Inear Display’s free Regressif plugin is destructive and degrading

Many of us have an appetite for destructing our audio pristine digital audio, and there are plenty of sonic sledgehammers that will enable us to do it. The latest is a free plugin from Inear Display known as Regressif.

Described as a ‘digital chaos unit’, this gives you various tools that can be used to degrade your audio, including a multimode filter with distortion, samplerate reduction and bitcrushing effects. There are also two LFOs and an LFO mixer.

Everything is presented on what looks to be a pretty clear and straightforward interface. It’s colour-coded and modulation is applied by dragging nodes. Presets are supplied, though you can also create your own or take a gamble with the randomisation option.

Find out more and grab your free download on the Inear Display website. Regressif is available for PC and Mac in VST/AU formats. 

 Inear Display Regressif features 

  • Analog Style Filter
  • 4 Filter Types : Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch
  • Digital Distortion (pre or post Filter)
  • Samplerate Reduction
  • Bit Crusher 3 Routing Options for the LoFi Module Effects: Chain, Parallel, Ringmod
  • Processed signal Amplitude control
  • Dry/Wet Control
  • 2 LFO Modules
  • 7 Classic Shapes for the LFO Modules
  • Optional Host Clock Sync for the LFO Modules
  • LFO Mixer to combine the 2 LFO Modules
  • Intuitive Modulation Routing Paradigm using Patch Chords
  • Randomizer
  • 40 factory presets
  • Clean Color Coded Interface
  • Define a custom startup patch
  • Cross-Platform presets
Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it. 

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