The Volcano 3 software plug-in from FabFilter Software Instruments is a filter module that offers professional-quality digital filtering with analog characters. It can be used in audio applications such as recording, broadcast editing, mixing, sound design, and more.

It has four multi-mode filters, with panning, delay and more than 10 unique features. Features flexible filter routing, including per-channel and mid-side modes. This software offers endless modulation options, including 16-step XLFOs, envelope generators, envelope followers, and MIDI sources to create professional projects.

Volcano 3 features a large interactive filter display and allows for simple drag-and-drop modulation within its powerful modulation matrix.

Other features include stereo and mono plug-ins, mid-side processing, side-chain input, MIDI learn and undo, redo, and a/b switching capabilities.

This software supports VST2, VST 3, Audio Units, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats.

Characteristics

• The what-you-use-is-what-you-see interface lets you add features as needed. The interface only contains filters, modulation sources and the slots you are actually using

• Flexible filter routing, including per-channel and mid-side modes

• Features undo, redo and A/B switching to allow you to compare edits

• Provides intermediate processing and has side chain input

• Uses unique presets per component

• Endless modulation options with 16-step XLFOs, envelope generators, envelope followers and MIDI sources to choose from

New in Volcano 3

• Completely redesigned and highly simplified interface with an easier workflow, including a new modulation source design and floating slot panel

• Added new vintage-sounding EQ filter shapes with internal drive and non-linearities: bell, low/high shelf, notch and all-pass

• Endless modulation options, with all the 16-step XLFOs, XY controllers, envelope generators, envelope followers and MIDI sources you'll ever need

• Drive per filter setting introduced, adjusting the saturation of the internal filter, which allows for more sound variety and smoothness

• Improved the sound quality of overall feedback, filters and internal saturation

• Various interface sizes and full screen mode

• Live modulation preview for targets and sources

• High-quality option that allows maximum internal oversampling for best results

• More carefully designed and selected factory presets, plus support for previous Volcano presets

• Level/pan per filter, which is especially useful when using parallel filter routings

• Large interactive filter display with optional piano display

• 6 dB/octave filter slope option