HoRNet Harmonics Pro 1.0.1 update

We are excited to announce the release of HoRNet Harmonics Pro version 1.0.1, our advanced exciter and saturator plugin designed to enhance your audio with overtones, harmonics, and rich textures. Whether you’re a music producer, audio engineer, or sound designer, HoRNet Harmonics Pro is the ultimate tool to infuse your sound with warmth, richness, and fullness.

At its core, HoRNet Harmonics Pro functions as a powerful audio exciter, capable of adding harmonics to the input signal. This plugin allows users to introduce up to 10 different harmonics and offers full control over their level and phase relationship, allowing you to tailor the sound to your exact needs. Whether you’re looking for subtle enhancement or a more pronounced effect, HoRNet Harmonics Pro can deliver the perfect harmonic content for your project. With these extensive options, it makes it easy to manipulate the harmonic structure of your signal in ways that would otherwise be difficult with traditional EQs or other tools.

The plugin’s versatile design includes not only the core exciter but also additional processing tools such as a saturation module, a soft clipper, and a hysteresis simulation. These elements work together to give your sound a unique, dynamic quality. The exciter adds high-frequency overtones, the saturation brings warmth, and the clipper ensures that your signal remains controlled and polished, without introducing unwanted distortion. The saturation module is particularly useful for adding harmonic complexity and enhancing your audio with a vintage warmth, making it perfect for any mix that requires a touch of character and analog-style richness.

One of the standout features of HoRNet Harmonics Pro is the inclusion of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis filters. These filters provide an extra layer of flexibility by allowing you to apply equalization before and after the harmonic exciter and clipper processing. The pre-emphasis filter boosts specific frequencies before the harmonic enhancement, while the de-emphasis filter helps shape the overall sound after the processing. This dual-stage approach gives you greater control over the tonal characteristics of your signal, making it easier to shape the harmonic content to suit your mix. Whether you’re focusing on accentuating the highs or making the low-mid range smoother, these filters allow you to fine-tune the harmonic content to perfection.

In addition to the core functionality, HoRNet Harmonics Pro also features a hysteresis simulation. This module introduces a “memory effect,” mimicking the sound characteristics of analog devices like tubes, transformers, and magnetic tape. The hysteresis effect adds subtle changes to the sound, giving it a more organic, vintage feel, which can be especially useful for users looking to add character and depth to their recordings. The memory effect can be subtle or pronounced, depending on your settings, allowing for a range of sounds from modern to nostalgic.

For intuitive control over your sound, HoRNet Harmonics Pro provides both input and output knobs, each with a link option that makes level adjustments easier and more efficient. The master fader gives users the ability to control the overall harmonic level, allowing you to blend the exciter and clipper effects to achieve the perfect balance between overtones and the original signal. This intuitive control system ensures that users can fine-tune their sound with ease. The ability to link the input and output controls allows for quicker adjustments without needing to constantly recalibrate each parameter individually.

To maintain the highest audio quality, HoRNet Harmonics Pro comes with intelligent oversampling. This feature automatically adjusts the oversampling rate based on your session’s sample rate, ensuring that the plugin delivers the best possible audio quality with minimal processing artifacts. Whether you’re working at 44.1kHz, 96kHz, or even higher sample rates, HoRNet Harmonics Pro ensures that your audio remains pristine, with all the warmth and excitement added by the harmonics processing. This feature makes sure that no matter the complexity of your session, the plugin operates at peak efficiency, delivering a high-fidelity experience.

The user interface (UI) of HoRNet Harmonics Pro is designed with efficiency and usability in mind. The vectorial interface is hardware-accelerated, providing a fast and responsive user experience. It’s fully resizable, so it adapts to any screen size or resolution, whether you’re working on a small laptop or a large studio monitor. Supporting OpenGL and Metal, the plugin ensures that your system’s hardware resources are efficiently used, giving you a smooth and responsive experience while working with demanding sessions. The clear, intuitive design makes navigating through the different modules seamless, helping you stay focused on the creative process without getting bogged down by complicated controls.

Whether you’re adding richness to vocals, enhancing the impact of drums, or saturating a full mix, HoRNet Harmonics Pro offers a versatile solution to improve the quality of your audio. With its intuitive controls and deep processing power, it is the perfect tool for enhancing recordings, adding warmth, and bringing more character and excitement to your music. The ability to shape and sculpt harmonics gives you endless creative possibilities, making it an essential part of any audio production setup.

The new version 1.0.1 also addresses several important bug fixes, ensuring a more stable user experience:

• Fixed crash with Pro Tools on Windows: This update resolves an issue that caused the plugin to crash when used in Pro Tools on Windows systems. The crash has been fixed, making it more stable for users working in this environment.

• Fixed crackling noise when moving harmonics sliders: We’ve resolved an issue where users experienced crackling noises when adjusting the harmonics sliders. The update ensures smoother operation when modifying harmonic settings, improving the overall user experience.

As always, the update is free for existing plugin owners, and you can easily download it using HoRNet DoIn or from the “my account” page on our website.

In conclusion, HoRNet Harmonics Pro is a powerful and versatile plugin that provides a wide range of options for adding warmth, excitement, and harmonic richness to your audio. Whether you need to enhance individual tracks or add depth and complexity to a full mix, this plugin is a must-have tool for any producer, engineer, or sound designer. With the added pre-emphasis and de-emphasis filters, hysteresis simulation, and oversampling, HoRNet Harmonics Pro delivers the flexibility, character, and quality needed for professional audio production.