Excite Audio Lifeline Expanse adds life

Who needs distorted spatial effects?

Lifeline Expanse* is a new multi-effect plugin from Excite Audio. Lifeline Expanse brings together re-amping, distortion, and spatial effects. Lifeline Expanse gives additional control and flexibility via its modular signal flow, allowing users to rearrange the signal chain. In addition, Excite Audio added a multi-band functionality to the Full version (called the Advanced Mode) to Lifeline Expanse*, enabling the splitting into 3 multi-bands for each module.

Lifeline Expanse* includes the following modules

1. Re-amp: A range of speaker emulations, from classic recording equipment to modern-day devices. From a Gameboy and vintage 8-track recorder to high definition monitors and an electric guitar cabinet, you can dial in lofi to hifi. Excite Audio went a step further, with modifications of age, drive, tone and mix of each element.
2. Dirt: Dirt’s four algorithms add distortion, saturation, harmonics and noise. From gentle tape or tube saturation, to adding lots of grit, the range is covered.
3. Format: Reduce the bit-depth and sample rate, change the resolution of the signal’s peaks, or go crazy into corrupted digital MP3.
4. Width: Width adds movement to the stereo field, through several streamlined parameters.
5. Space: Drawing inspiration from classic reverb functions, Space focuses on four different algorithms that each offer a wide spectrum of depth and time manipulation.

The plugin comes in two versions, Full* and Lite*. Both plugins come with the same 5 modules and all 20 algorithms. The differences are in the number of presets and simulations: Full has 250 presets (Lite: 75), and 8 speaker simulations (Lite: 4). In addition, the full Lifeline Expanse adds advanced functions such as Gain and Effect Multiband functionality, mic placements, drive/ bass/noise controls, width controls, and phase correlation meter.