Glitching Stuttering Darkness, Now Synced
by Peter Kirn
I noted in January that enigmatically-talented programmer Jack Dark had released the source of his misbehaved SynthEdit-made plug-ins for Windows VST. Here’s one of the fruits of that release: a glitching, stuttering sonic thing that now also syncs to your host, so your little glitchstutters hit on, um, an eighth note or whatever instead of just appearing willy-nilly. SynthEdit may be notorious for insanely unstable and sonically-destructive plug-ins, but DarkWare’s plug-ins are so beloved for their unpredictability that developers are actually worried about making them too normal:
For those knowing and loving Shattershot Lite VST, Shattersync is essentially a host (and therefore BPM) synchronized version of its predecessor. it should be noted that the work I made to modify the creature will not make it sound any better and possibly all the voodoo magic spawned from Shattershot Lite will disappear, replaced by a tamed, ordered, boring, mechanism of nothingness.
Pluggotic and C.d.P. Page, with various free VSTs for Windows, including the Scattersync download.
Rekkerd.org: Pluggotic releases Shattersync — and, yes, I love Rekkerd.org; it’s like a nerdster filter for the barrage of 2.43.0.5 upgrade releases and eight trillion forum messages at KVR
In addition to a new GUI and MIDI implementation, there is a “new independent stuttering FX in the signal chain”, so perhaps that’ll add a little voodo back. Presumably, you’ll still be able to do the same glitching, stuttering thing as the gentlemen in the video here (aka Pluggotic & C.d.P.).
Hint: with either the synced or un-synced version, this will sound different from Ableton BeatRepeat.

Peter Kirn
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Tom Whitwell
Alright. Thats it. Me and SonicBirth are gunna get real close this summer.
"Here’s one of the fruits of that release: a glitching, stuttering sonic thing "
…uh…where is the link for this?
i'm crying here on my Mac. this looks and sounds so good
@goodtimes: hmmm, there are two links up there for it.
Site:
http://www.pluggotic.com/
Direct download:
http://www.pluggotic.com/files/pluggoticshattersy…
Shattersync is really nice, and quite different from other FSU tools.
For those who don't know Pluggotic, Stealth (wonderful for creating rhythmic ambiences) and NanoX2 (8-bit sequenced goodness) are lovely as well. Downloads available on the Pluggotic site.
You can get all the DarkWare plugs in one file now:
http://rapidshare.com/files/89865881/DARKWARE-COM…
They all kick ass. Pluggotic has made some great stuff too!!!!!