Bombaz

Monophonic bass synth VST/AU plug-in based on Window Function synthesis. It's particularly useful for adding sub-bass layers.

How to use this plug-in:

• WIDTH + DRIVE The XY pad sets the tone. Moving from left to right changes the pulse width. Moving up increases the drive, which adds more harmonics.

• OCTAVE Transposes the sound by –2, –1, or 0 octaves.

• TUNING Additional fine-tuning from –100 to +100 cents.

• GLIDE Enables a portamento effect.

The pitch bend wheel has a range of ±7 semitones.

Read more about how this plug-in works on my blog

Installation instructions

Download the latest version from the Releases page.

Extract the downloaded ZIP file.

On Mac:

• copy Bombaz.component to the folder /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
• copy Bombaz.vst3 to the folder /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3

On Windows:

• copy Bombaz.vst3 to the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

In your DAW, look for audiodev.blog > Bombaz. This is an instrument plug-in.

How to build the plug-in

Bombaz is written using JUCE 8.

This project uses CMake. It assumes a global installation of JUCE.

On macOS:

cmake -B build -G Xcode -D"CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64;x86_64"

Then open build/Bombaz.xcodeproj in Xcode and build the VST3 and/or AU targets.

On Windows:

cmake -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\path\to\JUCE\cmake\install

Then open build/Bombaz.sln in Visual Studio and build the VST3 project.

Credits & license

Copyright (C) 2022-2024 M.I. Hollemans

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

JUCE is copyright © Raw Material Software.

VST® is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered in Europe and other countries.