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Crystallizer

Soundtoys

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Crystallizer is a granular echo synthesizer that captures slices of audio and plays them back with pitch shifting, delay, and feedback to create crystalline, shimmering echo effects. It evolved from the classic "Crystal Echoes" preset on the Eventide H-3000 Harmonizer and offers unprecedented control over granular playback, stereo effects, and dynamic gating. The plugin excels at transforming any input—from pitched vocals to drums—into lush, spiraling, and often surreal echoed textures.

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Key Features

01Pitch shift ±3 octaves (±3600 cents) on captured audio slices
02Splice length control from 0-2050ms for varying grain sizes
03Delay up to 2050ms (fixed, added to splice-based delay)
04Recycle feedback control for spiraling repeating effects
05Gate/Duck with dynamic Threshold and Attack/Release controls
06Forward/Reverse playback modes
07Pitch Offset for stereo detuning (±4800 cents per channel)
08Three Feedback Mode options: Mixed, Dual, and Ping-Pong
09Low Cut (1–5000Hz, 12dB/octave highpass) and High Cut (500Hz–20kHz, 12dB/octave lowpass) filters
10MIDI Sync with note-length control over Splice and Delay
11Smoothing control (20ms minimum) for crossfades between splices
12Ducking Mode selection: Out, Feedback, or Both

Things to Try

  • 01Set Pitch to 1200, Splice to 500ms, Delay to 500ms, and Recycle to around 11 o'clock to create a repeating echo one octave above the original signal
  • 02Use a Splice of 500ms or above with Pitch set to 1200 and a moderate Recycle amount to recreate the classic 'Crystal Echoes' hardware preset sound
  • 03Set Splice below 30ms for minimal delay and rapid metallic playback without discernible pitch, ideal for percussive effects
  • 04Enable Reverse mode with longer Splice settings and high Recycle to produce thick and swirling reverse echoes
Formats
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