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Description

Transform your mixes with the Soundtoys Little MicroShift, a powerhouse plugin designed to breathe life into your audio with ease. With just a single button, this intuitive tool offers three distinct flavors of stereo widening, perfect for adding depth to your background vocals or making lead instruments pop. Using a blend of pitch shifting and time-variant delay, Little MicroShift turns ordinary sounds into extraordinary audio experiences, creating rich and immersive stereo fields effortlessly.

The magic behind Little MicroShift lies in its ability to emulate the legendary pitch shifters like the Eventide H3000 and AMS DMX 15-80s, capturing their unique quirks and character without the hefty price tag. The plugin's algorithm, crafted by the very founders of Soundtoys, ensures that you achieve the same lush, wide sound as the original hardware. Whether you're aiming to subtly blend elements into your mix or make a bold statement, this plugin provides the tools to do so with precision and simplicity.

Whether you're a seasoned producer or just starting out, the Soundtoys Little MicroShift is an essential addition to your digital toolkit, allowing you to infuse your tracks with professional-grade stereo width. Its user-friendly interface means you can achieve complex audio processing without a steep learning curve, making it a versatile choice for any musician or producer looking to elevate their sound.

Key Features:

  • Three selectable stereo widening modes
  • Emulates classic hardware pitch shifters
  • Intuitive single-button operation
  • Ideal for vocals, guitars, synths, and more
  • Simple and refined interface for quick results

Product specs

Plugin Format AU, VST
Downloadable free

FAQs

What does Soundtoys Little MicroShift do?

Soundtoys Little MicroShift is a stereo width plugin designed to add width, space, and spread to tracks. It features a simple interface with three buttons and one knob, making it easy to enhance vocals, guitars, synths, and more with minimal effort.

Is Soundtoys Little MicroShift suitable for vocals?

Yes, Soundtoys Little MicroShift is excellent for widening vocals. It enhances vocal tracks by adding space and depth, making them stand out in a mix while maintaining clarity and focus.

How does Little MicroShift compare to other stereo width plugins?

Little MicroShift is known for its simplicity and effectiveness. It offers three distinct widening flavors based on renowned hardware, providing quick and high-quality results without the complexity of more advanced plugins.

Can Soundtoys Little MicroShift be used on instruments other than vocals?

Absolutely, Little MicroShift is versatile and can be used to widen lead guitars, synths, and other instruments. It helps create a fuller sound and can either make instruments stand out or blend them into the background as needed.

Does Soundtoys Little MicroShift require a lot of processing power?

Little MicroShift is designed to be efficient and should not significantly tax your system's resources, making it suitable for use in sessions with multiple tracks and plugins.

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Reviews

Owner Insights

We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Soundtoys Little MicroShift.

Features and functionality

  • Mode 2 is based on the Eventide H3000's preset 519, making it ideal for widening vocals with a classic touch.

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Use cases and applications

  • Often used on claps, snaps, snares, and foley elements for added width and dimension, though it primarily excels on background elements.

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  • When used on a return track, it can significantly enhance stereo width, but care is needed to maintain mono compatibility.

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Software and compatibility

  • Some users experienced issues with Little MicroShift not being recognized in Ableton until bridged to 64-bit using jbridger.

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Comparisons

  • While Ozone Imager offers similar widening effects, users find the tonal results differ, suggesting both tools may serve different needs.

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geovoc

good!

Great free plugin from sound toys! Definitely a good starting point and tool for chorus effects.

freezeetch

love SoundToys stuff.

Haven't had much time with this yet, but I love SoundToys stuff.

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See how The Weeknd uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

The Weeknd

Singer, Keyboardist

Bulleez n Nerdz

...
Verified via Soundonsound

In an article from Sound On Sound, it is noted that The Weeknd uses the Soundtoys Little MicroShift plugin to add depth and fill space in his music.

See how Beyoncé uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Beyoncé

Singer

Destiny’s Child

...
Verified via Soundonsound

Used on "Apeshit", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) Beyoncé’s lead vocal tracks consist of three aux tracks, four ‘dirty’ and eight ‘clean’ audio tracks. The audio tracks only have the EQ3 on the inserts and a few of them have a send to the Church Reverb. All White’s processing is done on the three aux tracks. “All lead vocals are sent to the ‘B Aux’ track and the ‘B Parra Aux’ tracks. On the former I have the McDSP DS 555 de-esser. I use the Waves de-esser the most, but in this particular track, because I wanted to compress her voice really hard, I felt that the 555 would work the best. I am rolling off until 6144Hz into what it is detecting; it’s like a side-chain filter. The FabFilter Pro-DS is doing a little more gentle look-ahead de-essing.

“After that there’s some pretty heavy EQ from the EQ3, with a high-pass at 142Hz, a 9dB cut at 244Hz and a 2dB cut at 3kHz. My cut at 244Hz is because she is singing in this husky, low voice, so there’s not a lot of energy in that. I get the energy from the RComp compression, and the EQs, including from the SSL E-Channel, are there to make her sit in the track, rather than making it sound filtered. I love the RComp, mainly because it doesn’t sound like compression to me. The SSL E-Channel adds a bit more compression, and the [Crane Song] Phoenix II Tape Emulation is really cool because while it doesn’t actually sound like tape, it smoothes out transients in a signal just like much analogue equipment does. It enables me to get a fatter vocal sound that again makes the vocal sit in the mix. The final EQ3 has a notch at 3.2kHz to take out some harshness. I also have sends to the Verb aux track, which are the D-Verb and [Waves] H-Reverb, and the Delay 1-4 aux, with the EchoBoy.

The other aux track, ‘B Parra Aux’, is a parallel compression track, with the RCompressor and the CLA 76, which I mixed in low. Both these aux tracks then go to the ‘LD ALL Aux’, on which I’m doing some more surgery with the McDSP AE400 [dynamic EQ], which allows you to set a threshold, just like on a compressor. It’s like turning a volume knob down on a frequency the moment it gets out of control. Finally, there’s the Waves C4, for some control, to keep the vocal even. This track has a lot of energy, so this is an example of using compression for energy, mood and attitude. I also worked a long time to get the compression on Bey’s breaths to pump on the beat. I wanted her breaths to be another percussive element in the track, and getting the attack and release on the compressor right was key to getting that feel and pumping effect.”

Five of the 22 Beyoncé ad lib, backing and harmony vocals below her lead vocals also go to the above-mentioned aux tracks, while the rest have their own signal chains. These audio tracks are sent to several aux tracks, often with tons of plug-ins, and all aux vocal tracks in the end get sent to the ‘Voc All’ group aux right at the top of the session, which has an RCompressor, with ratio at 10:1. There are more group aux tracks, like ‘TrackAux’, ‘FX Voc Aux’, ‘FX’ and ‘Music Aux’, which all get sent to the ‘All Aux’. This in turn gets sent to the ‘no limiter’ mix print track, and finally there’s a Stereo Master track.

See how Jay-Z uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Jay-Z

Rapper, Music Producer

Roc-A-Fella Family

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Verified via Soundonsound

Used on "APESHIT", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) Jay-Z’s part consists of just two tracks, one lead, and one ad-lib, with an additional ‘reverse’ track, and a ‘jay clean’ track. White: “The main lead vocal track has the SSL E0-channel, Waves C4 multiband compressor for some control, FabFilter Pro-Q2 EQ, with a few notches, and McDSP AE400. Where Jay raps ‘Tell the Grammy’s fuck that 0 for 8 shit / have you ever seen a crowd goin’ apeshit?’, you can hear some stuff in the background, which is another example of me adding flair and energy. That actually comes from the third ‘Voice Sample’ track further up the session, on which I have some automated plug-ins, the ReVibe, Waves S1 Imager, and filter sweep from the EQ3. It’s subtle, but it gives you a little ear candy.”

See how Andy James uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Andy James

Guitarist

Five Finger Death Punch

...
Verified via Photo

In an Instagram post, Andy James mentions using the Soundtoys Little MicroShift plugin to achieve a thick, wide tone reminiscent of Van Halen's sound on the "Balance" album.

See how Fox Stevenson uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Fox Stevenson

Music Producer

...
Verified via YouTube

at 15:35 you can see his list of soundtoys plugins.

See how Amir Derakh uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Amir Derakh

Guitarist

Orgy

...
Verified via Facebook

as seen in pro tools session

See how Quavo uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Quavo

Rapper

Migos

...
Verified via Soundonsound

Used for Quavo and Offest's features on Beyoncé and Jay-Z's "Apeshit", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) “The Migos vocals came in as seven audio tracks, with the Avid D-Verb on each of them. Putting a D-Verb on a track before EQ is not something I normally do, but it sounded great. So I adjusted them a bit, but otherwise left them as they were. The tracks also came in with the Aux track above, and the EQ3, with a high pass at 60Hz and notches at 430Hz and 1.41kHz and a high boost, the Waves API 2500 compressor, the RComp, the Waves Q10 EQ, following a slightly similar curve to the EQ3, the Waves De-esser, the Waves Aphex Aural Exciter, and the Avid Dyn3 expander/gate. I added the EQ3, with another high-pass filter at 144Hz, and the RComp, with a ratio of 10:1.”

See how Lenno uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Lenno

Music Producer

...
Verified via Photo

This Snapshot was taken from 13/02/2021 Twitch Stream (https://www.twitch.tv/helloimlenno), proving that Lenno is using this Plugin.

See how Stonebank uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Stonebank

Music Producer, DJ

...
Verified via YouTube

At 6:14, Stonebank opens up a list of his plugins. Among these plugins is Little MicroShift.

See how Paul Epworth uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Paul Epworth

Keyboardist

Band Aid 30

...
Verified via Miloco

According to the "equipment list" found on Church Studios, owned by Epworth, one of the things listed is Soundtoys Little MicroShift.

See how Offset uses Soundtoys Little MicroShift

Offset

Rapper

Migos

...
Verified via Soundonsound

Used for Quavo and Offest's features on Beyoncé and Jay-Z's "Apeshit", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) “The Migos vocals came in as seven audio tracks, with the Avid D-Verb on each of them. Putting a D-Verb on a track before EQ is not something I normally do, but it sounded great. So I adjusted them a bit, but otherwise left them as they were. The tracks also came in with the Aux track above, and the EQ3, with a high pass at 60Hz and notches at 430Hz and 1.41kHz and a high boost, the Waves API 2500 compressor, the RComp, the Waves Q10 EQ, following a slightly similar curve to the EQ3, the Waves De-esser, the Waves Aphex Aural Exciter, and the Avid Dyn3 expander/gate. I added the EQ3, with another high-pass filter at 144Hz, and the RComp, with a ratio of 10:1.”

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