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The producer-feedback round: stable note tracking, the NOTE pitch source with Key lock and Follow bends, unsure-means-neutral fallbacks, Anvil's Enhance mode, MAIN and ADVANCED pages, Ballast on Grid by default, and Crucible's sure-note slice names with a song key. Adds docs/pitch.md for the shared pitch source, updates every changed plugin's README and changelog, the release table, the editor previews, the website bullets, and the status in docs/ideas.md.
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Lathe
Lathe is an EQ whose bands sit on the harmonics of the note being played. Current version 0.3.0.
A normal EQ works in fixed frequencies. A cut at 130 Hz takes out the 3rd harmonic of an F1 bass, the 2nd of a C2, and the fundamental of a C3, so the same bass sounds different on every note of a riddim line. Lathe follows the pitch and places one band on each harmonic: "−12 dB on harmonic 3" stays on harmonic 3 whatever note plays.
Install on Windows
Copy Lathe.clap into C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\. In FL Studio 2024.1
or newer, open Options → Manage plugins, enable Verify plugins, and Find installed
plugins. Load Lathe in a mixer slot of the bass, after the synth and before bus
processing. Keep the font license with redistributed packages.
Work with it
The editor opens on the MAIN page with the bars, the macros and Width. The ADVANCED switch in the header adds Harmonics, Smooth, Gate and Snap.
- Play the bass. The note readout shows what Lathe tracks; the lower strip of the editor shows each harmonic's level going in (grey) and coming out (pink). While a note plays, harmonics 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 also show where they sit in Hz.
- Draw gains on the harmonic bars. Drag across bars to paint a shape; Shift-drag for fine steps; double-click a bar to reset it.
- Use the macros for the whole series:
- Tilt brightens or darkens in dB per octave of harmonic number. The fundamental is the pivot.
- Odd/Even lifts odd harmonics and lowers even ones (positive, more square-like) or the reverse (negative, more octave-like).
- Between sets the gain halfway between harmonics. Cut it to clean up noise, beating and inharmonic grit; lift it for dirt.
- Width sets every band's bandwidth as a share of the harmonic spacing. Narrow bands touch only the harmonic; wide bands also move its surroundings.
Other controls (Harmonics, Smooth, Gate and Snap on the ADVANCED page):
- Harmonics is how many harmonics are shaped (8–32). Higher harmonics pass unchanged.
- Smooth is the retune time for slides and pitch bends. A new note always retunes at once, on its attack.
- Gate is the input level that counts as a note. Raise it if tails or reverb start new notes.
- Mix blends with the delayed dry signal; Output trims the level.
- Snap to semitone rounds the detected pitch. Turn it off for slides.
- Shapes set the drawn gains: Flat, Odd only, Even only, or Hollow (harmonics 2–4 cut).
The drawn gains are saved with the project but are not automation parameters; the macros are.
Pitch source
Pitch from in the header chooses where the note comes from: AUDIO detects it, MIDI follows MIDI notes sent to Lathe, and NOTE uses a note you set. For heavy FM, formant or noise basses, NOTE with the drop's root is the safest choice. Key lock and Follow bends tune the detection. While detection is unsure of the note, Lathe passes the audio unchanged and the readout shows ?. See Pitch source.
Timing and limits
Detection uses about 67 ms of lookahead, reported to the host for delay compensation, so the bands are tuned before each note's attack leaves the plugin. Pitch range is 30–500 Hz, one note at a time; chords are not separated. Before the first note Lathe passes audio unchanged; between notes it holds the last tuning so tails keep their shape. Bands above 0.45 × the sample rate are skipped.