A three-plugin suite from Polyverse Music, developed with Infected Mushroom, offering extreme voice modulation, rhythmic volume shaping, and pitch freezing for creative audio production and performance.
Purpose and Contents
The Infected Mushroom Bundle is a collection of three distinct audio plugins designed for creative sound manipulation. It combines Manipulator, an extreme voice modulator; Gatekeeper, a volume modulator; and I Wish, a pitch freezer. Together, they provide a toolkit for transforming vocals and other sounds in unique ways.
Developed in collaboration with the electronic act Infected Mushroom, the bundle aims to grant access to their signature sound palettes. While each plugin functions independently, the suite encourages combined use, allowing you to layer vocal transformations, rhythmic gating, and frozen pitch textures within a single project.
Key Capabilities
Manipulator handles extreme voice processing, enabling pitch shifting, formant filtering, and robotic or alien vocal effects. It can also act as a wavetable-style synthesizer when fed a vocal or instrumental signal, turning input audio into playable tones. This makes it suitable for creating lead sounds or textured backgrounds from spoken or sung material.
Gatekeeper provides up to eight independent envelopes for volume modulation. You can draw custom rhythmic patterns, create sidechain-style pumping effects, or chop audio into stutter-like segments. Its strength lies in shaping dynamics with precise control, useful for building rhythmic interest in electronic music or adding movement to sustained pads.
Workflow Integration
Using the bundle effectively involves routing audio across the plugins. A common approach is to feed a vocal track into I Wish to freeze a chord or tone, then process that frozen audio with Gatekeeper for rhythmic articulation. Meanwhile, Manipulator can independently transform the same vocal into a lead instrument, playing it in real time.
All plugins support standard automation within your host, allowing real-time tweaks during performance or mixing. The envelope drawing in Gatekeeper can be synchronized to your project tempo, making it easy to build pattern-based effects. Since they are separate plugins, you can also insert them on different tracks, such as using Manipulator on vocals and Gatekeeper on drums.
Practical Applications
In music production, the bundle excels at creating distinctive vocal hooks, from aggressive growls to ethereal pads. For sound design, you can freeze ambient noises and then gate them to craft percussive elements or evolving textures. In a live setting, real-time operation of I Wish and Manipulator enables spontaneous pitch play and vocal mangling.
The plugins are also useful for mixing tasks where rhythmic sidechaining or creative filtering is needed without heavy setup. Because they are designed to work together, you can build complex chains that would otherwise require multiple effects. This makes the bundle a flexible asset for producers, composers, and performers aiming to push beyond conventional processing.
Key features
- Extreme voice modulation with pitch and formant control
- Real-time wavetable synthesis from input audio
- Volume modulation with up to eight independent envelopes
- Pitch freezing to create sustained tones from any sound
- Developed and tested with Infected Mushroom
- Available in AAX, VST, and AU formats
Best for
Best for electronic music producers and sound designers who want to create aggressive vocal effects, rhythmic gated textures, and frozen pitch pads. The bundle is also well-suited for live performers seeking real-time vocal manipulation and creative volume shaping without complex multi-effect setups.