elastic bender

Released version : 2.0.0

COMPATIBILITY
Machine Format(s) Architecture(s) Native Processor(s) OS Supported Note
PC VST3 X64 INTEL Windows 10 or higher
Mac AU X64 INTEL Mac OS-10.10 or higher Mac VST3 and Native Silicon soon

  • Install Info for Windows OS

    • VST3 presets are needed and are selected by default on install, if in the future you wish to install them back or revert to default you can also install just presets from the installer


    If a crash occurs during launch check that you have complete read/write permission on your main 64bit VST3 folder and/or the Elastic Bender application folder
    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
    • C:\Users\"yourusername or admin"\AppData\Local\EL2

  • Install Info for Mac OS

    • In case you had an issue with previous preset installers, be sure to download latest version (dec 2024) which solves an issue where OS security settings could prevent presets to be installed.


    Mac OS have separated plugin & preset installers.
    FYI: The presets Installer is installing the presets at this location:
    Users/YourUserName/Library/Audio/Presets/AlyJamesLab/ELASTIC/(presets in there)

    *In case you didn't know the USER library is hidden by default on Mac OS, but you just do one of a couple commands, personally I go with holding the Option key down while selecting the Go menu in the Finder, it reveals the User Library.

  • Mac Plug-In Formats

    • Mac version is available as AU (Audio Unit) format only ATM

    AU is Apple s proprietary audio technology, part of the Core Audio provided by Mac OSX. It is part of the operating system so it provides low latency and system-level support for the interface. Most DAWs developed for Mac OSX support the Audio Units interface due to its stability and system-level solutions (which also means faster processing). Apple Logic only utilizes Audio Unit format plugins, but other DAWs such as Ableton can also use these. One or two DAW like for example Cubase do not support Audio Unit directly yet but you can still easily load an AU plugin with the help of a VST plugin that can host AU, a popular solution is BlueCat's Patchworks. A free one that recently got open sourced is Kushview Element

    Mac VST3 format and Native ARM (M1) version are in the making for 2025 (it already works on M1 using Rosetta2) Complete compatibility info is right here in case you missed it from the product page, includes solution for loading an AU plugin in VST only DAW (mainly Cubase on Mac)

    By the way, many of my plug-ins are already available in native Silicon format being Universal binary 2.0 (Silicon/Intel), you can monitor all plug-ins format status right here

  • Usage Info

    • Elastic Bender like all my newer plug-ins do not use "drag resize" capability yet, nevertheless it uses "DPI awareness" which makes the plug-in GUI follow DAW (or the whole system) DPI settings.

    I have monitors with a big resolution like 4K or 2K and I use the scaling function of the OS (on PC and on Mac) regularly, I usually scale the whole system to 125% or 150% in order to have a comfortable view.
    Even if not using "system" scaling most programs, including DAW now feature scaling, it can be set to follow the system settings or be independent.
    Any set scaling will also automatically resize my plug-ins.


    .aupreset can also be loaded by the PC version.
    Presets can be loaded/saved in .vstpreset, .aupreset and .xmlpreset/.xmlbank formats.

    In order to design new presets, start with the Init preset and have fun messing around. Export as .xmlpreset format which is a plain text easily editable and sharable.

    Most parameters can be right clicked and "midi learned"
    This mapping will be saved at the preset level when saving a custom preset so you could make any kind of Macro control to change many params at once with just one command on a particular preset and not worry if it would become global.
    Elastic Bender additional preset banks will be found at the community/download section of alyjameslab.com check from time to time!

  • Note if you upgrade from the deprecated Windows only 32 bit version 1.0

    • ELastic Bender 2.0 shouldn't mess with your previous works as it is a 64bit plugin with a new ID. It is a complete rework so no preset sharing between v1.0 and v2.0 are possible ATM.


    While Windows 7 is not marked as "supported" it should run on it as well.
    In case of graphics glitches or crash on legacy Windows 7 systems not updated, the system requires the installation of the Microsoft platform update. This is an update from 2013 but I know some of you might still have old systems with updates turned off for years ;) platform update info link Direct link seems to be this