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Sound Designer is a modular sound design workstation for producers, synthesists, and audio post-production engineers who want deep control without deep menus. Designed for intuitive operation by professionals and beginners alike. Stack unlimited independent layers, each with its own module chain, and route audio between them — no patching cables, no dead ends.
- •Unlimited synthesis — a swiss army knife of audio creation
- •Unlimited layers, each with its own module chain and audio routing
- •40+ modules across generators, effects, dynamics, sequencing, and modulation
- •Unlimited modulation bus with full MPE expression routing
- •Multi-zone sampler with granular time-stretching and a built-in sample browser
- •Learn as you go with embedded sound design tutorials
- •Factory Samples, Wavetables, Convolution IRs, Granular Textures, all included
- •VST3, AU, and Standalone on macOS and Windows
Unlimited Ways to Make Sound
Virtual analogue, wavetable, FM, additive, formant, physical modelling, sub bass, noise, granular, multi-sampler, and more... Each one is a complete instrument on its own. Layer them, sequence them, modulate them. Intuitive UI exposes powerful capabilities and visual feedback in each module. The Wavetable has powerful 8-voice unison and real-time frame drawing. The granular engine tears samples apart with 64 simultaneous grains. The sampler handles velocity layers, key zones, loop modes, and real-time time-stretching. Behind the scenes, a carefully optimized audio engine delivers just the right amount of edge without falling over. Start shallow. Go as deep as you want.
Modular Without the Spaghetti
Every layer is a horizontal chain of modules — drop in a generator, stack effects after it, add a sequencer, wire up modulation. Drag to reorder the chain. Move modules between layers. The signal flow is always visible and always left-to-right. Interactive module display show you how each change shapes the signal in real time. Under the hood, a powerful modulation and automation bus and full MPE support let you route expression data to any parameter on any module, with per-target depth and mode. You get the power of modular without ever losing sight of what's connected to what, and limited only by your hardware or host.
40+ Modules, Zero Filler
Our DSP Algorithms have been obsessively refined over decades of research, experimentation and real-world use. We go toe-to-toe with the industry standard plugins, wrapping rich feature sets in simple, intuitive designs. And then we package every one together with simple and powerful routing and modulation.
Reverb, convolution, delay, distortion, parametric EQ, chorus, phaser/flanger, bitcrusher, ring mod, pitch shifting, granular time-stretcher, harmonic exciter, compressor, expander, gate, limiter and more. On the sequencing side: step sequencer, arpeggiator, euclidean rhythm generator, chordify, scale quantizer, and more.
That industry-standard pitch shift algorithm? It's in here. That multi-band compressor that you can't live without? Right here. If it's useful for audio and especially musical DSP, you'll find it here. But we also fought against bloat and distraction. Every module earns its slot.
Learn Sound Design by Doing It
Sound Designer ships with embedded guides on all modules and their parameters, as well as guides on synthesis fundamentals, modulation routing, sound design, and advanced techniques — all inside the plugin, using the actual modules. Tweak a parameter, hear what it does, understand why. And the dirty secret is these algorithms aren't secret at all. We show you their guts and explain their maths, right there in the app. Whether you're picking up subtractive synthesis for the first time or exploring new territory modulating bit-crushed grains with an envelope follower, the tutorials meet you where you are and build from there.
Built for Your Workflow
VST3, AU, and Standalone on macOS and Windows. Patches can be self-contained — samples, zone mappings, and all module state can travel together. Make presets of modules, layers, or a whole multi-layer patch. Your sounds are portable and your sessions stay clean.