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Orbit

The filter's two states spiral in and settle on the self-oscillation ring.

distortion in development

Vortex

An analog-destruction chain: saturating VCAs, folding distortions and a filter that fights back.

in development

One email when it's ready, nothing else.

formats
VST3 · CLAP
runs on
macOS · Windows

Drive it into a filter that fights back, until the whole chain rings on its own.

A filter, two folding distortions and a bucket-brigade comb, in any order or morphing between orders. The feedback is deliberately left unfiltered.

Switch to poly mode and it becomes an eight-voice plucked-string resonator you play from MIDI.

on the faceplate

13 controls in 3 groups, named as the plugin labels them.

01Chain

Inputa saturating VCA at the door
VCFlow, band or high pass, before or after the distortion
Disttwo folding curves
Combbucket-brigade flange and comb, with regeneration either polarity
Routingsix orders plus parallel, and a morph between them

02Engine

Chipten voicings for the bucket-brigade line
Temperatureone control for drift and age
Clock bleedlets the clock whine through, like the hardware
Noisethe floor, on purpose

03Motion

LFOfour, with a drawable shape and tempo sync
Steptwo step sequencers
MatrixLFOs, steps, envelopes and a follower, including sidechain CV
Polyan eight-voice plucked-string resonator played from MIDI
04every control, in the manual→
01

Reorder the damage

Put the filter before or after the folds, or morph from one order to another.

02

Self-oscillation is the point

The feedback isn't tamed: push it and the filter screams on its own.

03

It plays notes too

Poly mode turns the chain into a resonator you play from a keyboard.

the manual

A first draft for now: every control on the faceplate, and how activation works. The full manual comes with the release.

Read the manual
  1. 01overview
  2. 02activation
  3. 03chain
  4. 04engine
  5. 05motion
  6. 06design notes
  7. 07specifications
  8. 08questions

Heat, folds, and a filter with a mind of its own.

  • Vortex VST3 and CLAP, macOS and Windows
  • free updates within version 1
in development

One email when it's ready, nothing else.

formats
VST3 · CLAP
runs on
macOS · Windows

before you buy

How many computers can I use it on?

Three at a time. Sign in once from the plugin and it checks its licence on that computer without going online again. Deactivating a computer, from the plugin's settings or from your account page, frees its slot.

My studio computer is offline. Can I still activate?

Yes. The plugin shows a machine ID; paste it on your account page and download a licence file for that computer. It counts as one of your three.

Do updates cost anything?

Not within the version you bought. Download them from your account page.