KiloHearts Bitcrush Software (Download)

Kilohearts Bitcrush: Simulate Lo-Fi Sound Sources

When nostaliga hits, Bitcrush can bring you back to the digital hardware of times past. It simulates the audio being played back using a low quality sampler with limited sample rate and bit depth. Mm, crunchy. Bitcrush can be used to create distorting effects that sound like that of scraping analog radio, or inherently lo-fi sound sources, like old video games.

What’s a Snapin?

This plugin is a “snapin”. That means you can use it as a regular VST/AU plugin, or you can use it with our snapin hosts Multipass and Snap Heap where you can combine effects in amazing ways.

Kilohearts Bitcrush Features

• Rate display – Down sample the signal to a minimum of 200 Hz
• Bits knob – Quantize the amplitude of each sample of the signal. A lower value will result in a more distorted sound
• ADC Q knob – Quality of the analog-to-digital conversion. A lower value will add dissonant aliasing in the low frequencies
• DAC Q knob – Quality of the digital-to-analog conversion. A lower value will add dissonant aliasing in the high frequencies
• Dither knob – Adds noise to the signal in order to reduce distortion caused by quantization
• Mix knob – The dry/wet mix of this effect. A lower value will let some of the unmodified signal through
• Settings panel – Whenever you have your mouse cursor over a snapin there is a small arrow at the top right corner (not visible in screenshot). It opens a settings panel where you handle presets.  It also has a “randomize” button that can be useful
• Enabled checkbox – The small checkbox to the left of the plugin name is a checkbox that bypasses the effect when disabled
• Resize handle – The bottom right corner of all Kilohearts plugins is a resize handle for scaling the UI to any size. This allows you to get a good view of the controls whatever the screen resolution, and also comes in handy if you need big controls, e.g. when using Bitcrush as a real-time effect on a touchscreen monitor during a live set. (This is not available when the snapin is used inside a snapin host.)

System Requirements

These are the minimum recommended system requirements for running snapins.

CPU:

• 2 GHz or faster

Memory:

• 1 GB or more

Operating System:

• Windows (7 or newer) or Mac OS X (10.7 or newer)

Software:

• A VST / Audio Unit / AAX compatible DAW

Supported formats:

• AAX
• AU
• VST2
• Snapin

Please note: If you use a lot of snapins at the same time in your patch the CPU usage willincrease accordingly. Thus, we cannot guarantee that the snapins will work flawlessly in all use cases even if your system does meet the minimum recommended system requirements.