Due to various stressful things going on in my RealLife™ over the past couple of years, it has been far too long since I was last able to work on Glitch, but I’m happy to announce that I’ve finally been able to spend some more time with it recently. At the moment I’m close to finishing a complete rewrite of the plug-in core itself, and although it will not have any major new feature additions (yet), it will be based on VST 2.4 and should be much more stable and efficient. More on that good stuff later!
In the meantime, I wanted to release this minor updated version 1.3.05 which fixes a few things that people have brought to my attention. The main issue was Glitch’s parameters not showing up correctly in Ableton Live 8′s configure mode, making it difficult (impossible?) to easily create custom mappings. I’ve tested this new version in the latest Live 8.1.1 demo and I can say that it seems to be working fine now (and that Live’s configure mode is pretty nifty!). This update should also take care of an annoying bug where the mouse cursor would sometimes get stuck in an invisible state after tweaking parameters in Glitch’s interface, which seems to have been an issue with the actual DIB Controls components I’ve been using for the knobs, buttons, etc.
Anyway… Speaking on a more personal level, it’s been awesome working on Glitch again after being away from it for so long, but the only reason I’ve been able to do so is because for the first time in years I’m not working a full-time job. As soon as I’ve released the rewrite that I’m currently working on, I would love to immediately focus on creating the next major version of the plug-in, and to continue developing some of the ideas that I’ve had for brand new features and effects. The reality is that life is not quite that simple, and in fact my financial resources are unfortunately very limited these days, so it’s difficult to say how much more time I can dedicate to Glitch as a freeware project. I do plan to begin selling some other plug-in ideas in the near future and hopefully generate some revenue that way, but it may be a little while before I can get that up and running.
For now, if you do use Glitch regularly and consider it to be a useful tool, and you want to see it survive as a project and be improved in the future, then please consider making a donation to show your support. Any amount is hugely appreciated, and could literally mean the difference between me being forced to put development on hold again, or being able to spend another month or two of solid coding and making a lot of important progress with it. I love audio development, and I really want to continue working on this thing and making it more badass, but I simply cannot do it without your support!
You can grab Glitch v1.3.05 from the usual place…
hey, an update would be great i agree. Im using cubase 6 and the display doesnt open.
I miss Glitch now I’m on a Mac… I’d pay you for an AU version… Judging by all the similar comments, I’m quite sure you’d turn a profit and gain a sledgeload of geek kudos.
Nothing else comes close to Glitch!
Will there be a 64 bit version for mac ?
I am currently using Effectrix which is also nice, but i would like to see glitch coming to mac.
Ez just haha u found effectrix then badd init
This plug is something myself and c4c use alot it never plays up on us never has. excellent work, one thing we have noticed tho is the time field of timestretch it seems to run along the tempo line but does not follow a 16 bar or 32 bar timeline for the stretching. unless we half the tempo of the track . Please can you allow it to follow a 16 or 32 bar timeline….in 4/4
Again this is one of the dopest plugs we have. ;) Mnay thanks for your efforts.
Hi.
I started to use this plugin with FLStudio some time ago. And first of all I want to say It’s fantastic. The effects are wonderful and I’m having a lot of fun with them.
But it seems that plugin has some memory leak or that kind of bug. In FLStudio, when I create a project and apply Glitch effect to many (say five or more) channels, after playing the track for some time CPU usage raises to maximum and FLStudio starts to freeze and the only way to stop it is to reload the project. So if few instances of Glitch loaded they conflict somehow, or just leak faster.
Also I have a feeling (but I’m not sure) that the freezing begins if the sound is low. I mean I play the track but in the end of it, where the sound fading out CPU usage raises.
I hope you can catch that bug and fix it sometime.
Anyway, thanks for the brilliant piece of software.
Here’s few tracks I used it in: one, two, three.
hi how do you actually get it into fl10?? it says its in the plugin bit but it just looks like a piece of a4 paper and when i click on it nothing happens
I still use FLStudio 9. Thanks for the warning, I wanted to upgrade now I wont.
The smame thing happens for me when i add 2 instances of glitch on one channel, as long as i dont do that its fine for me, i can add as many as I want on different channels.
Realy love the plugin, use it a lot!
This is an amazing plug in. My dream is to produce with this on Cubase 6. The problem is just the controls page. We can’t see the controls. The software work because i hear the effects on the sound, but i can’t work with parameters…
yep, would like to use it in Cubase 6 EL. I hear it is working, but no GUI…
i am fanatic about glitch. but we need a mac version
hey. im tryin to get the glitch plugin to work on fl10 but its not working how do i set it up correctly it says its in the plug in folder but it just looks like a a4 piece of paper and when i try to open it nothing happens
@ Daz. Put the plugin *.Dll in the VstPlugins folder. My folder is located in( C:\Programfiles(x86)\Vstplugins) for example. Once it is there open up FLstudio10. Act like your going to add one of the prexisting FL plugins then click on “More”. You have to search for it with the button at the bottom and then checkmark it when it shows up. Once this is done you will be able to add it like a normal FL plugin. It will be added on your mixer as an effect.
I absolutely LOVE glitch! I’ve used it in quite a few of my songs! its a very versatile program and the quality is amazing!
only problem I have with it is that I cannot finish my trance song due to the amount of processing it takes up after putting so many glitches into one song. it also does not like being used twice on one synth in the mixer on fl studio 10.
other than that I hope for a new release fixing these issues coming soon!
Please man!
I miss the Glitch so much now when I use a Mac… I’d love to pay you for an AU version!
Hey, I was wondering if you have seen the news that Reason 6.5 will let plug-in developers port their plug-ins over into a format for Reason. It’s not difficult at all to port any type of code into their Reason Extensions SDK environment. I figured I’d let you know about this because plenty of people would pay to download your plug-in as a Reason-compatible device. Plenty of plug-in makers are jumping in on this opportunity.
Down at the bottom of the page of the link I’m sending you, Propellerhead Software has put up a means of contact so plug-in developers can contact them. I use Reason a lot and I would definitely pay to have dblue_glitch as a Reason-compatible plug-in.
The cool thing about porting the plug-in would be that you only really need to focus on GUI code and on DSP code, no OS-specific code is necessary.
Here’s the link to check out: http://www.propellerheads.se/news/rackextensions/index.cfm
Just make sure you check out the bottom of the page where it says “Developers – Get in touch!”
Uhh, I oh so miss Glitch since I moved to Mac OSX. Pleeeaase with a cherry on top and then some … release a Mac version ;)
Keep up the great work!
Best plugin i’ve ever used man :)
Didn’t realise it only worked with a 32 bit host though so i’m smaking myself for upgrading to cubase 5 64bit……………
Would be great to see a 64 bit version of this especially as a lot of DAW developers seem to have the opinion that soon all plugins will be 64bit so they’re not going to include any type of useful support for 32bit plugins (well at least Steinburg…).
But thanks a lot for this masterpiece man, awsome work, as soon as i get a bit of money together ima donate :)
I’ve been using Glitch for 3 years now, and I have to say it is by far, THE best free plug-in out there.
I use it in Acid Studio 8 & it works perfectly, no problems installing (I had some issues loading it when I was using Acid 7, but I worked them out).
I use this with an all knob/rotary USB MIDI for live performances & have floored some respectable DJs/Producers that I’ve played with as they were extremely curious as to what programs I was using, and many are shocked that I have a relatively low-cost set-up due to the simple DAW I use & tons of high-end sounding, legally free plug-ins such as Glitch.
Thanks for making such an awesome plug-in for free, and I’m gonna buy shirt to support you!
SKTCH from Wisconsin.
Hi,
Following a number of threads and comments here I have to say Glitch is hands down the best Glitching plug-in available; free or otherwise. Very intuitive interface and great results are easy to link up.
Sadly though upon my upgrade to 64 bit Cubase I found a key weapon in the arsenal was lost to me. Could we please rally together a crew to get a 64bit version of the plug-in established?
Demand is strong :)