r/IndustrialMusicians

I'm a high school student who is developing a free plugin!

A few weeks ago you probably saw that I posted about COGG, a free plugin I built that metallizes and industrializes any sound. Specifically, harmonic distortion, metal plate convolution reverb, and pitch layering are there all in one chain.

I just shipped v1.1 with 8 factory presets so you can dial in different metallic textures instantly instead of tweaking all the knobs from scratch. Everything is there, from subtle texture (like the preset RUST), to full chaos (like presets SHRAPNEL and MELTDOWN).

Still free, no account needed, VST3 + AU for Mac, VST3 for Windows.

Download now for free: https://plasma-hype.itch.io/cogg

Trailer/demo of the update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfD2drnrMjQ

Thanks to everyone who tried v1.0 and gave feedback, this update came directly from figuring out what people actually wanted to do with it. I personally have used COGG in almost all of my FL projects ever since I released it. Please give it a shot and let me know what you think of the presets and plugin as a whole for a v1.2!

Check out this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEYnON-uFRE

Listen to that massive kick and snare. I feel like late 80s and early 90s industrial acts were champions of this huge, but also tight, clear and snappy kick and snare drums.

I've been experimenting with compression and EQ, along with my Yamaha RX5 drum machine trying to get close to such a large sound, but no dice.

It could be that my source material (the drum machine) is just not a great starting sound for achieving this amount of massive, but I feel like I'm still not understanding the full picture.

Any ideas of things I should try? I'm using a modern DAW (Reaper).