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unseen tolkien 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

geomorphs the geometry across five landscapes. fully down is room, a quarter is corridor, centre is canyon, three-quarters is forest and fully up is open; settings in between blend the two nearest.

regenfeeds the reflections back into themselves. above about 80% of its travel the loop self-oscillates into flutter and saturates at a fixed ceiling.

distsource distance and room size together, plus the distance law. turning it up moves the source further away (0.5 to 8.5 m) and enlarges the space. near reflections dominate at the bottom, a quarter of the way up is physically correct, centre makes all reflections equally loud, and above centre far reflections are louder than near ones.

tuneblends the corridor's flutter spacing from real geometry toward a pitched metallic comb, about 40 hz to 2 khz. it only works while corridor is part of the geo blend; on room, canyon, forest or open it does nothing. with regen up it becomes a playable resonator.

damphigh-frequency loss on the output and inside the feedback loop. turning it up darkens the reflections and makes each regenerated pass duller than the last; fully down leaves the loop open.

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

space & motion · wam-110 · standalone + cv modulation

unseen tolkien image-source early reflections

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vst3 · au · aax · macos 11+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · unlocks in the tangle rack too

dry · the kookaburra on its own
default factory settings
rusty ascent grainy · moving
golden migration warm · moving
taut horizon punchy

§ every control

what each knob does

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

geoMorphs the geometry across five landscapes. Fully down is room, a quarter is corridor, centre is canyon, three-quarters is forest and fully up is open; settings in between blend the two nearest.

regenFeeds the reflections back into themselves. Above about 80% of its travel the loop self-oscillates into flutter and saturates at a fixed ceiling.

distSource distance and room size together, plus the distance law. Turning it up moves the source further away (0.5 to 8.5 m) and enlarges the space. Near reflections dominate at the bottom, a quarter of the way up is physically correct, centre makes all reflections equally loud, and above centre far reflections are louder than near ones.

tuneBlends the corridor's flutter spacing from real geometry toward a pitched metallic comb, about 40 Hz to 2 kHz. It only works while corridor is part of the GEO blend; on room, canyon, forest or open it does nothing. With REGEN up it becomes a playable resonator.

dampHigh-frequency loss on the output and inside the feedback loop. Turning it up darkens the reflections and makes each regenerated pass duller than the last; fully down leaves the loop open.

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

§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Unseen Tolkien 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

Unseen Tolkien is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and unseen tolkien 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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§ the box

unseen tolkien

US$25or all 76 · US$399one-time