Stare at one of those wall-sized engineering studio audio boards for even a few minutes. With literally hundreds of buttons, knobs, dials, and sliders, it’s easy to imagine that a fully equipped board can create virtually any audio effect imaginable. That’s very true — but when you ask someone to perform a specific task on a piece of audio, whether it’s adding reverb or compressing and equalizing sound, or laying in delays or echoes, that’s where the horror begins. Because…yikes, that’s a lot of buttons. Despite the intimidation factor, audio engineers and music professionals need to get a feel for what a well-trained sound designer can and can’t do with the right tools. The training in The Complete 2021 Synth and Sound Software Bundle ($29.99, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals) can help make that task a lot more manageable. The key to this collection is the Objeq Delay app, a creative effect plug-in that combines acoustic filtering with a delay unit that can produce any range of wild audio effects. Used in tandem with your favorite digital workstation, Objeq Delay is the secret sauce that can take your sound processing to another level. From psychoacoustic pulses to precussive slaps to rhythmic beats or even super lush space-out echoes, these modulation and feedback filters back Objeq Delay capable of duplicating virtually any audio effect you can conceive. For sound lovers, this plug-in is supremely tricked out, including up to 35 different preset echo effects, more than 44 modulators, three dozen rhythmic loop manglers, as well as handfuls of kick and snare track enhancers to serve up just the right tone. There are even over 80 presets created by noted sound engineers Richard Devine and Martin Walker. But even with all those bells and whistles built in, the app itself is just the tip of the iceberg. The rest of this collection features nine sound packs, each prepared to offer whole different ranges of sound to any of your productions. From the Harmonic Geometry and Entangled Species packs to the Reverence, Lounge Lizard, and Plastic Pop add-ons, users can deliver authentic classic electric piano tones, acoustic and electric guitar sounds, and percussion instruments of any kind, capable of reproducing the sound of a multi-piece band all in one collection. The Complete 2021 Synth and Sound Software Bundle features over $500 worth of premium sound effects magic, but with this deal, it’s all on sale now for the ridiculously low price of just $29.99. Prices are subject to change
