Arguably one of the funnest displays at this years NAMM Expo back in January, was a then top secret plugin by Vermont based software manufacturer, Soundtoys.

Best described as a granular, ambient reverb the likes of which felt steeped in the sonic lineage of other Soundtoys plugins like Crystalliser, Little Alter Boy and PhaseMistress, (but with an otherworldliness that was all it’s own), the plugin (still in it’s Beta stages of testing) was a revelation for any one who had the pleasure of listening to any of the live jam sessions taking place over at the Soundtoys exhibit.

Fast forward five months and hours and hours of testing and refining and Soundtoys have finally made the SpaceBlender plugin available to the masses (and free until May 22nd, over at soundtoys.com).

Described as an algorithmic reverb (not to mention, one that often gleefully subverts the kinds of conventional feedback delay networks we’ve become used to in the world of time based effects), the SpaceBlender’s unique algorithm allows the user to dynamically control the reverb shape and in turn, achieve sounds that would make conventional reverbs unstable.

Offering an extreme range from super short 100-millisecond nonlinear effects to absurdly long 60-second meditations/permutations, the SpaceBlender is sure to provide something weird and wonderful for any composition or sound source.

Head over to soundtoys.com and try SpaceBlender for yourself (at the very low price of $0 before May 22nd!)