This week’s free plugin is Chow Matrix from Chowdhury DSP, a delay plugin for people who either need something very specific, like complex delay effects, or both…
What Is Chow Matrix?
Chow Matrix is an infinitely growable delay effect, with complex internal modulation and feedback. With extra features including pitch-shifting, diffusion, and distortion, the plugin can be used to create everything from subtle multi-tap delays to expansive reverberant spaces.
Features
Mode controls the style of delay line used by the delay nodes. The differences between most of the delay modes is in how they handles delay-line interpolation2 , which is most noticeable when moving or modulating the delay nodes quickly.
Glitch uses zero-order interpolation.
Rough uses linear interpolation.
Smooth uses 3rd-order interpolation.
Ultra Smooth uses 5th-order interpolation.
Liquid uses a short Sinc interpolation.
Super Liquid uses a longer Sinc interpolation.
Lo-Fi uses a bucket-brigade device (BBD) delay line3
Analog uses a longer BBD delay line.
Alien uses a broken BBD delay line for glitchy effects.
How Do I Get Chow Matrix?
Click the button above to go the the Chowdhury DSP website, click download and download the installer.
Chow Matrix is available for The plugin is currently available for Windows, Linux, Mac (Intel Only), and iOS, in the following formats: VST/VST3, AU, LV2, AUv3, AAX, and Standalone.
Julian Rodgers is Editor of Production Expert. He has a background in live sound and has been a Pro Tools user since 2001. He lives by the sea in West Cornwall where he plays piano, bass and guitar equally badly and is an avid collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio.