Alex Hilton releases free A1TriggerGate in VST3 format

Alex Hilton has announced that the free A1TriggerGate plugin is now also available in the VST3 format for macOS and Windows.

Until now A1TriggerGate was only available as VST2-, AU- and AAX-Plugin. This release adds VST3 to the supported formats, which is particularly aimed at all the Cubase users, since Steinberg dropped support for VST2 plugins altogether.

A1TriggerGate is a 'Sequenced Gate' plugin to chop up any incoming audio signal. It is a well known effect in electronic music and sometimes also known as 'Trance Gate' effect.

This plugin synchronizes to the host sequencer / DAW tempo. Each internal sequencer pattern consists of 4 beats / 16 steps (or 12 steps in Triplet mode). Each step length is either a 'ShortStep', 'LongStep', 'StepLink' or 'NoStep' and has its own step volume fader. There are 8 independent patterns that can be switched via automation.

The integrated FX (Lowpass Filter, Drive/Distortion and Echo/Delay) are designed for easy usage. There is only a minimal number of parameters to get the desired effect as fast as possible. Of course there is a 'Global FX Off' switch to step through all presets without hearing any of the integrated FX.

In Expert Mode there a 4 pattern command tabs featuring 'shift left/right', 'copy & paste, 'random' and 'init' commands either for the step volume values, the step length values or all of them. Especially the 'random' command on step length values gives interesting results and is a good source for inspiration.

Features:

• Sequenced gate.
• 8 patterns, 4 beats.
• Triplet mode.
• Additional internal FX (Lowpass Filter, Drive/Distortion, Echo/Delay).
• All parameters automatable.
• All parameter changes fully undoable (undo / redo).
• No latency.
• Resizable GUI (fully vector-based).

Price: Free at a1audio.alexhilton.net/a1triggergate