Animal Testing

Animal Testing VSTs

Free VSTs we built, inspired by the gear we use

macOS

  • VST3
  • AU
  • Standalone

Universal: Apple silicon and Intel

Windows

  • VST3
  • Standalone

64-bit

WaterfallEffect · Chord resonator

Wtfl
AT Waterfall editor with its river spectrogram

Comb filter resonator modelled on the SP‑404’s. Named after TAGABOW’s ‘behind the waterfall’.

  • Key, Octave from C-1 to G9, and Chord
  • Brightness, Decay and Mix
v1.0.0VST3 · AU · Standalone

TapewormEffect · Lo-fi tape

Tpwm
AT Tapeworm tape deck

Worn tape emulator with speed controls: slow the tape itself down to a quarter of real time, live.

  • A Speed dial that slows the tape down to 0.25x
  • Wow, Flutter, Wear, hiss and motor noise
  • Drive, a morphing tape Tone and a tempo-synced Tape Stop
v0.1.0Up to 5 min of tape

Bird ChorusEffect · Analog chorus

Skyc
AT Bird Chorus pedal

Modelled on the Ibanez SC10 Super Stereo Chorus. Inspired by Blue Smiley.

  • Speed, Width, Delay Time, Mix and a footswitch
  • Stereo as Bi-Phase, Dry/Wet Split or Mono-Safe
  • 4x oversampled
v1.1.0VST3 · AU · Standalone

Green RooskieEffect · Fuzz

Grsk
AT Green Rooskie pedal

Modelled on the Russian green muff.

  • Volume, Tone, Sustain and a footswitch
  • 4x oversampled
v1.0.0VST3 · AU · Standalone

Blue HeelerEffect · Overdrive

Bhlr
AT Blue Heeler pedal

Low-gain blues overdrive with two cascaded clipping stages.

  • Level, Tone, Gain and an S / C switch for Standard or Custom voicing
  • Output follows Gain, so it stays near unity
  • True stereo, 4x oversampled
v0.1.0VST3 · AU · Standalone

ReverserEffect · Reverse reverb and delay

Rvsr
AT Reverser editor

Reverse reverb and delay inspired by the RV-7.

  • Reverb, Delay and Wash modes
  • Time from 50 ms to 2 s, or synced from 1/32 to 1/1
  • Tails keep playing after bypass
v0.1.0Tempo sync

NotesUtility · Notepad

Nots
AT Notes editor with text

Literally just a notepad.

  • Passes audio straight through, so it goes on any track
  • Copy and Paste buttons for hosts that keep Cmd+C/V
  • Writes a backup a moment after you stop typing
v0.1.0Resizable

Install

macOS · Windows

1Download

Get the zip for your system from the latest release. Each zip holds every plugin as VST3, AU (macOS) and a Standalone app.

2Copy the plugins

FormatmacOSWindows
VST3~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
AU~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/n/a

3Rescan

In Ableton Live, open Settings → Plug-Ins, turn on the VST3 system folders (and Audio Units on a Mac), then click Rescan. They show up under Plug-Ins → Animal Testing.

The Mac builds aren't notarized yet. If macOS says a plugin is damaged, clear the download flag in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/AT* ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/AT*