King Cobrato

Pitch-Perfect Vibrato With a Threshold-Triggered LFO

King Cobrato is a VST vibrato effect from Wire Grind. Its feature a threshold-triggered LFO, precision pitch settings, 13 oscillators, ducking, sidechaining, controls to limit/force LFO oscillations, chorus & flanging effects, and more. King Cobrato takes vibrato to the next level. No longer untunable swirlyness, just highly-controllable creative expression.

An LFO Triggered By Music

King Cobrato's oscillator is triggered by signal level. This synchronizes the LFO with your music whenever the notes happen to occur. Many of the other features are made possible by this triggering mechanism. These include ducking, limiting/forcing LFO cycling , sidechaining, and lookahead.

Accurate Pitch Variation

Dial in just the perfect amount of up and down pitch variation with this perceptual control. Pitch range can be adjusted up to ±1200 cents (±1 octave).

Control LFO cycles

Specify the number of LFO cycles that should follow each trigger. There are also three cycle modes ("at least," "at most," and "exactly") that apply different rules to the number. The relevant control parameters are shown in the image below.

13 Pitch Envelopes

Explore creative possibilities with King Cobrato's 13 pitch envelopes. The envelopes shape the perceptual characteristics of the effect's output. They differ from modulation waveforms, which conventional vibratos typically use as internal data signals. The pitch envelopes are shown below.

Sidechain

Want to trigger modulation after a percussion hit? King Cobrato includes a sidechain input that will do just that. It is similar to those found on compressors and noise gates.

Ducking

Cobrato can duck the effect as well. Ordinarily, the oscillator activates when the control signal exceeds the threshold. With ducking, it instead activates when the signal drops below the threshold.

Chorus & Flanging Too

To achieve flange and chorus effects, set the wet/dry mix to 50%. We recommend starting with a moderate LFO rate and a pitch range of about 50 cents. Chorus effects will typically use higher pitch range settings than flanging.

Highly Automatable

Nearly every parameter can be changed in real-time without friction. Check out the video below for an automation demonstration.

📌 Feature Summary

• Signal-triggered oscillations
• Pitch-range adjustment up to ±1 octave
• 13 pitch envelopes
• Sidechaining
• Ducking
• LFO cycling controls
• Chorus & flanging effects
• LFO onset delay
• Lookahead
• Pitch gliding
• Linked & independent channel processing
• Trigger signal scope
• Strong trigger signal filtering
• Oversampling up to 32x
• Undo/Redo
• A/B settings banks

Audio Examples

User Manual

PDF Manual

Try King Cobrato For Free

The demo version can be installed using the program linked below. The installer also includes other optional free/demo plug-ins. Demo plug-ins have unlimited time, but they have two limitations:

• Parameters cannot be saved.
• A tone or chirp sound will periodically be added to the output.

Windows Demo

System Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 7 or greater.
• Host Program: VST3 compatible host.

License Agreement

To use or purchase this software, you must agree to the terms of the license agreement. A copy of this agreement can be found here.

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