PLUSH — free inflator & brilliance finishing plugin (VST3/AU for macOS) by ORPH Instruments
PLUSH is a small finishing tool. It adds expensive shine and weight to your recordings.
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. Perceived loudness rises while the peaks stay where they are.
THE PROCESS
PLUSH makes no choices for you and holds no generative AI.
Click a preset row to hear dry sound.
Click again for PLUSH mode.
Click again for PLUSH mode.
TimeSound PresetKey
00:00Acoustic Drums–
00:00Vocal–
00:00Strings–
00:00Piano–
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 — three-band harmonics
- Crossovers at 240 Hz + 2.4 kHz
- 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: three bands, crossovers at 240 Hz + 2.4 kHz
- 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
NEWSLETTER
Subscribe and get PLUSH for free.