PaulXStretch Plugin Brings Extreme Time Stretching To Your DAW

PaulXStretch is a VST2/AU plugin that’s designed for extreme time stretching and spectral processing of audio.

This plugin is based on the PaulStretch standalone app, aka Paul’s Extreme Time Stretch.

The developer notes:

The plugin is only suitable for radical transformation of sounds. It is not suitable at all for subtle time corrections and such. Ambient music and sound design are probably the most suitable use cases.

The plugin can either load an existing audio file from disk to process or it can capture audio from the plugin inputs. (The capture mode is started/stopped with the “Capture” parameter.)

The plugin will require the DAW audio engine to be running on the track it is inserted on. How that is achieved in various hosts is specific to those hosts. Some hosts will just immediately start running the plugin, in other hosts one may need to record/input monitor enable the track or something else needs to be done.

The plugin has lots of latency, that isn’t reported to the host currently. I will have to investigate later what, if anything, can be done about those issues.

The plugin has been tested for compatibility with these hosts:

  • Windows : Reaper, Ableton Live Lite 9, FL Studio, JUCE plugin host.
  • Mac Os : Reaper (VST), Ableton Live Lite 9 (VST), GarageBand (AU), Plogue Bidule (VST).

PaulXStretch is available as a donationware download.

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  1. PS stand alone app has been a long time fav of mine. Hmmm not sure a vst version would be needed for how I use it, but definitely curious.

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