Leapwing releases RootOne, a unique multi-band subharmonics generator and shaper
BELGIUM, August 31st, 2020. Leapwing is proud to announce ‘RootOne’, a brand-new plugin that gives punch to your low-end!

Leapwing continues to challenge the status quo with new solutions. With RootOne they release their fourth plugin, building on their existing reputation for audio quality. Just like previous plugins, RootOne was born from necessity and experience. As Robin Reumers, co-founder of Leapwing, explains: “The 3 of us, as well as other engineers we talked to, were often dissatisfied with traditional subharmonics generators. They often cause phase shifting in the low-end, resulting in a sense of detachment from the original sound. We therefore wanted to develop a new approach for generating low frequencies.”

This inspired the Leapwing team to create their own analysis-synthesis algorithm, which allows users to generate the cleanest subharmonics possible, phase-aligned with the original sound.

RootOne lets you set 3 low frequency bands with variable crossover frequencies. After careful amplitude and phase analysis, each band looks for a frequency an octave above and generates a clean subharmonic note within the selected band.

Each band gives the user control over

1. drive: decide how much of each subharmonic to send to the saturation section
2. dynamics: control how dynamic your low-end will be while tracking the original amplitude shape
3. decay: shape the amplitude decay curve all the way from brief to extended decay

And last but not least, there is an additional 4th “harmonics” band, focused around the lower midrange, where you can add saturation. This allows low frequency sounds to cut through on smaller speakers. All in all, you’re given immense control over your low-end to create new artistic possibilities!


Key Features
• Unique Subharmonics Generator: proprietary algorithm for the cleanest low frequencies.
• Pitch Follower and Phase Alignment: instead of simply pitch shifting the signal, we use advanced analysis to generate subharmonics that are phase-aligned with the source.
• Full Harmonics Shaping: saturation module allows you to shape midrange harmonics, letting them to cut through on smaller speakers
• Ultimate dynamics, drive and decay control: immense control to get your newly generated subharmonics exactly how you want them
• Simple yet Beautiful Design: Modern resizable Retina interface with unique design for an optimal workflow
• Multiple DAW & OS Compatibility: Available on Mac OSX (10.10 +), Windows 8, 10 (64-bit only) in AAX-Native, VST, VST3 and AU
Leapwing Audio RootOne is now available for EUR 199, USD 199 or GBP 179, and you can download a free 30-day trial: https://www.leapwingaudio.com/rootone

About the Leapwing team:

We love analog and we love digital. We also recognise that there are things you can’t do in the analog domain. Many companies do analog emulation well so instead we focus solely on unique digital tools that shape and improve sound.

All our plugins are built with the same goal in mind: Focus your precious time on creativity and let our plugins do the work for you. Because of this, we make the interfaces minimalistic and incredibly easy to use.

More about the Leapwing team: https://www.leapwingaudio.com/about-us/

 

Leapwing is so confident in the quality of their products that they don't even offer an introductory price.

But for what it does it's overpriced, imo. I mean, you could use RBass on the lows and HG Blackbox 2 on the mix and boom there are your harmonics. ;)

 

As Robin Reumers, co-founder of Leapwing, explains:

“The 3 of us, as well as other engineers we talked to, were often dissatisfied with traditional subharmonics generators. They often cause phase shifting in the low-end, resulting in a sense of detachment from the original sound. We therefore wanted to develop a new approach for generating low frequencies.”

This inspired the Leapwing team to create their own analysis-synthesis algorithm, which allows users to generate the cleanest subharmonics possible, phase-aligned with the original sound.

 

Yeah well, everybody can create clever sounding marketing schemes. The point is: is it worth 200 $ to you. I am sure it's not a bad product. The question is: do we need it. With DynOne, there were no Multiband Parallel Compressor plugins around. With this, it's different.

 

I think Leapwing Audio is somewhat unique, i tried their stuff, and i'm impressed as how they achieve their claims with all the goods and without the cons, i use their plugins and i like what i'm hearing, but as @5teezo stated, is it worth a 200$? kinda both, because as i said, i think what they're offering is unique AND top notch, but is it a magical plugin to get you to the next level? NO!