Sean Costello, Valhalla DSP

“ I would argue that Aether and Breeze have their own distinctive sonic signature. Which is an EXCELLENT thing. A lot of plugins today are trying to emulate the "good ol' days" of the 1980's. Emulations of "classic" reverb algorithms abound, which is pretty cool, in that people are uncovering the "secret sauce", and finding that these algorithms can be really efficient on modern machines. The 2CAudio guys have taken a different route. I consider myself a bit of a scholar on reverb algorithms, and I can tell you that Aether doesn't simply recycle some old algorithms, or implement some textbook solution. Instead, they have created something unique. I haven't listened to Breeze enough to tell what is going on, but it doesn't sound like the typical Lexicon clone. The 2CAudio guys are developing innovative new algorithms, and I have a huge amount of admiration for that. ”

Noiseflaw, Gearslutz

“I had heard about Aether but not really spent anytime investigating it. Well... Breeze is excellent. Something sublime about it, I dunno - it just sounds kind of sweet and smooth. I put one the halls on a piano and just could not stop playing... I am now settled on getting both because Aether must be awesome. Oh, and suprisingly I think it is most definately comparable to the Lex PCM, no question.”

Jim Daneker, Nashville, TN

“WHOA. As a film composer, I've been on the lookout for a "holy grail" reverb plugin for some time. The main criteria is sound, obviously, but CPU usage is important too (my big template uses around 12 buses with various verbs). There have been some good ones, and the best one I've heard is the Lex PCM Bundle, by a long shot (for the sound I'm after, anyway). However, $1500 is a lot for almost any budget these days. Still, it's the only thing I've heard to this point that gives me that sound - until today.

I just found out about Breeze last night & having tried the Aether demo (and been impressed but concerned about its CPU footprint), I just spent the morning auditioning Breeze. WOW - you guys have something special here. I spent 2 hours with the Lex and Breeze, side-by-side, and while they each have their strengths, I am stunned that I was able to get so ridiculously close to the Lex sound with Breeze. More importantly, I was able to get some really tasty stuff out of Breeze that I couldn't get out of the Lex (again, each has their strengths). The main thing I found is that I could get the overall Lex vibe with Breeze, but with a clarity that I couldn't get otherwise. Buying a copy of Breeze right now... very nicely done!”

Dankin, Gearslutz

“Loving Breeze! Seriously it's one of the best verbs I've used and it's easy on the cpu. It's the only verb I'm using on the mixes I'm working on this week. ”

Peevy2000, KVR

“I think I just might have found the reverb I've been looking for. Breeze is a delight to work with, the GUIs very nice with the UI offering just that little bit more tweak-ability I was looking for & to my ears it also shines in that all important department, the sound. As for the CPU where Breeze is concerned, I found it to be pretty easy on the CPU & only adding about an average of 8% load on the CPU, so no complaints there. ”

Exhile, KVR

“Having tried the demo's of several popular reverbs over the last couple of weeks i have just bought Aether and Breeze. To me these are by far the most natural sounding reverbs currently available. The only rivals i found were Lexicon and Relab but they are nearly twice the price. Absolute no brainer for me. I can see these being pretty much my only reverbs for a while complimented only by Shimmer. Thanks for the great reverbs! ”

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2CAudio Breeze 1.1.0 Win Demo (ZIP)
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Breeze WAV Audio Demos
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2CAudio Breeze Manual 1.1.0 (PDF)
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Ultra-Effecient Auto Randomizing Algorithmic Reverb Software plugin. Windows VST & RTAS, and OSX Audio Units, VST, & RTAS formats. Floating point process. 0 sample latency! Over 300 factory presets!

Breeze is available for Windows VST and RTAS hosts under Windows XP and Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Both 32bit and 64bit VST versions are provided. The RTAS version is 32bit-only currerntly.

Breeze is available for Mas OSX VST, Audio Units, and RTAS hosts, under Tiger (OSX.4.11), Leopard (OSX.5.8), Snow Leopard (OSX.6.3), and Lion (OSX.7.x) or higher. Breeze is currently a 32bit plug-in on OSX. An Intel-based CPU is required for Mac OSX. WE DO NOT SUPPORT PPC.

Breeze has been tested in the current versions of the following hosts: Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE, Acid, Audition, Cubase, Digital Performer, Energy XT, FL Studio, Live, Logic, Max 5, Nuendo, Peak, Project 5, Reaper, Sonar, Sound Forge, Soundtrack, Studio One, Wave Editor, Wavelab... Other Various VST and Audio Units hosts for Windows and OSX platforms should function normally as well and will be added to this list as they are tested and confirmed.

2CAudio Breeze is available for direct download through our sister company Galbanum's web store. Customers may choose to download a Zipped installer application for either or both the Windows or Mac OSX platform. A personalized serial number is automatically registered to each customer and emailed instantly with the order confirmation email.

2CAudio's Aether is an award-winning, ultimate quality, self-modulating algorithmic reverb, which delivers unprecedented levels of fidelity and programmability. It has been nominated for, and won numerous industry awards, including most recently the 2010 Sound on Sound Annual Award, and the 2010 EM Editor's Choice award. Its huge list of industry-first advances have made it the go-to reverb of choice by many of the industry's top engineers and producers.

Breeze is Aether's pristine eco-conscious cousin. Breeze focuses on simplicity, efficiency, and economy. Additionally it offers several of its own exciting new features that have not been offered previously and make it fufill a special need in the market.

The Breeze 1.1 update was released on April 8, 2011 and includes over 100 new factory presets and the following new features and enhancements that we think will help you get even more out of Breeze:

• Redesigned and expanded EQ and Damping scheme offering 5 new filter options for each:

High Shelf | High Cut | Low Shelf | Low Cut | Off

• Filter options are independent for Both Damping and EQ and can be configured in 25 different ways providing much more flexibility to the tonal characteristics of the reverb.

• "Off" filter mode provides additional CPU efficiency of up to 5-10% savings.

• Infinite reverb time mode

• Substantial enhancements to the diversity achievable within the range of existing parameter settings. The behavior and effect of some parameters has been enhanced in various ways that unfortunately can not be fully described do to trade-secrets. Suffice to say the result is improved preset diversity and augmented audio quality. Consider it a tune-up to certain aspects of the algorithm.

• Improved GUI controls response

• Improved Novation auto-map compatibility

Sometimes less is more. Sometimes it is best to just KISS. Breeze is a Breeze to use! Literally. It offers an innovative, minimalist GUI design that focuses on instantly communicating the most important preset information to the user, and summarizing this information graphically in two aesthetically pleasing and intuitive graphical displays. Macro controls combine many complex, behind-the-scenes DSP parameters into a beautifully compact set of nine knobs and four sliders. Parameter ranges and scaling are optimized to make it almost impossible to create a bad sounding preset. Signal gain has been meticulously balanced to the point of making the need to adjust the gain control almost obsolete, leaving users with one less thing to worry about and free to focus on more important details. It is quite simply a Breeze to find the perfect settings for any given source material.

No it's not always a bad word! Breeze has a modest price of $149.95. All plug-in formats are included at this price.

Additionally we are introducing the Perfect Storm Bundle which includes Breeze, Aether, the Aether Integrity Expansion and the the Aether Creativity Expansion at a special reduced package price:

The Perfect Storm : $349.95 (Save $100)

Finally we also offer cross-grades from Breeze to Aether and vice versa for customers who have purchased one already and would like to add the second at a later date. If you are an existing customer of one of these products, you are qualified for a $50 discount if you decide to purchase the other.

Breeze to Aether : $199.95 (Save $50)
Aether to Breeze : $99.95 (Save $50)

If you qualify for this offer and would like to take advantage of it, please email us for details.

Pack Light. Travel Far. Feel the Breeze. Breeze has been highly optimized to reduce CPU usage as compared to Aether and other products in the market. Breeze is furthermore designed to intelligently use only as much CPU power as is absolutely required for a given preset, and automatically disables various parts of the algorithm when not required to conserve energy. Breeze also offers an additional "Hi-Lo" switch to further push efficiency into even deeper shades of Green. Breeze is the ideal reverb choice for laptop use, and live performance. When used with current top-of-the-line studio workstations, over 500 instances of the plug-in can be run in real-time depending on settings.

With the above in mind, we of course did not sacrifice audio quality either. Breeze sounds amazing! Breeze shares some things in common with its older cousin, Aether, but it also has many differences, and brings a few exciting new things to the table that we have been researching lately and have yet to be implemented in Aether including:

• A new advanced true-stereo mode that differs from anything in Aether.

• A new bi-polar Density control that provides the ultimate flexibility ranging from absolute sparsity to almost instantaneous maximal density.

• A Density/Diffusion mode switch: This has an effect on both Density, and the speed of Diffusion and it functions as an extremely low-CPU-usage mode, which still sounds fantastic.

• A Contour control to allow users to customize the attack characteristics and timbral variations of the reverb.

• The new Conservation of Energy scheme designed to give the same average level regardless of parameter settings. All knobs can be set to any conceivable setting combinations, and the resulting level is still perfectly matched to the input signal. This makes adjusting the Gain setting almost completely obsolete.

• An evolved modulation scheme that offers both lush, larger-than-life, chorus-like, random pitch modulation as well as newly-developed more conservative methods, that are more in line with the behavior of real-world acoustic spaces

• The new Time Display is a great visualization tool that shows a representation of the time behavior of the current settings. It shows the first few delays and the general decay time as well as other things. It is very intuitive and helpful when customizing presets.

We will add additional information and details to this section shortly.

2CAudio is a sister company of Galbanum founded by Andrew Souter and Denis Malygin. It develops industry-leading audio plug-ins in VST, AU, and RTAS formats. Its primary focus is on spatial processing, advanced creative effects, and other future-forward ideas. The 2CAudio corporate motto is: Convergent Creative Precision.

A fully developed 2Caudio web-site will be online soon. Until that time Breeze 1.0 is available for direct download via the Galbanum web store, and the "Buy Now" link above directs to this location. Please use Safari, Firefox 3, Opera 9, IE 8, or any other browser that is fully CSS compliant to view this site.