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The Note Audio releases VerbKnife and ToneKnife - Tone Shaping Plugins

September 14

The Note Audio has released VerbKnife and ToneKnife , two tone shaping plugins built on a shared analysis engine. VerbKnife applies it to the decay and ambience a source carries; ToneKnife combines it with a compressor a

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