Filter plugin designed to decompose the audio spectrum octave by octave, AudioThing “Octaves” is 61% OFF

2026-04-15

Filter plugin designed to decompose the audio spectrum octave by octave, AudioThing “Octaves” is 61% OFF.

Octaves

Hainbach’s Bandpass Filter

Octaves is AudioThing’s latest collaboration with Berlin-based composer and YouTuber Hainbach.

It is a filter plugin designed to take apart the audio spectrum in spreads of octaves, allowing for unique and enchanting spectral sound design effects.

Octaves gives you a retro-scientific approach to sound that echoes the timeless productions created in the BBC Radiophonic workshop or the WDR Studio für Elektronische Musik by the Avantgarde masters, and modern places like Willem Twee, Strøm, and Hainbach’s own laboratory.

What can I use it for?

Creative Filtering: Octaves is suited well for crafting spherical tones from rich sounds. It likes to have a lot to chew on, so saw waves, distorted guitar, noise, piano or cymbals work especially well when filtered by it.
Pinging: If you pair it with a source of short pulses like B00GA, our micro sound rhythm generator, you can turn it into a drum machine by upping the impedance. Modulate everything and plonk away!
Sound Design: Create radio voices, hissing textures or dark drones by focusing on a particular band.
Mixing: Less is more in mixing. Put a sound a tight band to create space while keeping its core. If you need more fine control, try Dials, our adjustable bandpass filter.
Feedback patching: Insert Octaves on an Aux and feed that Aux back into itself. Put a limiter after to protect your ears and speakers, and enjoy the feed backing tones.

These are just some ideas to get you started, there is more out there to explore. Happy filtering from AudioThing and Hainbach!

Hainbach

Based out of Berlin, Germany, electro-acoustic composer and “that guy with the sweaters” Hainbach creates experimental music that is both visceral and whimsical.

Using esoteric synthesizers, test equipment and magnetic tape he creates one hell of a trip in his improvised live sets.

He shares techniques on experimental music on his YouTube channel, which has attracted a regular audience of over 220000 subscribers.

His music has been released on Seil Records, Opal Tapes, SA Recordings and misc.works.