MKSREC has released an audio plugin that reimagines classic AD/DA conversion. Kruszyna is designed to bring the character of an early 12-bit sampler to tracks and buses in real time.
Its circuit model has been tuned against the original hardware, capturing its steep input filter, 12-bit converter irregularities, analogue playback path and the 26.01 kHz sample rate measured on the reference unit. Higher Sample Rate and Bit Depth settings can sound more subtle. Lower settings expose the held samples and quantisation, while high frequencies fold back into the audible range. Raise In Gain to drive the signal into converter clipping.
The original hardware records first and plays back later. Kruszyna joins those stages into a continuous path so it can be used on a track or bus. Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Density, Age, Glitch, Slew and 3D extend that character into sounds the original machine could not make.
Available for Windows and macOS (VST3 and AU), Kruszyna is priced £49.99 GBP.
More information: MKSREC
