hold the mic

spring reverb model

spring reverb model

A physical model of a spring reverb tank. In a real spring, different frequencies travel at different speeds, which is what smears each transient into the characteristic chirp before the wash arrives. This models that dispersion directly rather than sampling it, then adds the tank's damped reflections.

The range runs from subtle vintage spring to full surf slap.

SPILL adds a second, detuned tank that only receives what the first one overflows. Quiet playing stays in one spring; hits spill across into the second, bloom with their own chirp, then drain away.

It runs the same DSP as the module in Tangle; nothing is cut down for the standalone version. One licence covers both: this plugin, and the same module unlocked inside the rack.

what each knob does

Six controls, no menus. Here they are on the panel itself.

it modulates itself

Hold The Mic ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Pick a modulator, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required.

it keeps what you just played

A rolling capture strip runs beneath the panel, always recording the plugin's output. No transport, nothing to arm. Played something great while you were just tweaking? Click-drag across the history waveform to select it, then drag the slice straight into your DAW timeline.

ARM flips it to ring-capture for hands-free takes.

it unlocks in tangle too

Hold The Mic is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and hold the mic unlocked inside the rack, where you can patch it into any other module you own. There is no second purchase and no upgrade path; the rack itself costs nothing.

Sign in once in the rack and your licences follow your account: a module bought this morning appears at the next licence check, on every machine you install on.

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