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monster energy vst3 / au / aax

randomize

no rolls

amount 100%

1 curve → a knob · a shape you draw, looping

the actual plugin layout: module · randomize · two modulator slots · history strip, in one window. click a tab to switch a slot; hover to hold

hscnhorizontal scan rate, from 5 hz (a sub-audio buzz-chop) up to 3 khz (a pitched line-tone whistle).

vscnvertical scan rate, which sets the frame rate underneath, 0.05 to 5 hz.

skewleans the read scan into a diagonal, so row boundaries fall out of line with the horizontal jumps and the discontinuity pattern smears into a two-dimensional moire.

tilta cosine brightness window that opens and closes once per frame. lower settings dim the output once per frame; fully up, it goes silent once per frame.

mixdry/wet balance. fully down is dry only; fully up is the effect alone.

crush & lo-fi · wam-46 · standalone + cv modulation

monster energy free video-tube lo-fi

freefree · included with the tangle download

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vst3 · au · aax · macos 11+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · in the rack and standalone

dry · the kookaburra on its own
default factory settings
grainy flinch bright · grainy
velvet path warm · grainy · moving
airy pendulum bright · grainy
shadowed chip dark

§ every control

what each knob does

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

scan rateshscn and vscn set how fast the signal is re-scanned.

geometryskew shears the scan so the image smears diagonally.

post-scan tonetilt re-colours the brightness after the scan.

§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Monster Energy ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Two slots, each running one of six modulators: pick one from a slot's tabs, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required. Both slots can run the same kind, each its own copy, and slot 2 can be switched off.

lfoSmooth cyclic movement: sine, triangle, square, sample & hold, or a shape you draw.

curveA looping contour you draw by hand: smooth, spiked or stepped.

noiseStepped, smoothed or slewed randomness for texture and wander.

transientListens for hits, then fires a trigger plus an envelope on every transient it hears.

env followTracks how loud you are playing and turns that into a control voltage.

timingSpreads hits as evenly as possible across a bar, so rhythms land musically instead of bunched.

§ always recording

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.

§ one purchase, two plugins

it unlocks in tangle too

Monster Energy is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. It is free either way: it is in the rack from the moment you install it, and it installs as this standalone plugin at the same time.

Make a free account, download the installer, and both are there, with no serial to enter.

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§ the box

monster energy