PLUSH — free inflator & brilliance finishing plugin (VST3/AU for macOS) by orph
Brilliance and harmonic Inflation, meant to polish your recordings, samples and tracks.
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PLUSH
WHAT IS PLUSH?
PLUSH combines a brilliance enhancer and a harmonic inflator in one window.
BRILLIANCE
Air is a 12 kHz shelf. Sizzle adds harmonics above 6 kHz. Both combines the two.
INFLATOR
Adds harmonic density in three bands. Material gains presence and perceived loudness.
THE PROCESS
PLUSH makes no choices for you and holds no generative AI.
TWO ENGINES, ONE FINISH
Brilliance on top, Inflator underneath — meant for the end of a chain.
- Air — 12 kHz shelf
- Sizzle — exciter above 6 kHz
- Both — extra presence at 6 + 10 kHz
- Inflator — full-band, Low/Med/Fat
- 8× oversampled · true-peak limited
- 12-dot peak meters in + out
- Input + output gain
- Click any field on or off
CHARACTER
Two characters of brightness and one of weight, modelled loosely on familiar finishing tools.
All shaping is inspired by
- Air
- Sizzle
- Both
- Inflation
- Peak metering
- Gain staging
All shaping is inspired by
- Air-band mastering EQs
- Tube exciters
- Inflation curves
- Console saturation
- Tape weight
- Mastering-room gain staging
TECH SPECS
FORMATS
- AU · VST3 · Standalone app
- macOS · Apple Silicon
- Free download
AUDIO
- 32-bit float internal
- 44.1–192 kHz
- Mono and stereo
ENGINE
- Brilliance: Air · Sizzle · Both
- Inflator: full-band (Low/Med/Fat), optional 3-band Linkwitz-Riley @ 240 Hz + 2.4 kHz
- 8× oversampling · true-peak limited (−1 dBTP)
- 12-dot peak meters in + out
SYSTEM & I/O
- Runs in any DAW with AU or VST3
- Full parameter automation
- Input + output gain, −60 to +12 dB
ALSO BY ORPH
NEWSLETTER
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