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Synths, pianos and instruments to start an idea.
Texture, movement, colour and happy accidents.
EQs, compressors and tools for the final touches.
Samplers, MIDI tools and creative utilities.
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Image unavailableAcoustic modelling plugin that lets you design virtual rooms, position sound sources and simulate reflections, materials and acoustic treatment in real time.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableShimmer reverb with pitch-shifted feedback, freeze and modulation controls for lush ambient spaces, drones and evolving textures.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableStreamlined reverb with a Clarity control that automatically ducks the reverb tail while the source is playing for spacious effects without masking the dry signal.
macOS · Windows · Linux
Image unavailablePhysically modelled spring reverb designed to recreate dual-spring guitar amp tanks, with stereo widening, damping, low-cut filtering and drive.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableCharacter reverb plugin based on five different bathroom spaces, with controls for room position, surface, slap echo, diffusion and built-in ducking.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablereverb plugin with five reverb types, detailed frequency-dependent decay shaping, modulation, saturation and built-in ducking.
Windows
Image unavailableExperimental shimmer reverb with pitch-shifted tails, BBD-style delay, modulation and drone-generating controls for atmospheric sound design.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailableReverse reverb effect that turns one-shot samples into tempo-synced risers, with adjustable length, reverb, fade-in and built-in stutter effects.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableSpectral reverb that layers shimmering, sparkling textures over a conventional reverb for atmospheric and experimental sound design.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailableTempo-synced reverse reverb that turns samples or captured audio into risers, with adjustable length, decay, width and tremolo.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablealgorithmic reverb with seven distinct reverb engines, everything from tight rooms to spring, gated, shimmer and huge ambient spaces, with deep controls for shaping decay, modulation, damping, early reflections and stereo width.
Windows · macOS · Linux
creative multi-effect reverb plugin that turns simple sounds into huge, evolving atmospheres using spectral shaping, modulation, noise, saturation, granular shimmer and immersive spatial effects.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablevintage-inspired reverb plugin that combines early reflection-based spaces with modern algorithmic processing, giving you realistic rooms, halls and immersive stereo depth with refined tone-shaping controls.
Windows
Image unavailablemotion-based reverb with the wet signal rotating in space, adding movement and evolving ambience.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailablea delay and reverb plugin combining tape-style delay with spring-inspired reverb, perfect for everything from subtle guitar ambience to dreamy pads and dub-style echoes.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablereverb that uses real-time acoustic simulation to place sounds inside four realistic, architecturally modeled spaces.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableAlgorithmic reverb with a clean, adaptive sound that can create anything from subtle ambience to huge, immersive spaces, offering vintage character, ducking, freeze, and deep damping control in a free edition.
Windows · macOS · Linux
Image unavailabletextural ambient reverb that combines granular processing with an expansive cloud-style reverb to turn sounds into evolving, atmospheric spaces rather than realistic rooms.
Windows · macOS
Combines delay, reverb, pitch shifting and distortion, with an input-driven pitch envelope.
macOS · Windows
Image unavailablePitch-shifted echoes and shimmer reverb with diffusion, filtering, dual delay lines and freeze.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableA reduced-feature algorithmic reverb focused on room and hall spaces.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableModels two vintage ensemble chorus circuits, followed by a dense reverb suited to synth textures.
Windows · macOS
Image unavailableAn open-source algorithmic reverb based on CloudSeed.
Windows · Linux
Image unavailableA reduced-feature algorithmic reverb with XY character morphing, randomization and tempo-related controls.
macOS · Windows
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