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VirSyn Bark Filter 1.2 now supports Apple Silicon
Bark Filter - Critical Band Analyser/Filter/Compressor
Update version 1.2:
- Redesigned GUI for AUv3
- Made available for Apple Silicon Macs
The multi band filter in Bark takes the approach to match the reception characteristic of the gate where all sounds must pass through: the human ear. The ear behaves as if it contains a bank of filters, each filter passing frequencies within their respective critical band. Two tones apart more than the frequency dependant critical bandwidth are perceived as separate tones. For this reason Bark contains a filter bank with 27 very steep bandpass filters matching the critical bandwidth characteristic of the human ear. In fact, the human ear have also its own built in multi band compression system which are based on the critical bands.
Why the name Bark ? The Bark scale is a frequency scale on which equal distances correspond with perceptually equal distances. Above about 500 Hz this scale is more or less equal to a logarithmic frequency axis. Below 500 Hz the Bark scale becomes more and more linear.
Multiband compressors can act differently on different frequency bands. The advantage of multiband compression over full-bandwidth compression is that unneeded audible gain changes or "pumping" in other frequency bands is not caused by changing signal levels in a single frequency band.
Bark can act both as single band compressor and with up to 27 bands in multiband mode by linking critical bands.
The linear phase filter bank with its steep filter slopes can be used for unusually pronounced filter effects too...
Features:
• Multi band dynamic range compressor with up to 27 bands
• Variable number of compressor bands (1..27)
• Threshold/Ratio Attack/Release and Makeup Gain
• Linear phase precision filters for maximal transparency
• Real time pre/post processing calibrated spectrum analyser
A bit of Tera Pro running through Bark Filter:
Comments
Oh, fantastic! I've been waiting for this one!
Looks like it has not yet migrated to Apple's App Store servers in my country yet... but soon.
Wow! Thanks!
The redesign is awesome I hope it brings new sales, this is a must have
Can you restore the default presets?, I think I overode the famous Tripleband
Bach through Bark…I see what you did there @VirSyn!
Secret mixing / mastering weapon is ready for the new battle! 🤩
Bark is fantastic.
Bark is the cat’s meow.
I can't believe this update STILL hasn't migrated to the Western US yet for desktop. For iPadOS, it updated immediately.
Cheers Harry!
@VirSyn great! would you possibly consider a wet/dry control (to use it for more parallel compression)? that’s the only thing I’m missing. I really like what Barkfilter (and in a similar vein Jax’s compander) does to the sound, but it somehow always has a something/a quality that I dislike when used fully wet.
I think I discarded this because of phase issues, but I could have a second look maybe.
@VirSyn congrats on the release, is there any chance of Bark Filter being a VST for Windows?
uups...
my fault, I forgot to set a tiny switch in the App Store...
please try again in an hour or so
Great again! I just tried a parallel setting in AUM: Barkfilter doesn’t seem to report latency at least. It’s difficult for me to hear (by varying the offset in milliseconds on one of the parallel tracks) whether there’s a lot of (unwanted) phasing.
So it wasn’t just me. Haha. Thanks, Harry.
And yes, that did it!
@VirSyn I notice in Drambo that there is a deprecated version, but in Garage Band it shows two version with the same name I can’t tell which is which
I'll check this and make sure it's visible in GarageBand too...
I couldn't reproduce this. Can you lease show me a screenshot?
Thanks
Hey! It solved itself, maybe it was some kind of caching of the old name?
Anyway I see both versions now!
Same problem here.
This is how it should look like: one entry for new use and one for compatibility with older projects
Ah ok 😀 thanks.
@VirSyn I have no idea if I'm the only one this is happening to, but Bark Filter still will not validate as an AU in Logic Pro on macOS and it cannot be used for desktop production. Any ideas? Thanks.