ANALOGUE SOUL.
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Circuit-modelled bass. Sample-free drums. Magnetic tape, unstable echoes and enough control to turn a calibrated machine into something beautifully wrong.
VST3 · analogue circuit modelling
CreakBox V2 combines analogue circuit-modelled bass synthesis, sample-free rhythm synthesis and effects in one production instrument. It is built for the immediacy of classic acid hardware without giving up modern control.
Up to 16× real-time oversampling suppresses aliasing and spectral foldback when resonance, accent, filter drive and distortion generate new harmonics. Export rendering is always processed at 16×.
*** NEW IN CREAKBOX V2.0.9.0046 ***
Fixed an occasional bug in playback when synced to DAW host
*** NEW IN CREAKBOX V2.0.9.0045 ***
Changed oversample filters
Changed full signal path
Optimized Distortion type II render speed
Automatic crossfader leveling when using IDEA generation to balance CB-Bass and CB-Drums
*** NEW IN CREAKBOX V2.0.9.0044 ***
Added “IDEA” Button, to generate a new musical idea with the click of one button to get you started
Fixed shortcut keys;
I: Generate Idea
R: Randomize Bass
1-4: Select CBBass pattern 1-4
5-8: Select CBRythm pattern 1-4
Shift 1-8: mutte/unmute CBRythm instrument 1-8
Added BPM lock to Echo
Added fixed knobs from Circuit bend to control echo wideness and highpass
Close CreakBox in Free mode kills sound.
Smoother knob turn
*** NEW IN CREAKBOX V2.0.9.0043 ***
NEW FILTER - FLT2 is a 2 pole 12db lowpass dirty resonant filter. It will self oscillate and it’s gritty!
Added EXT sidechain input so CreakBox can be used as filter/distortion/clipper/tape compression/tape echo effect
Added SUB OSCILLATOR. Settings are OFF, -1 oct, -2 oct
Added ATTACK knob and attack-per-note in CB-Bass pattern editor
Fixed filter cutoff inaccuracy
Fixed Slide function
When closing plugin in FREE mode, also stops playback and kills echo tail
CreakBox V2 — Detailed Technical Feature List
CB-BASS synthesis engine
- Circuit-modelled monophonic bass synthesizer
- Selectable sawtooth and square-wave signal paths.
- Post-VCA overdrive with asymmetric soft clipping and level compensation.
- Nonlinear 4 pole diode-ladder filter
- Nonlinear saturation inside the filter loop.
- Extended resonance, bass and punch calibration parameters available on the Circuit Bend page.
- Live adjustment of internal circuit parameters, committed safely at audio-block boundaries.
CB-RHYTHM drum machine
- Integrated rhythm synthesizer inspired by analogue rhythm hardware.
- Seven independently synthesized drum voices.
- Shared accent lane for dynamically emphasising programmed drum triggers.
- Dedicated 16-step rhythm sequencer.
- Individual level controls for the drum voices.
- Voice-specific tone and decay controls where supported by the synthesis circuit.
- Individual instrument mute controls.
- Tape-style overdrive for the combined drum signal.
- Output-filter processing for shaping the complete rhythm-machine mix.
Oversampling and audio quality
- Selectable real-time internal oversampling.
- Available real-time ratios: 1×, 2×, 4×, 8× and 16×.
- Oscillator and nonlinear filter run together at the selected internal sample rate.
- Higher oversampling settings reduce aliasing from nonlinear oscillator, filter and saturation processing.
- Host-controlled offline rendering, freeze and bounce are supported by the registered version.
- High-quality rendering is designed to remain deterministic and compatible with DAW project recall.
DAW integration
- Native 64-bit VST3 plug-in.
- Designed for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
- Tested with Ableton Live 11.
- Standard VST3 host-parameter exposure.
- Parameters can be recorded and edited in DAW automation lanes.
- Host automation can control both performance and sound-design parameters.
- Plug-in state is stored with the DAW project.
- Patterns, banks, Quick assignments, circuit configuration and performance settings are included in project recall.
- MIDI note input for direct performance of the CB-BASS engine.
- MIDI and host automation can be used alongside the internal sequencers.
- Host tempo and transport synchronisation.
- Free-running internal clock and transport mode.
- Tempo range from 40 to 300 BPM.
Licensing and activation
- Preview/demo mode for evaluating the plug-in before purchasing.
- Online activation using a product license key.
- Offline activation is available through a signed license file.
- Offline license files can be requested through frank@reitzwerk.com.
- Full-only controls are enabled after successful activation.
Demo/preview limitations
- Circuit Bend editing, circuit files, custom profiles and quality controls are unavailable in demo mode.
- Internal oversampling is fixed at 2× in the demo.
- DAW automation is limited to the main CB-BASS Cutoff parameter.
- Host offline rendering, freeze and bounce produce silence in demo mode.
- Normal real-time playback remains available.
- Real-time audio recording through the DAW remains available.
- The demo is intended to allow practical evaluation of the sound and primary workflow before purchase.