Frankled
Audio plug-ins · São Paulo
Audio plugins built like old studio gear, with the sound to match. Made in São Paulo.
Plugin Nº 1
BV-1 Tape Vibrato
Nicknamed “Bayonne”, after the town on its meter
A tape machine that wobbles on purpose. Pitch vibrato from a clean shimmer to a seasick warble, with tape saturation and aged-oxide character on the same panel.
$20USD
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Six controls, no menus
BV-1 front panel
Depth
0 – 100 cents · default 30
How far the pitch swings. Under 20 cents it sounds like a singer's natural vibrato; at 100 it bends a full semitone.
Rate
0.1 – 12 Hz · default 5
From a slow drift you feel more than hear to a fast flutter. Changes glide smoothly, so you can ride it with automation.
Wave
Sine / Triangle
Sine for a round, vocal wobble. Triangle for a steadier swing that sits between tape wow and a Leslie.
Tape
0 – 100 % · 4× oversampled
Warm tape saturation that turns into a light fuzz near the top. Output level is compensated, so it adds colour, not volume. The reels start turning when it is up.
Magnetic
0 – 100 %
Ages the tape: wow and flutter, short dropouts, a slow wah-like sweep, narrower bandwidth and a low bed of hiss.
Power
On / Off · click-free
A real toggle with a crossfade, so you can switch the effect in and out mid-song. The VU shows the pitch deviation live, in cents.
Built like the machine it copies
BV-1 details
BV-1 specs
v1.0
| Vibrato | Modulated delay with 4-point Hermite interpolation. Depth 0–100 cents, rate 0.1–12 Hz, sine or triangle. |
|---|---|
| Tape | Asymmetric tape saturation blending into a soft fuzz, 4× oversampled, automatic level compensation |
| Magnetic | Wow & flutter, random dropouts, slow resonant sweep, band limiting and tape hiss |
| Window | Resizable: 50%, 75%, 100% or 125% |
| Price | $20 USD, one-time |
Plugin Nº 2
SD-2 Saturator
Nicknamed “Sines”
Four circuits in one box: valve, tape, fuzz and analog. A Pultec-style cut EQ to shape the dirt, twin VUs, and a tube that glows hotter the harder you push it.
$29USD
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Drive, shape, glow
SD-2 front panel
Saturation
0 – 100 % · 4× oversampled
How hard the circuit is driven. The level is compensated as you turn it, so you hear the character change, not just more volume.
Type · V T F A
Valve / Tape / Fuzz / Analog
V: a biased triode, rich in second harmonic. T: soft tape compression with head bump. F: a hard, lopsided fuzz. A: gentle, clean-ish analog drive.
Electric
On / Off
High-voltage bite: a bright sizzle, a hint of mains buzz and rare sparks that ride on your signal, plus presence and weight. Silent when you are.
Low Cut
0 – 10 · 60 / 100 / 200 Hz
Passive-style low shelf. Up to about 16 dB less low end at the frequency on the selector below the knob.
Mid Cut
0 – 10 · 400 / 800 / 1k Hz
A broad dip to scoop boxiness or honk out of the distortion, up to 12 dB.
High Cut
0 – 10 · 3k / 6k / 15k Hz
High shelf to tame fizz, up to about 16 dB, from a gentle air trim at 15k to a dark 3k roll-off.
Colour
0 – 100 %
A short, light room and a lift in the 15–20 kHz air band. Glue and sheen without a wash of reverb.
Output
−18 – +18 dB
Final level, after everything else. The twin VUs show input and output side by side.
Power
On / Off · click-free
Toggle and pilot lamp. Off passes your audio untouched, perfectly time-aligned.
The tube warms up
SD-2 details
SD-2 specs
v1.0
| Saturation | Four models (valve, tape, fuzz, analog), 4× oversampling, automatic level compensation |
|---|---|
| EQ | Low shelf 60/100/200 Hz, mid dip 400/800/1k Hz, high shelf 3k/6k/15k Hz |
| Colour | Short room reverb and 16 kHz air shelf |
| Latency | 60 samples at 48 kHz, reported to the host for automatic compensation |
| Window | Resizable: 50%, 75%, 100%, 125% or 150% |
| Price | $29 USD, one-time |
Plugin Nº 3
TS-3 Transient
Nicknamed “Geres”
A transient designer built the old-school way: two envelopes, one clean VCA, no threshold. Punch or soften every hit, grow or dry out the tail, and let Ghost take the kick out of your snare mic.
$29USD
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Shape every hit
TS-3 front panel
Attack
−15 – +15 dB
Push the front of every hit forward for punch, or pull it back to soften a sound and sit it deeper in the mix.
Sustain
−24 – +24 dB
Bring up the tail and the room, or dry it out for a short, tight sound. The attack is left alone.
Output
−20 – +5 dB
Final level. Adding attack raises the peaks, so use it to match levels. Signal and clip LEDs sit right above.
Ghost
On / Off
Listens to the snare, not the kick, and lowers the kick bleed in the lows between hits. Not a gate: the snare, its tail and your ghost notes stay.
Range · Sens
0 – 40 dB · 6 – 40 dB
Range sets how far the bleed goes down. Sens sets what still counts as snare, so soft ghost notes are kept.
Full · Listen
Switches
Full works on the whole spectrum instead of only the lows. Listen plays only what is being removed, for fast setup.
A tube you can read
TS-3 details
TS-3 specs
v1.0
| Detection | Differential envelopes, level-independent, adaptive timing, stereo linked |
|---|---|
| Ghost | Snare-keyed bleed reduction, low band 50–400 Hz or full range, 0–40 dB |
| Display | Live 1/6-octave spectrum with phosphor afterglow |
| Latency | Zero |
| Window | Resizable: 50%, 75%, 100%, 125% or 150% |
| Price | $29 USD, one-time |
Your serial arrives by e-mail
Each copy is registered to the e-mail you buy with. The serial is sent automatically right after payment, and activation happens offline inside the plugin.
- BuyPay once at checkout. Your receipt has the installer download.
- Get the serialA few seconds later an e-mail from Frankled brings your serial, made for your address.
- Activate onceInsert the plugin on a track, type your e-mail, paste the serial and click Activate. No internet needed.
FRANKLEDExample e-mail
- [email protected]
- SERIAL
- 7TZWQ-H35TS-35BRA-16YHS-EDNFA-X21AZ-PKHSX-R9ET6-6EWG3-J3NS2-V9G8N-5SH46-T0SX4-YMYS2-433PJ-PK7Z3-AJPHF-2PDGM-PD3T8-1MN41-43G
Sample only. A real serial works only with the e-mail and plugin it was made for.
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System
| Formats | Audio Unit (Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage) and VST3 (Ableton Live, Cubase, Reaper, Studio One, FL Studio and others) |
|---|---|
| System | macOS 11 Big Sur or later. Universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. |
| Channels | Mono and stereo |
| License | One serial per buyer and plugin, tied to your e-mail. Offline activation. Use it on the computers you own. |
Questions
Do they work on Windows?
Not yet. All Frankled plugins are macOS only for now, as Audio Unit and VST3.
I didn't get the serial e-mail.
Check your spam folder for a message from Frankled. If it is not there after a few minutes, reply to your purchase receipt with your order number and we will send it by hand.
Can I use them on my laptop and my studio computer?
Yes. Activate each computer you own with the same e-mail and serial. Please don't share your serial with other people.
Can I make the window bigger or smaller?
Yes. Click the small SIZE tag on the panel, or right-click anywhere on it, and pick a size. The plugin remembers it.
macOS says it can't verify the developer.
Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to the Frankled installer, then confirm. On macOS 14 or earlier you can also Control-click the installer and choose Open.
Will my Logic projects keep their settings?
Yes. Every control is saved with the project and can be automated.