One Slider

AIR

One-Knob Top-End Air Shelf

Download free Part of NULL JSFX 3.3: 154 plugins, free and open source (MIT). Easiest with NULL JSFX Hub.

Controls

  • Amount0 to 100 — How much air: up to +9 dB of gentle high shelf, its corner moving from 16 kHz down to 10 kHz as the amount grows; 0 is flat.

Best uses

  • Opening up a dull mix or master
  • Adding sheen to vocals and acoustic guitars
  • Lifting cymbals and room tone without harshness
  • A last touch of brightness on a bus

Properties

Input → RBJ high shelf (slope 0.5, 0..+9 dB, corner 16 kHz → 10 kHz with the amount, held below 0.45 × sample rate) → Output. Zero latency, stereo channels processed independently.

Formats

  • JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
  • GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
  • VST3VST3 for any DAW
  • CLAPCLAP for any DAW
  • LV2LV2 for Linux DAWs such as Ardour, Carla and Qtractor

Factory presets

Open Mix · Gentle Sheen · Vocal Air · Bright Acoustic · Maximum Air

Try it

Try it on orOS StudioAdd it to a track in your browser, with its own interface. Nothing to install.

Goes well with

BrighterOne-Knob Treble LiftDoublerAutomatic Double TrackingResonance SuppressorDynamic Resonance SuppressionSpreadMono-Safe Stereo WidenerAssisted CompCompressor that sets itself from the trackAuto-LevelerAutomatic Gain Rider

All 154 NULL JSFX plugins