SB-01
TAPE WEAR & DEGRADATION UNIT
Everybody loves RC-20, SketchCasette, VHS, and all of the well-known cassette and tape warble plugins, including us, however, we thought it was about time for a young freshman to enter the frame. Meet SUNBURN, something new yet familiar, affordable but packed with features: an instant-vibe tape color and degradation machine. A no-joke wobble fest. The saturation, dare we say it, is shockingly musical and dynamic in a truly analogey way. Chuck it on drums, vocals, guitars, keys or loops and you get those immediate “damn, that’s it” moments. You know the ones that make you feel like a genius producer ... Go for gold - enjoy a diverse set of colors for your canvas: imperfect, a touch ugly, and plenty of fun because of it.
AU + VST3 / APPLE SILICON + X86 INTEL MAC
DESCRIPTION.
- 15 FACTORY PRESETS / 8 MACHINE VOICINGSEach starts with its own age, wobble and character recipe. The possibilities open right up.
- DICE THROW RANDOMNESSBreaks the mold with a fresh combination for extra possibilities.
- DYNAMIC SATURATIONPush it gently and it stays sweet. Lean in and it starts talking back. It moves with the performance—the kind of saturation you play into, not an effect pasted on afterward.
- 4× OVERSAMPLED SATURATIONWide, warm colour inspired by tape, cassette, and all-out tube, transistor and resistor madness.
- CUSTOM-TUNED AGE CURVESFrom lightly sun-baked to properly cooked.
- INTER-KNOB INTERACTIONPush one thing and the others come along for the ride.
- WOW, FLUTTER + RANDOM DRIFTSlow pull, fast shake, just enough wonk.
- IRREGULAR DAMAGE EVENTSBURN is your damage knob. Dropouts, dulling and chewed-up edges.
- INPUT-RESPONSIVE NOISEPre and post chain routing. Shows up when the music does, disappears in the gaps.
- LATENCY-ALIGNED WET / DRY MIXKeep the clean stuff. Keep the mess. Blend in wobble for a chorus or flange effect.
- CHARACTER
- A bit of guts.
- AGE
- Fresh out the box to attic relic.
- WOBBLE
- Steady-ish.
- BURN
- Make it less precious.
- NOISE
- Adaptive, familiar hum.
- MIX
- Blend in case you’re digging the clean too.
WHAT IS BIG BOY AUDIO?
Big Boy Audio is a Californian audiolab making fictional noise machines from a forgotten time, brought back into the modern world. We lean 'Desert-Industrial Americana', modelling old rack gear, broadcast equipment and forgotten utility boxes, and strive to turn them into simple tools with a little lore and a backstory, built to put the character back in your hands. Easy to use. Properly considered. A little imperfect, as it should be.
THE SUNBURN SAMPLER.
Run through the sampler for a few places SUNBURN likes to live: warm, worn, unstable, or just a little sun-struck.
From Steve Lacy and Malcolm Todd’s warm, wonky funk to Daft Punk, Tame Impala, Toro y Moi, Tyler, the Creator, Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Mac DeMarco, Wisp and DIIV, SUNBURN can get you into that world of color, wobble and beautifully imperfect texture, with a few twisty turns of its own.
AAX + PC.
NEW MACHINES.
OTHER NEWS.
SUNBURN currently runs as AU + VST3 on Apple Silicon + X86 Intel Mac. AAX, PC and wider compatibility IS cooking.
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