it sits from moment to moment, so the double moves with the performance. The plugin started out as "Better ADT" and kept growing. An LFO adds traditional modulation on top, four tape-inspired Harmonics models add colour, and both the dry and wet paths have their own level, pan and EQ. Used gently, it does the job it was built for on vocals. At higher settings, it can be used for chorus, saturation and larger-scale reshaping of a wide range of sources. Key features: Time, Amplitude and Pitch circuits, all driven by sensors that follow the input, so the double reacts to the performance. LFO with rate and depth for classic ADT modulation or larger movement. Harmonics: four oversampled tape-inspired saturation models with wow and flutter. Separate dry and wet paths, each with its own level, pan and 3-band EQ. Light and dark panel finishes. Pricing and availability Bad Tea is available now for £25 from nyx-dsp.com. A fully functional 7-day trial is available: Formats: VST3 (Windows and macOS), AU (macOS). macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. License key activation with no iLok. Each license can be activated on up to 3 machines. Product page and trial: https://nyx-dsp.com/bad-tea.html User guide (PDF): https://nyx-dsp.com/manuals/BAD-Tea-Manual.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpSl9ZMIJ98 Read More