Elevate your heavy metal vocal performances with Ablaze's Screamer, a meticulously designed vocal production plugin created explicitly by metal music enthusiasts.
Introducing Ablaze Screamer: The Ultimate Plugin for Extreme Vocals
Ablaze, a new plugin brand headed by metal vocalist Jochem de Jong, has released a groundbreaking tool for metal musicians – the Ablaze Screamer. This plugin is specifically designed to enhance extreme vocals, making it an essential addition to any metal musician's arsenal.
Key Features
The Ablaze Screamer is packed with features that cater to the unique demands of extreme vocals. Here's a rundown:
- Control Module: This section offers multiband tone shaping, dynamic control, and tube-style distortion. It features high and low-pass filters, Drive and Mix controls for distortion, and compression and limiting dials (Chop and Release) to refine the vocal tone.
- Thicken Module: This module adds stereo width and presence using a combination of comb filtering and diffusion, making vocals sound wider and fatter.
- Flavor Module: This module introduces reverb and delay with auto-ducking, keeping vocals prominent in the mix.
- Preset Collection: The plugin comes with an extensive collection of presets tailored for different vocal techniques and musical contexts.
- Zero Latency: The plugin allows for real-time monitoring during recording, making it suitable for live tracking.
- Formats: The Ablaze Screamer is available in VST, AU, and AAX formats for compatibility with various DAWs.
Capabilities
The Ablaze Screamer is designed to enhance a wide range of extreme vocal techniques, including lows, mids, highs, gutturals, and pig squeals. It offers a streamlined single-page layout that is intuitive and user-friendly, visually mapping out the signal flow for easy navigation.
Priced at 69 euros, the plugin is initially offered with a 25% discount during the launch period.
Addressing the Challenge of Mixing Extreme Vocals
The biggest challenge in producing extreme music, according to Ablaze, is mixing the vocals and achieving a modern, polished, larger-than-life vocal tone. The Ablaze Screamer is designed to address this challenge, taking vocals to the next level.
The plugin is now available for macOS and Windows in VST/AU/AAX formats. Ablaze is also working on the development of Vocal Assist Bundle, a set of easy-to-use plugins for mixing extreme vocals.
In a world where metal-oriented Kontakt libraries and virtual instruments, including low-tuned guitars, crunchy bass guitars, and hard-hitting drum kits, are increasingly accessible, producing entire metal tracks in a basic home studio has become easier. With the Ablaze Screamer, extreme vocalists can now join the ranks of polished, professional-sounding productions.
- The Ablaze Screamer, a revolutionary plugin for metal musicians, not only enhances extreme vocals but also adds a touch of technology to entertainment, elevating the music experience for both performers and listeners.
- As technology advances and the realm of entertainment becomes more immersive, the Ablaze Screamer and its future offerings such as the Vocal Assist Bundle ensure that extreme music remains at the forefront, blurring the line between professional and amateur productions with its powerful features designed for music creation.
