JUICE
Drum enhancer
In developmentUS$ 29.00One large control for the sound you want, and a few small ones for how you get there. JUICE hears which part of a loop is the kick, the snare and the hats, so you can give the kick more hit and leave everything else as it was.
What it is planned to do
- Kick, snare and hats
- JUICE recognises every hit in a loop and only changes the elements you select.
- One macro
- Turn up punch, body and saturation together from a single control.
- Punch and body
- Shape the attack and the tail of a hit separately, then blend it back with Mix.
- Tape, tube and clip
- Tape is warm and dense, tube pushes the mids forward, clip adds a bright, sharp edge.
- Same peak, more density
- JUICE keeps your peak level and fills in beneath it, the way a drum bus chain does. Auto Gain matches the loudness when you want a fair comparison.
- True peak meters
- Input and output show their loudness and true peak, and warn you before the output clips.
- Full Loop or Single Sound
- Work inside a full drum loop, or treat a one-shot as one sound.
Where it helps
Only the kick in a finished loop
Select Kick and add hit. The snare and the hats stay exactly as they were.
Thin one-shots
Switch to Single Sound and give a flat sample more weight before it reaches the mix bus.
A full drum group
Add energy to the whole group, then pull it back with Mix.
Technical specifications
- Plugin formats
- VST3 and a standalone app
- macOS
- Coming soon
- Windows
- Windows 11, 64-bit
- Compatible hosts
- Any host that loads 64-bit VST3 plugins. Tested in Ableton Live.
- CPU and latency
- About 4.5% of one CPU core. 7 ms latency, compensated by the host.
- Licence
- One user, two computers. Activated once with a licence key, then works offline.
Release
In developmentUS$ 29.00Price: US$ 29.00.
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Questions
Can I buy this yet?
Very soon. The price is set and the release is being prepared. Leave your email to hear the day it opens.
How does the licence work?
One licence is for one person on up to two computers. Paste the key into JUICE once while online. After that it works offline. To move it to a new computer, deactivate it in the plugin first, or write to us.
Is there a trial?
No. JUICE works once you activate it with the key from your receipt. Listen to the before and after examples on this page, and if it does not work for you, you get a refund within 14 days.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, within 14 days of purchase if JUICE does not work for you. Write to us with your order number.
Is there a Mac version?
It is on its way. The Mac build, as VST3 and Audio Unit for Logic, passes Apple's checks and is now being signed and tested. It is listed here once it is out, and your licence will work on it.
How does JUICE know what is a kick?
It listens to the first few milliseconds of every hit and recognises kick, snare and hats with a small trained model. Snare also covers claps, rims and percussion. A bassline that plays right under the kick can still be touched a little in the kick's tail.
Will it make my drums louder?
Denser, not peakier. JUICE keeps the peak of your drums where it was and brings up what lies beneath it, so they sound fuller and a few LU louder at the same peak. To judge the sound and not the volume, switch on Auto Gain: it matches the loudness to the input.
Does the interface on this page work?
The controls move and the display responds, but no audio runs through it. It follows the current build of the plugin, and the final version may differ.