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pina coladas vst3 / au / aax
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lfo → a knob · smooth cyclic sweep
the actual plugin layout: module · mod selector · cv source · history strip, in one window. click a row to switch; hover to hold
pitch & frequency · wam-38 · standalone + cv modulation

pina coladas

envelope tremolo

US$25or every module · US$9/monthor all 74 · US$249one-time · 14-day free trial built in
vst3 · au · aax · macos 11+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · unlocks in the tangle rack too
§ what it does

envelope tremolo

Tremolo and ring modulation whose depth follows your dynamics. An envelope follower reads the input level and sets how deeply the carrier cuts in, so quiet passages pass nearly clean while loud ones get chopped hard.

RATE runs from slow tremolo up past about 30 Hz, where the effect becomes a clangorous ring modulator. AM mode keeps it as level movement; RM mode goes to full metallic sidebands.

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.

§ every control

what each knob does

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

self-driven tremolothe amplitude envelope drives the vca on the same signal, so loud passages get modulated hardest and quiet ones stay clear.
attack and releaseatk and rel set how fast the envelope chases the level up and down.
am into rmmode crosses from unipolar am toward bipolar rm, where quiet passages flip phase for true self-ring-modulation.
§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Pina Coladas 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.

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.
memoryA loop of random voltages that repeats until you let it mutate, one step at a time.
driftSix related voltages from two particles moving through a shared field: they drift together, not separately.
§ 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

Pina Coladas is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and pina coladas 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.

§ the box

pina coladas

formats
vst3 · audio unit (au) · aax
platforms
macos 11+ (universal) · windows 10+ (64-bit) — full requirements
in tangle
the same licence unlocks this module inside the free Tangle rack, patchable into every other module — one purchase, both plugins, nothing extra to buy
trial
14 days, full function, then buy to keep patching
licence
no ilok · serial LHD-… by email
modulators
lfo · drawable curve · noise · transient, all included
currency
charged in us dollars · your bank converts at its own rate
refunds
30-day money back, no questions
discontinued
if this plugin is retired your licence keeps working and your serial stays on your account — terms, section 1.3