SB-01
TAPE WEAR & DEGRADATION UNIT
AU + VST3 / APPLE SILICON MAC
SUNBURN is a tape colour and degradation unit for getting a part out of the ordinary. Start clean, then add age, wobble, noise and damage until it feels like it came from somewhere. Built for drums, vocals, guitars, keys and loops, with a dice throw for when the obvious answer is not it and a Mix knob for keeping one foot in the clean signal.
DESCRIPTION.
- 15 FACTORY PRESETS / 8 MACHINE VOICINGSEach starts with its own age, wobble and character recipe. The possibilities open right up.
- DICE THROW RANDOMNESSBreaks the preset mould with a fresh combination for extra possibilities.
- 4× OVERSAMPLED SATURATIONWide, warm colour inspired by tape, cassette, and all-out tube, transistor and resistor madness.
- CUSTOM-TUNED AGE CURVESFrom lightly sun-baked to properly cooked.
- INTER-KNOB INTERACTIONPush one thing and the others come along for the ride.
- WOW, FLUTTER + RANDOM DRIFTSlow pull, fast shake, just enough wonk.
- IRREGULAR DAMAGE EVENTSDropouts, dulling and chewed-up edges.
- INPUT-RESPONSIVE NOISEShows up when the music does, disappears in the gaps.
- LATENCY-ALIGNED WET / DRY MIXKeep the clean stuff. Keep the mess. You decide.
- CHARACTER
- A bit of guts.
- AGE
- Fresh out the box to attic relic.
- WOBBLE
- Steady-ish.
- DAMAGE
- Make it less precious.
- NOISE
- Adaptive, familiar hum.
- MIX
- Blend in case you’re digging the clean too.
WHAT IS BIG BOY AUDIO?
Big Boy Audio is a California outfit making fictional audio machines from a forgotten time, brought back to the modern world. We would call ourselves 'Desert-Industrial Americana', modelling old rack gear, broadcast equipment and forgotten utility boxes, and turn them into simple tools with a little lore and a backstory, built to put the character back in your hands. Easy to use. Properly considered. A little imperfect, as it should be.
THE SUNBURN SAMPLER.
Run through the sampler for a few places SUNBURN likes to live: warm, worn, unstable, or just a little sun-struck.
A little colour, a little wobble, and enough damage to make the cleanest thing feel lived-in.
AAX + PC.
NEW MACHINES.
OTHER NEWS.
SUNBURN currently runs as AU + VST3 on Apple Silicon Mac. AAX, PC and other formats are on the bench.
FIELD REPORTS, NEW INSTRUMENTS, AND RELEASE NEWS FROM BIG BOY AUDIO.
NEED A HAND WITH SUNBURN? SUPPORT@BIGBOY-AUDIO.COM