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Description
Unleash your creativity with the KiloHearts Multipass, a multiband modular plugin that transforms your audio processing into an art form. This versatile tool divides your incoming sound into up to five distinct frequency bands, each customizable with its own chain of Snapin effects. Whether you're a sound designer looking to craft a unique multiband compressor or a producer aiming to create an intricate soundscape, Multipass provides the canvas for your artistic vision.
The open architecture of the KiloHearts Ecosystem empowers you to design effects beyond imagination. Picture an effect that rhythmically modulates reverb on the highs, adds distortion and width to the mids, and compresses the lows. With Multipass, this isn't just a dream—it's a reality. The included KiloHearts Essentials suite offers a broad array of effects, ready to be modulated and combined across your frequency bands.
Dive deeper into sound manipulation with its mind-blowing modular modulation system, allowing for endless possibilities of envelopes, LFOs, and randomization. Built by seasoned developers, every aspect of Multipass is optimized for high-quality processing with minimal CPU load, ensuring your creativity is never hindered by technical limitations.
Plus, with KiloHearts' commitment to lifetime free updates, you'll always be at the forefront of innovation without extra costs. Compatible with all major DAWs and operating systems, including M1 Native support, Multipass is the smart choice for any serious musician or producer.
Key Features:
- Modular multiband Snapin host with up to five frequency bands
- KiloHearts Essentials effects suite included
- Modular modulation system for diverse and complex sound manipulation
- Optimized for high-quality audio processing with low CPU usage
- Lifetime free updates with future-proof OS compatibility
- Supports VST 2, VST 3, AAX, and Audio Unit standards
Product specs
| Plugin Format | AU, VST |
Videos
Kilohearts
Kilohearts Tutorials - Introduction to Multipass
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Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about kiloHearts Multipass.
Features and functionality
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SnapHeap offers 7 serial/parallel lanes for processing, contrasting with MultiPass's focus on band-specific lanes, providing different workflow options.
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Multipass allows nesting of instances within each other in the Kilohearts ecosystem, enhancing creative flexibility compared to standalone use.
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Multipass allows precise band-specific adjustments like delay, saturation, and transient shaping, making it versatile for detailed multiband processing that Logic's stock plugins can't match.
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Comparisons
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MultiPass includes all of SnapHeap's LFOs, envelopes, and modulation features, but adds multiband processing capabilities.
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Multipass is noted for having cleaner, less phasey crossovers than Bitwig, making it preferable for processing basses.
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Blue Cat Audio MB-7 and Patchwork are mentioned as alternatives, with MB-7 offering up to 7 bands of AU/VST stacking, providing similar multiband capabilities to Multipass.
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User experience
Value and pricing
Use cases and applications
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SnapHeap is preferred for single-band chains, while MultiPass excels in creative, band-specific sound design tasks.
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Triad is often used for sound effects, while Multipass is favored for music due to its user-friendly workflow and lower CPU usage.
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Multipass is noted for its ability to band-pass and process each band individually, offering comprehensive effects options not easily replicated in Logic Pro X.
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Software and compatibility
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Multipass integrates well with Phase Plant, considered essential for users already within the Kilohearts ecosystem.
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Logic users may face challenges replicating Multipass's multiband processing with stock plugins, often considering third-party solutions like DDMF's Metaplugin for more complex setups.
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4.5 out of 5
Based on 1 Review and 9 Ratings
Artist usage
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Mat Zo tweets, "Woke up at 5am to say the @kiloHearts Multipass thing is too sick! Its like an everything burrito" (Tweet posted July 2015).
He's referring to the kiloHearts Multipass multi-fx VST/AU plugin.
Evinced by the 16 Multipass presets in Huang's Polychrome Content Bank.
A Kilohearts content bank designed by the one and only Andrew Huang. Featuring over 30 presets for Phase Plant and Multipass, this collection will give you a refreshing sip of Andrew's sound, his workflow, his philosophy. Synth leads, pads, basses, FX... multiband processing for electronic or acoustic sources... the creative fun is just about to begin.
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