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Spectral smoother · EQ · granular reverb

take the rhythm out, keep the sound

Put Follow on a piano, a guitar or a drum loop. Turn up Smooth, and the part becomes a slow, breathing bed made from the same notes.

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macOS 11+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · AU
The Follow interface: three sage panels for Follow, Reverb and EQ, with a tape window and a black transport band.

Watch

Listen

Press Play, then switch Smooth while it runs. The trace shows the level: the higher the Smooth, the flatter the line.

Level
Smooth 0 %
Test signal · 30 s loop
Smooth
Reverbdemos at Smooth 75

Inside

Smooth

One knob takes the rhythm out of a part. Notes swell in and ring on, like a held pad made from the sound itself.

Swell + Tail

Set how slowly the sound fades in and how long it rings on after the input stops.

Freeze

Hold the current sound without an end. FRZ MIX blends it with the live input. It fades out when you let go.

Auto Gain + Width

Auto Gain adds back the level that smoothing takes away. Width spreads the sound and keeps the bass in the centre.

EQ after the effect

Low and high cut with resonance, low shelf, mid bell and high shelf on the smoothed sound.

Granular reverb

A 16-line reverb with a grain cloud, shimmer, modulation and its own freeze.

12 tapes

Presets live on the tape. Load a factory tape, or save your own.

Blank Tape
Slow Light
Felt Fog
Still Water
Shimmer Hall
Grain Cloud
Reverse Swell
Dark Room
Tape Memory
Octave Below
Frozen Fifth
Wide Drift

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Format
Audio Unit (AU) effect
System
macOS 11 or later
Processors
Apple Silicon and Intel (universal)
Security
Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple