Exc!te Cymbal

The free cymbal plugin offers an ultra-realistic sound through physical modeling. Use MIDI notes to trigger the built-in exciter and change the tip hardness and bell intensity parameters. For added realism, MIDI trigger values can be adjusted with a probability curve. The exciter is powered by a waveguide resonator algorithm that allows you to change pitch, decay and damping.

Operating Systems

• Mac OS 10.12 and higher (M1 / Apple Silicon processors are supported)
• Windows 10 (other versions not tested)
• Linux (Intel/AMD 64-bit processors, tested on Ubuntu 21.04 and 21.10, there is no reason why it should not work on any other distribution/version)

Plugin Hosts / Digital Audio Workstations

Any plugin compatible with VirtualStudioTechnology v3 or AudioUnit should work. They have been tested:

• Ableton Live 10.1 and higher
• Bitwig 3.3 and higher (earlier versions not tested)
• Reaper 6.28 and higher (older versions not tested)
• Ardour 6.5 and higher
• Cantabile
• Cubase (user reported working)
• PlogueBidule (user reported working)
• FL Studio (user reported working)
• Cakewalk by BandLab (PRO version: see below how to set up Cakewalk)
• MOTU Digital Performer
• Apple GarageBand and Logic
• Other DAWs or plugins that support VST3 plugins should work but have not been tested