{"product_id":"blacklight","title":"Blacklight","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.55\"\u003eBig reverb made simple. Clearlight's engine in a closed box, set with two knobs, SIZE and DECAY, and everything a real room changes as it grows moves with them for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eBig reverb made simple\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlacklight is a reverb you set with two knobs. SIZE is how big the space is; DECAY is how long it rings. MIX, beside them, is how much of it you hear. Put it on a track, turn until the room sounds right, and get back to the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is the engine of Clearlight, UDI DSP's cinematic reverb: the same smooth tank, the same dense early reflections in front of it, the same Clarity keeping a voice readable inside a big space. Clearlight spreads that engine across 41 parameters. Blacklight closes the box and answers them itself, from your two: everything a real room changes as it grows moves with SIZE, and the tail darkens as DECAY lengthens, the way a long ring darkens in a real hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eHighlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo knobs, a whole room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eSIZE moves the room's start, its early reflections, its smoothness and its low end together. DECAY sets the ring, from 0.35 to 30 seconds, and how dark it grows.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClearlight inside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eThe same tank, the same velvet-noise early field and the same Clarity as Clearlight, UDI DSP's cinematic reverb. Not a cut-down copy: its knobs move several of the engine's settings at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFreeze, and a stop button\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eFreeze holds the room for as long as you like, and what you play over it stays dry. The stop button at DECAY empties the tail in about 10 ms, without a click.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA light that shows the room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eA glow as wide as the space and as bright as the reverb, fading as the tail fades. Three color schemes, chosen in the menu.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZero latency\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003e0 samples reported, so it never moves your timing, and next to no CPU once the tail has died away.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.7em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLock the mix while you audition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eA padlock on MIX holds Mix, In and Out through every preset change, so each preset is heard at your blend and your levels. Saved with the session.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eThree ways to light the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glow is the reverb: as wide as the room, as bright as the reverb is right now, fading as the tail fades. A 30-second DECAY visibly hangs; a small room snaps dark. With nothing playing, it is dark. Its colors come in three types, chosen from the Visualizer list in the menu and kept on your computer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 style=\"margin:1.5em 0 .3em\"\u003eHalo \u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;opacity:.6\"\u003e— The default\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blacklight\/display-halo-loud.png\" alt=\"The halo while a loud sound plays: a cool light inside a haze warming toward amber\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe light in DECAY's color, a warm white that cools as a long tail darkens, inside a faint haze that follows the loudness: blue when quiet, through violet, to amber when loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 style=\"margin:1.5em 0 .3em\"\u003eLoudness\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blacklight\/display-loudness.png\" alt=\"Loudness while a loud sound plays\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole light in one color at a time: faint blue when quiet, violet, then warm amber at the loudest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 style=\"margin:1.5em 0 .3em\"\u003eFed or Fading\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blacklight\/display-fading.png\" alt=\"Fed or Fading as the room rings on alone\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm while sound is pouring into the room, blue once the room only rings, and blue under Freeze, which takes nothing in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of the three ever turns red: across UDI DSP's plugins, red means too hot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eSIZE moves the room, not just a number\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bigger space starts later, its early reflections last longer and sit further back against the tail, the tail grows smoother and denser, and its low end is drawn firmer toward the center. Blacklight moves all of those together as you turn SIZE: pre-delay from 4 ms in the smallest room to 44 ms in the largest (16 ms at the default), growing with the square of the knob so small rooms stay tight and the gap opens only for halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDECAY is the ring, from 0.35 to 30 seconds, and it also decides how fast the tail loses its highs: open at 9 kHz up to a one-second ring, 6.3 kHz at the default 4.5 seconds, 4 kHz at 30. A long tail grows darker instead of turning into hiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClarity stays on, at Clearlight's own default: in the tail only, it thins whatever band your source fills more than usual, so a voice stays readable inside a big space. It is the one part that follows your source; the room itself stays as you set it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blacklight\/space.png\" alt=\"Blacklight's SPACE card: SIZE and DECAY large, MIX beside them with its padlock, the stop button at DECAY\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eOne knob, five settings that follow it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe animation under it turns SIZE and DECAY through their whole range. It is drawn from Blacklight's own mapping, the same numbers the plugin uses; it shows settings, not sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blog\/blacklight\/knobs.gif\" alt=\"SIZE and DECAY turning on Blacklight's two knobs, with the settings they move changing underneath\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eHold the room, and play over it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFREEZE sits in the header, as on UDI DSP's other reverbs. It holds the tail exactly as it is, neither decaying nor darkening, for as long as it is on. What you play meanwhile is heard dry, with the room's first reflections, and is never piled onto the hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stop button at DECAY empties the hold and releases Freeze in one click, so the next thing you play starts a fresh room. No preset ever sets or clears Freeze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/udidsp.com\/images\/blacklight\/panel-frozen.png\" alt=\"Blacklight with FREEZE lit in the header and the glow holding\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px;margin:0.5em 0 1em\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eA light that shows the room\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne page, nothing hidden: the display across the top; SIZE and DECAY large below it, with MIX and its padlock beside them; your levels and the meters at the right. The family's header holds Freeze, the presets, the menu and the power switch, and the panel scales from 75% to 150%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEngine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eClearlight's 8-line FDN with its dense velvet-noise early-field stage and Clarity, set from SIZE and DECAY\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eControls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eSIZE, DECAY and MIX, with In and Out trims (±24 dB) and their meters; Freeze; a stop button that empties the tail at once\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDecay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003e0.35–30 seconds, growing darker as it lengthens\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLatency\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003e0 samples\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLicensing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eFree UDI DSP account, one-time online activation — no subscription, works offline for a week between checks\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding:.6em 0 .2em\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFootprint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"opacity:.8\"\u003eLightweight binary, zero background services or daemons\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"margin:2.2em 0 .6em\"\u003eCompatibility\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWindows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWindows plugin formats: VST3 and AAX.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emacOS: Apple Silicon: macOS 11 Big Sur or later.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emacOS: Intel Mac: macOS 10.15 Catalina or later - limited support (they are old platforms not supported by Apple). Please try the free 14-day trial to verify compatibility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emacOS plugin formats: AU, VST3 and AAX.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet needed once, briefly, to activate (a short browser sign-in). Day-to-day use after that works offline for up to a week between checks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValidated in Cubase Pro, Avid Pro Tools, Apple Logic Pro, Reaper, Waveform and FL Studio.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UDi DSP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67862819078458,"sku":"blacklight","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/2078\/1882\/files\/panel-main_d00227c4-b5c8-458a-85c4-9a03bf14dbe2.png?v=1793618617","url":"https:\/\/udiaudio.com\/products\/blacklight","provider":"UDi Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}