Polarity-RES

Spectrum-Graph Editor

Dots on a live analyzer

The plugin opens directly onto a large spectrum analyzer. Left click to add or select a resonator dot, drag to retune it, right click to remove it. The graph is the interface.

32 Bandpass Dots

Each dot is one steep filter

Place up to 32 active resonator dots across the spectrum. Each one is a steep bandpass filter you tune by hand. X position controls frequency, Y position controls band gain.

Note & Harmonic Snap

Musical placement

Toggle note snap to lock dots to chromatic pitches, or harmonic snap to lock them to a harmonic series. Useful when you want resonators in tune with the track instead of free-floating.

MIDI Follow

Track incoming notes

Drive the resonator bank with MIDI. The dots follow the note input so you can play the resonator like an instrument or have it lock to whatever is playing the channel.

Hold & Learn

Freeze the analyzer, lift a shape

Spectrum hold freezes the analyzer so you can see and pick targets calmly. Learn-from-spectrum places resonator dots that match the held spectrum so you can shape from it.

Spread & Detune

Width and movement

Frequency spread widens or tightens the placement of all dots around their centers. Stereo detune spread offsets the left and right channels slightly for width and life.

Steepness & Resonance

From subtle ring to scream

Steepness controls how narrow each bandpass filter is. Resonance controls how much each dot rings. Push it for vocal-like character or pull back for cleaner spectral shaping.

Pink-Noise Excitation

Resonate without an input

Inject internal pink noise into the resonator bank so the dots sing even when the input is quiet. Good for drones, beds, and self-played resonator tones.

Frequency Offset

Transpose the whole bank

Shift every resonator dot up or down by a global offset. Useful for sweeping the whole field or matching the bank to a different key without redrawing it.

Dry / Wet Mix

Blend the resonators

Blend the resonator output with the dry signal. Send it as a subtle ringing color, push it to a full resonator wash, or run it 100% wet on a parallel bus.

RMS-Matched Output

Fair A/B

Wet output gain with RMS matching keeps comparisons honest. Brighter or more resonant settings do not win simply by being louder when you flip back and forth.

Native & Resizable

JUCE GUI

Native JUCE interface that resizes cleanly. The analyzer stays the focus at any window size so the spectrum-graph workflow never feels cramped.

Bypass, Clear, Center

Fast workflow controls

Bypass for instant A/B. Clear wipes all dots so you can start over. Center re-centers the dot field so the graph stays workable as you make changes.

Free Alternative

No license manager

For resonator and spectral shaping workflows that often need expensive commercial tools, this gives you a free option without login, email capture, telemetry, or iLok.

Main Input

The dry signal feeds the resonator bank and is also captured for the dry/wet mix and bypass comparison.

Resonator Bank

Up to 32 steep bandpass resonator dots, each placed on the spectrum graph, with shared steepness, resonance, frequency offset, spread, and stereo detune.

Excitation + Output

Optional pink-noise excitation drives the resonators when the input is quiet. The wet sum is mixed with the dry signal and matched in RMS for honest A/B.