Mac and Windows.
Mac versions run in compatible AU/VST3 hosts. Windows versions are being prepared for launch; system requirements and supported formats will be confirmed before release.
Decision Audio / CORE 04
BLACK DOG
Build the guitar.
Weight for the riff. Room for the lead. Black Dog is a guitar production processor built around the part and its place in the record. Finish an existing amp or modeller track in RECORDED mode, or choose DRY DI for original pedal and amp characters.
Current Mac build · 1.0.0
Preparing for release
Planned launch price£79GBP · Perpetual licence
Sales, trials and public downloads are not open yet.
FamilyCORE guitar production
SourceRecorded · Dry DI
VoicesLeft · Centre · Right
Inside the current build
Three voices.
One guitar.
Choose the starting sound
RECORDED keeps your existing amp and cabinet tone as the starting point and presents the finishing controls. DRY DI opens separate Pedal Bite and Amp Gain controls, nine original amp voices and cabinet shaping. An optional input gate is available in either mode.
Build the voices
Shape a centre voice and two derived side voices, each with its own pan, level and fine pitch shift. Timing Blur, Micro Pitch and Stereo Spread control their spacing and movement. SOLO isolates each voice; optional ROOM adds ambience around the combined sound.
Shape the guitar’s middle
BODY adds weight, BITE brings forward the attack and DIP creates a broad cut where the part needs room. Independent high- and low-pass filters extend the shaping at either end, with the EQ moves visible on the editable graph.
Finish with MAGIC
In RECORDED mode, the big red MAGIC control brings final note weight and sustain. Start at zero, bring it in by ear and judge the result in the arrangement. Its finishing character is tuned specifically for the recorded-guitar path.
Balance and check
The linked Leveller, Makeup and Output controls handle dynamics and level. Captured Match and A/B support comparisons; MONO auditions the full sum. CHECK measures a passage for sample overload and severe mono or body cancellation, ready for your review.