Edit: I have a 16-minute follow up video on this on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/3-cool-things-to-116469659 OK - This is a walkthrough, demo and review of Arguments by AudioThing and Hainbach, an unusual FX plugin for iOS, Mac, Linux and Windows based on nuclear test equipment. It allows you to combine 2 audio signals in different ways (using different ‘arguments’) and then to process them together using various math functions, optionally adding some modulated filter effects. This allows you to create various distorted tones and - if using the modulation - rhythmic effects. I didn't demo the raw oscillator much in this video but it can sound great, short demo here: ruclips.net/user/shorts_TFU5Yqfd2o 🟠If buying the desktop version: Note that the desktop version is available on Plugin Boutique. If you use this link to buy Arguments (or any other plugins or products on Plugin Boutique) I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you, so it’s a great way to support my work, thank you: pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b 🟠 iOS / iPad Appstore Purchase Link: (link not available at time of posting this comment as the app has not been released - give me a shout in the comments if you are reading this to remind me to post the link, thnx!) 🟠 I have done about 30 videos on apps by AudioThing!: ruclips.net/p/PLl4Ittz8N8V9lIaGr66XNZCrhb7eLvdHU&si=6Pbn-aqLFG-yGE_s 🟠 Here is my video on Mass, the sequencer / midi generator I used in this video: ruclips.net/video/exk2JLJ3HTQ/видео.html Other links, Patreon, socials, ways to support etc are here: Ways to Support Me 🟪 1. Joining my Patreon, which has stuff like exclusive vids, preset packs, app giveaways, AUM session files and more. At the time of writing there is a giveaway there for 3 paying supporters to win Mollilooper for desktop or iOS. You can check it out here: 🟡 www.patreon.com/Gavinski 🟪 2. Using my Plugin Boutique and repeated links The Appstore has not had an affiliate system since 2017, so clicking on AppStore links on my vids gives me no support. But if you are buying desktop plugins, you can use my Plugin Boutique link. Maybe even bookmark it, and use it every time you can, I would REALLY appreciate it! Just go to this link: 🟡 pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b I also have links for Loopcloud, Loopmasters, Beatport and DJCity, thanks!: loopcloud.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b loopmasters.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b www.beatport.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b www.djcity.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b Then navigate to the page of the plugin you want to buy. I will get a small commission at no cost to you! 🟪 3. If buying DMT Cymatics presets, please use my link 🟡 gumroad.com/a/999143955 James from DMT Cymatics is very prolific and has made a lot of great preset and sample packs for iOS. If you use the link below when buying, I will get a kickback from your purchases of DMT Cymatics packs. Again, consider bookmarking it! If people use my link, I am incentivized to cover James’s packs, that is a win-win for both James and I, and costs you nothing. Thanks for the support! 🟪 4. Making a direct donation from time to time 🟡 Buy Me a Coffee Donations Page www.buymeacoffee.com/953211370u 🟡 You can book a consultation / voice / video chat with me via my Buy Me a Coffee 1-to-1 Bookings Page www.buymeacoffee.com/953211370u/extras 🟡 PayPal paypal.me/GavinskisTutorials 🟪 If you are a dev, all of the above are good ways to support, but you might additionally contact me about the possibility of doing a sponsored video on one of your apps / plugins. My email is 953211370 (at) qq.com 5. No ability to support financially? Perhaps help me out with the algorithm by liking, commenting and sharing. Thnx! 🟧 Gavinski on Other Socials Feel free to follow me on any of these social media platforms: 🟠 Twitter twitter.com/gavinski_s 🟠 Instagram instagram.com/gavinskistutorials 🟠 Threads www.threads.net/@gavinskistutorials 🟠 App Info: The Mad Processor Arguments is a vintage-style test equipment plugin for tone generation and dual audio processing. It takes two signals and smashes them together using math derived from analog nuclear research processors. The results are dynamic, often unpredictable but always unique. Since each part of Arguments can run independently, it also works as a sonically rich test tone generator, as a complex distortion unit, or as a multimode filter. Arguments open nature rewards exploration, the presets are a mere suggestion for you to jump off from. Behind the frontplate At its core Arguments is an analog computing-based combiner and integrator of signals, re-tuned from science to musical use. These instruments were used in analog nuclear instrumentation modular racks (NIM BIN) to allow for quick calculations without employing a dedicated computer. Arguments takes two signals A and B (B is either external via side-chain or from the internal generator) and puts them together using the argument block. The result is then put through a function block that processes it. This creates a wide range of tones, from simple boosting to high-passed industrial grit, from rhythmic modulations to raw textures. A multi-mode filter stage then allows for exact shaping and modulation. We employed analog modeling at every stage to make Arguments sound not like a calculator but like the rare vintage units that inspired it. Arguments is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux (VST, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, 64-bit only), and also as AUv3 and Standalone on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS. Argument A Just the value of A ignoring B. B Just the value of B ignoring A. A+B Adds the values of A and B together. A-B This subtracts B from A, essentially inverting the phase of B. B-A This subtracts A from B, essentially inverting the phase of A. A⋅B/10 The product of A and B scaled down by a factor of 10. √ (A² + B²) The square root of the sum of squares of A and B. A/|B| Divides A by the absolute value of B. 10A/|B| Divides A scaled by 10 by the absolute value of B. Function ln(|x|) Natural logarithm of the absolute value of x, tends to compress large values and expand small ones. √|x| Square root of absolute value of x, compresses large values. x No modifications applied. x² Square of x, generally adds a second harmonic on simple signals, but can create a lot of harmonics if the signal is complex or too loud. -dx/dt/100 First derivative of x with respect to time. It measures the difference between the current sample and a previous sample, creating a complex waveshaping effect. Scaled down by 100. -dx/dt Same as the previous function, but not scaled down.
I wish I had demoed using just a bunch of these generators for drones, and then also putting them through other instances of Arguments for more combining and processing - can get pretty gnarly!
Thank you for the much needed demonstration of this app. I'm thinking in terms of Value vs Actual uses. It would be fun to mess around with, create some Noise stuff, combine synths and drums or combined sine sounds like in this video.
Thnx Eyal! What I realized I should have done in this demo was to use the oscillators of Arguments as the inputs for that example, as the oscillator has a really characterful sound which I didn't show off enough in this vid!
Interesting, very hainbach-y. ;) Heavy crunchy bitcrushing going on. Filter helps to go subtle, I guess. Looks like you really have to dial the sound in. Thanks for the video!
Yes, I should have emphasized the importance of gainstaging A and B correctly in this vid. I did go into it more in my recent Patreon-exclusive vid on this. That part is so fun actually, as certain arguments and functions behave so unexpectedly with high and low gain inputs. This app is fun!
@snufbox I guess they felt they were too big, didn't need it. They certainly didn't think about the bad effect it would have on niches like this - bad for devs, bad for users, bad for RUclipsrs 🤷
Edit: I have a 16-minute follow up video on this on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/3-cool-things-to-116469659 OK - This is a walkthrough, demo and review of Arguments by AudioThing and Hainbach, an unusual FX plugin for iOS, Mac, Linux and Windows based on nuclear test equipment. It allows you to combine 2 audio signals in different ways (using different ‘arguments’) and then to process them together using various math functions, optionally adding some modulated filter effects. This allows you to create various distorted tones and - if using the modulation - rhythmic effects. I didn't demo the raw oscillator much in this video but it can sound great, short demo here: ruclips.net/user/shorts_TFU5Yqfd2o
🟠If buying the desktop version:
Note that the desktop version is available on Plugin Boutique. If you use this link to buy Arguments (or any other plugins or products on Plugin Boutique) I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you, so it’s a great way to support my work, thank you:
pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
🟠 iOS / iPad Appstore Purchase Link: (link not available at time of posting this comment as the app has not been released - give me a shout in the comments if you are reading this to remind me to post the link, thnx!)
🟠 I have done about 30 videos on apps by AudioThing!:
ruclips.net/p/PLl4Ittz8N8V9lIaGr66XNZCrhb7eLvdHU&si=6Pbn-aqLFG-yGE_s
🟠 Here is my video on Mass, the sequencer / midi generator I used in this video: ruclips.net/video/exk2JLJ3HTQ/видео.html
Other links, Patreon, socials, ways to support etc are here:
Ways to Support Me
🟪 1. Joining my Patreon, which has stuff like exclusive vids, preset packs, app giveaways, AUM session files and more. At the time of writing there is a giveaway there for 3 paying supporters to win Mollilooper for desktop or iOS. You can check it out here:
🟡 www.patreon.com/Gavinski
🟪 2. Using my Plugin Boutique and repeated links
The Appstore has not had an affiliate system since 2017, so clicking on AppStore links on my vids gives me no support. But if you are buying desktop plugins, you can use my Plugin Boutique link. Maybe even bookmark it, and use it every time you can, I would REALLY appreciate it! Just go to this link:
🟡 pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
I also have links for Loopcloud, Loopmasters, Beatport and DJCity, thanks!:
loopcloud.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
loopmasters.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
www.beatport.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
www.djcity.com/?a_aid=65c7016dea38b
Then navigate to the page of the plugin you want to buy. I will get a small commission at no cost to you!
🟪 3. If buying DMT Cymatics presets, please use my link
🟡 gumroad.com/a/999143955
James from DMT Cymatics is very prolific and has made a lot of great preset and sample packs for iOS. If you use the link below when buying, I will get a kickback from your purchases of DMT Cymatics packs. Again, consider bookmarking it! If people use my link, I am incentivized to cover James’s packs, that is a win-win for both James and I, and costs you nothing. Thanks for the support!
🟪 4. Making a direct donation from time to time
🟡 Buy Me a Coffee Donations Page
www.buymeacoffee.com/953211370u
🟡 You can book a consultation / voice / video chat with me via my Buy Me a Coffee 1-to-1 Bookings Page
www.buymeacoffee.com/953211370u/extras
🟡 PayPal
paypal.me/GavinskisTutorials
🟪 If you are a dev, all of the above are good ways to support, but you might additionally contact me about the possibility of doing a sponsored video on one of your apps / plugins. My email is 953211370 (at) qq.com
5. No ability to support financially? Perhaps help me out with the algorithm by liking, commenting and sharing. Thnx!
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🟠 App Info:
The Mad Processor
Arguments is a vintage-style test equipment plugin for tone generation and dual audio
processing. It takes two signals and smashes them together using math derived from
analog nuclear research processors. The results are dynamic, often unpredictable but
always unique. Since each part of Arguments can run independently, it also works as a
sonically rich test tone generator, as a complex distortion unit, or as a multimode filter.
Arguments open nature rewards exploration, the presets are a mere suggestion for you
to jump off from.
Behind the frontplate
At its core Arguments is an analog computing-based combiner and integrator of signals,
re-tuned from science to musical use. These instruments were used in analog nuclear
instrumentation modular racks (NIM BIN) to allow for quick calculations without
employing a dedicated computer. Arguments takes two signals A and B (B is either
external via side-chain or from the internal generator) and puts them together using the
argument block. The result is then put through a function block that processes it. This
creates a wide range of tones, from simple boosting to high-passed industrial grit, from
rhythmic modulations to raw textures. A multi-mode filter stage then allows for exact
shaping and modulation. We employed analog modeling at every stage to make
Arguments sound not like a calculator but like the rare vintage units that inspired it.
Arguments is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux (VST, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, 64-bit
only), and also as AUv3 and Standalone on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS.
Argument
A Just the value of A ignoring B.
B Just the value of B ignoring A.
A+B Adds the values of A and B together.
A-B This subtracts B from A, essentially inverting the phase of B.
B-A This subtracts A from B, essentially inverting the phase of A.
A⋅B/10 The product of A and B scaled down by a factor of 10.
√ (A² + B²) The square root of the sum of squares of A and B.
A/|B| Divides A by the absolute value of B.
10A/|B| Divides A scaled by 10 by the absolute value of B.
Function
ln(|x|) Natural logarithm of the absolute value of x, tends to compress large
values and expand small ones.
√|x| Square root of absolute value of x, compresses large values.
x No modifications applied.
x² Square of x, generally adds a second harmonic on simple signals, but can
create a lot of harmonics if the signal is complex or too loud.
-dx/dt/100 First derivative of x with respect to time. It measures the difference
between the current sample and a previous sample, creating a complex
waveshaping effect. Scaled down by 100.
-dx/dt Same as the previous function, but not scaled down.
Loving this app on guitar thanks to what I learned in this tutorial. Thanks Gav, as always.
Cheers brother!
Great walkthrough! I’m really intrigued by this one! Can’t wait to fiddle with it later on!
I wish I had demoed using just a bunch of these generators for drones, and then also putting them through other instances of Arguments for more combining and processing - can get pretty gnarly!
Great app, thanks a lot for the video!
Cheers! Yes this app was more interesting than I expected
This is right up my alley. Thanks for the walk through bro 🙌
Pleasure my man!
Another creative effect by this team. Thanks, Gav.
Thank you for the walkthrough Gav
Thank you for the much needed demonstration of this app. I'm thinking in terms of Value vs Actual uses. It would be fun to mess around with, create some Noise stuff, combine synths and drums or combined sine sounds like in this video.
Thnx Eyal! What I realized I should have done in this demo was to use the oscillators of Arguments as the inputs for that example, as the oscillator has a really characterful sound which I didn't show off enough in this vid!
@@GavinskisTutorials Oh right, use the app inside the app, like with their Lines app.
Interesting, very hainbach-y. ;) Heavy crunchy bitcrushing going on. Filter helps to go subtle, I guess. Looks like you really have to dial the sound in. Thanks for the video!
Yes, I should have emphasized the importance of gainstaging A and B correctly in this vid. I did go into it more in my recent Patreon-exclusive vid on this. That part is so fun actually, as certain arguments and functions behave so unexpectedly with high and low gain inputs. This app is fun!
I wanted to like this, but so many of the demos just sound like harsh digital distortion to me. So far, I don’t really get it.
It's definitely that sound it goes for, which maybe just isn't to your taste. That's great then, you've just saved some money!
@@GavinskisTutorials By the way, I didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing your demo of it.
@bonchbonch ah, thnx, don't worry tho, it didn't come across like that 👍
AudioThing FTW
I know I'll buy this, but I want to check out your video first.
Haha!
Drop your ios link here my man. I’m going to add this to my arsenal 🙌
There are no affiliate links for the appstore tho - Apple dropped them in 2017! Appreciate the thought tho ✊
@@GavinskisTutorials oh ofc, apple can’t have anyone else making $$ off their platform if they can help it. =
@snufbox I guess they felt they were too big, didn't need it. They certainly didn't think about the bad effect it would have on niches like this - bad for devs, bad for users, bad for RUclipsrs 🤷
i kween screamed so loud seeing this
Lol