APOTHECA

INTRODUCTION:

This is Apotheca, a multi-fx plug-in by Gooey. Apotheca can do it all. It is full suite multi-fx, which contains frequency shifters, filters, phasers, delays, reverbs, and more. Apotheca is not limited to any one single use, because it is so useful in so many situations. Make a glitch, drop a hook, sequence a trance gates, or build it up. Apotheca is a useful, handy tool for pretty much everyone, and go on a sound journey when you want to push some buttons and have some fun.

overview

  • 0. The magic potion: When hovering over the magic potion, a tooltip will appear, which will provide the version number of the product.
  • 1. Preset:
    1. Save Icon: Click to save a preset. Presets will be stored in a local user file folder.
    2. Preset Menu: click to see the full list of saved presets. Note: Press Ctrl+z to undo and Ctrl+y to redo.
    3. Preset Scroll Buttons: click to scroll through the list of presets.
  • 2. Master Volume: Adjust the gain of the entire plug-in. 
  • 3. Envelops: Click the mouse and start to drag an envelope to see the corresponding dropboxes. Double-click an envelope to change the currently selected shaper graph.
  • 4. Shaper Graph: 
    • Nodes:
      • To add nodes to the Gooey Graph, double-click on the open graph canvas. Nodes can be removed by single-clicking.
      • Double-click on any open space in the graph add a node.
      • Single-click on a line segment to add a node.
      • Single-click on a node to remove the node.
      • Click and drag on a node to move the node.
      • Shift + click to fine-tune the position of a node.
    • The Line Segments:
      • Alt-click and drag on a line to shape the bend of the line segment.
      • Alt double-click to reset the bend to a string line.
      • Ctrl-Alt click to drag a line segment.
    • Additional Controls:
      • Ctrl + Shift + R and double click to generate a random graph.
      • Ctrl + Alt + Shift and double click to reset the graph.
    • Graph Offset:
      • Press Ctrl + P to unlock the phase offset slider, then try to click and drag to offset the start position of the graph.
    • Playback Controls:
      • The bullseye: manually retriggers the graph. When a user clicks the bullseye, the graph cursor will automatically reset. Note, the manual retrigger button can also be automated by a user’s DAW.
      • The loop: is a control to determine if the graph is to play continuously or as a one-shot.
      • The unidirectional: control determines how the envelope of the graph will bind to controllers. When set as unidirectional, the graph will modulate in a single direction, but when set to bidirectional, the zero point is in the middle of the graph, and modulation will span across the left and right axis of the controls.
      • The lock control determines the rate slider playback. When locked, the rate slider is synced to the tempo of the DAW.
      • Midi retrigger control allows users to route in midi notes to the plugin, and will retrigger the corresponding graph to a corresponding midi note (C-2 triggers graph G1).
    • Graph Rate Slider:
      • If you press Shift and right-click on the rate slider, then you can select a single, dotted, or triple playback rate.
      • Note, the rate control can also be daisy-chained with other rate controls.
  • 5. The ADD button: will make a new inlet appear when clicked. This will create a new sequencer on the back panel as well.
  • 6. Channel Footer:
    • Volume: controls the levels of the channel.
    • Pan: control the overall pan of the channel.
    • Mix: control the mix of the channel.
  • 7. Channel Mixer to blend between effect racks.
  • 8. Tooltip Footer to display mouse hover messages.
  • 9. Inlet Controls: Each inlet contains a mixer control and up to five other effect-specific controls. Two shaper inputs can modulate each control in the effect
  • 10. Inlet Binder: Click on the side of an inlet to drag and drop effects.
  • 11. Inlet Mode: Each inlet has a number of different modes that impart different styles and tones.
  • 12. Inlet Selector: Each inlet contains a number of different effects, which or catagorized as filters, flangers, delays, saturators, bitcrush, reverb, and utility. The utility section contains the glitch tape rewind mode, the latch mode, and the frequency shifter.
  • 13. Minimize Inlets: Inlets can be minimized and maximized, which is useful for saving space and GUI processing time.
  • 14. Macro Labels: Each macro can have a customized label. To change the label, double-click.
  • 15. Macro Control:  The macro controls bind to other controls as a one-to-many control. Bind and use the macro controls to modulate the overall character of Apotheca, and/or to map one control to many to be able to build and drop easily.
  • 16. Channel Scrollbar: Each channel is scrollable. Click and drag on the scroll bar to view different effect items. 
  • 17. Sequence Togglebutton: Click the tab to toggle between the shaper graphs and the sequencer.
  • 18. Sequencer: Each effect has a sequencer. Each sequencer is labeled with the corresponding effects label and has an adjustable rate and ADSR.
  • 19. Inlet Control (part 2): Each control is carefully tuned to approximate the controls of an analog system. The controls can all be automated as well.
  • 20. Sequencer Bypass Button: can be used to bypass the sequencer of the corresponding effect
  • 21. Inlet Wavevisualizer: Depicts some visual indication of what the effect is doing or does.

Instruction Manual – V1.0.0 – last updated 1/16/2026