Flare
by Puremagnetik · Chorus · Spectral BBD ensemble effect
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Flare is a spectral ensemble effect built around a bucket-brigade delay line, with a Chebyshev waveshaper and a Sweep filter modeled on a Moog diode low-pass.
Spectral Blur, Revolve panning, a multi-tap Delay and Shake tremolo round it out, for $20.
Best for: Keys & Synths, Guitars, Sound Design. Genres: Ambient & Cinematic, Electronic & EDM, Lo-Fi.
Keywords: spectral, BBD, hardware emulation, tremolo, chorus, classic, electric guitar, keys, synths, 70s, dreamy, enhancement, lo-fi, mixing, sound design, spacious, pads, vintage, wide.
What it does
Flare is "a spectral ensemble effect based on the bucket-brigade delay line". It aims for the dreamy chorus of classic string machines, then adds waveshaping, filtering, spectral blur and movement in one short chain.
- Waveshaper: the first stage is a Chebyshev waveshaper that adds harmonics or outright distortion.
- Sweep: a low-pass filter modeled on the Moog diode ladder, after the waveshaper.
- Depth: sets the amount of the bucket-brigade ensemble effect.
- Blur: smears the sound across the spectral domain.
- Revolve and Delay: Revolve pans the sound around the stereo field; Delay adds echoes and multi-taps.
- Shake: tremolo, including an auto-tremolo setting.
KVR says a demo is available from Puremagnetik.
Source: Puremagnetik product page
When to use it
Flare is the better pick when you want a chorus that changes the sound, not just widens it. Compared with Eventide TriceraChorus or Arturia Chorus JUN-6, it is less of a clean mix tool: it adds drive, a filter, spectral blur, auto-panning and tremolo around the ensemble. TAL-Chorus-LX is free and closer to a straight Juno chorus, and D16 Syntorus 2 offers far more detailed voice and modulation control. Flare has only a handful of knobs, so it is quick to dial in but gives less precise control than any of those.
- Best for: widening and animating synth pads, keys, clean guitars and string-machine style parts.
- Genres: ambient, lo-fi, dream pop and electronic music.
- Look elsewhere if: you want a faithful vintage chorus with no extra colour (Chorus JUN-6, TAL-Chorus-LX or Arturia Chorus DIMENSION-D).
Where to buy
- Puremagnetik: $20
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