It’s getting harder to find it these days. So grab it while you can. The Prosoniq North Pole plug-in in RTAS format for your Pro Tools system. Find out more and download it for free.
Prosoniq
Prosoniq is a German software company. Since the early 90’s they’ve been researching and developing new ways for people like you and me to edit and process audio using software.
Prosoniq’s current portfolio is made up of their high-end stand-alone time-stretching and pitch-shifting software, Time Factory 2, and a catalog of studio plug-ins including a multiband compressor, a synth, a reverb and, of course, their best-selling product, the now-classic Orange Vocoder.
Prosoniq North Pole Resonant Filter
The North Pole is not part of the Prosoniq commercial product line. It was developed by a couple of guys who work for the company and has been free from day one.
What is North Pole?
The North Pole is a analog-type filter with an envelop follower, a distortion, and a stereo delay. In my opinion, it’s a really useful plug-in. With very moderate settings, I’ve used it to add a bit of clarity and ‘bite’ to certain synth and percussion sounds, and with more intense settings, I’ve gotten some insanely cool tones and textures that I don’t recall getting from anything else quite so easily. I like having the distortion and delay side-by-side in a single plug-in – it’s quick and useful.
Prosoniq North Pole: Free Download Details
North Pole is no longer being offered at the the Prosoniq website. However, in April 2008 they were kind enough to post the links to their old site’s downloads, with this note:
NorthPole is VST/RTAS PPC only, so chances are that you will not be able to use it on the recent Intel Macs. We are planning to reinstate the link to the archive on our new web site as soon as possible, and we will also come out with a free PPC/Intel AudioUnit version of it in a few months’ time.
July 2010 Update: Looks like they are no longer officially offering these free plugins anymore. Please visit the Prosoniq downloads page for their latest freebies.
October 29, 2009 Update: The AU version of North Pole is now available here
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