8.3Great
D16 Group Decimort 2 by D16 Group. High-end bitcrushing and sample-rate reduction with dual ADC paths—lo-fi color that still sounds designed.
Plugin comparison
D16 Group Decimort 2 vs orph ALIAS
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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ALIAS is orph's sampler and tape character plugin: four sampler colours, twelve tape settings, and wear tiles for vinyl and CD errors, at €39.
Technical matrix
Specs compared
| Signal | D16 Group Decimort 2 | orph ALIAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €49 | €39 / $39 |
| Dubspot Score | 8.3 | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX | VST3, AU |
| Type | Bitcrusher / sample-rate reducer | Sampler and tape character processor |
| Feature | Dual ADC emulation approach | — |
| Developer | D16 Group | — |
| Price | — | €39 / $39, tax included |
| Trial | — | 7 days |
| Sampler characters | — | SP-1200, MPC60/MPC3000, S950, Mirage, three variants each |
| Tape | — | Subtle, Sat, Worn, LoFi, three variants each, level-matched |
| Latency | — | 1011 samples, 22.9 ms at 44.1 kHz |
| Audio | — | 32-bit float, 44.1–96 kHz, mono or stereo, no sidechain |
| Formats | — | VST3, AU |
| macOS | — | 10.13 or later, Universal, 64-bit |
| Windows | — | 10 or 11, 64-bit |
| Install | — | About 350 MB, about 110 MB RAM per instance |
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