Growing up I spent a lot of time looking at plugins I could not have. The ones with the good panels, the ones everyone used. I did not have the money, and for a long while I did not have the skill either. At some point I stopped waiting and learned to write them.

I am the author of Retroexx, a free character, noise and space processor. It is version 0.1, AU and VST3, macOS on Apple Silicon only. It runs six modules in series: noise, wow and flutter, tape wear, saturation, bit crush and a resonator space.

Link in the first comment. Next on my list is Kickexx, a sidechain, transient and panning processor.

Download and source: https://github.com/VexxPlugins/retroexx

Reddit, we know you love cats. Heck, everyone loves cats. And all the best studios need a cat. So we made a cat plugin.

It's a cat. That's it. Is it silly? Absolutely. Is it adorable and something that will brighten your day time and again? Try it and decide for yourself.

Free to play around with for 7 days, less than the price of a coffee to be yours forever, and there's a lite model that's completely free as well. Enjoy.

I wanted to see exactly how the bass comes back in around a kick, so I've been

working on Kick Air, a free sidechain ducking plugin for Windows and macOS.

It shows the external kick in red and the processed bass in blue on the same

timeline. You can move and edit the ducking curve, change the amount with Depth,

and adjust the return with Flow.

Audio mode responds to actual sidechain hits, including irregular rhythms. The

note division controls how long the response lasts. When the kick stops, the bass

returns to full level instead of continuing to pulse. It also has host BPM sync,

manual tempo and optional low-band ducking.

Downloads and instructions: https://github.com/kikk-i/kick-air

- Windows 10/11: 64-bit VST3 installer.

- macOS 11+: universal AU and VST3 for Apple Silicon and Intel.

- No account, activation or time limit.

This is a beta. The installers are unsigned and the Mac package is not notarized.

macOS has passed native plugin validation. The Windows build has passed runtime,

GUI and installer checks through Wine, but I still need feedback from real

Windows DAW setups because i cannot even test it, got only macbook.

If you try it, please share your DAW version, OS and plugin format. I'm especially

interested in sidechain routing, clicks, project recall and GUI scaling. Bug

reports and successful compatibility reports can go in GitHub Issues.

If you'd like to support development, you can buy me a coffee:

https://buycoffee.to/kikk-i

It's completely optional.

Currently in the midst of trying to expand my VST arsenal. Right now I’ve got Purity, Hive, Nexus, Zenology, and Surge. But I can’t decide if I should bother picking up ElectraX or Icarus first as I want to make stuff that sounds like this:

- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqyUvT/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqAhLP/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqD2FF/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqhD6q/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAq2Rvw/
- https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLAqkLj4/

Just like that whole Hyperpop era with Oogie Mane, Loesoe, Starboy, Outtatown, Brandon Finessin, etc. Just watch only 1 or 2 of these to get a general idea and lmk which of the Tone2 Synths and Nexus expansions I should get.

Please and thank you.


About 7 months ago I saw those videos where people wave their hands at a camera and the music reacts, almost all of them built in TouchDesigner. Then I opened TouchDesigner, stared at the node graph for a while, and closed it.

So, being a C++ dev, I spent months writing a plugin that does it inside Live instead. It tracks your hand through the laptop webcam, and you can use it in two ways: play MIDI notes or map it to any effect parameter in any DAW.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVXLf-pgdNY

Honestly, I started making this plugin for myself, but then decided I could publish it as Hand Link. This plugin would be difficult to use for live performance in dynamic music, I see it more as a tool to help promote tunes online through short videos (TikTok, Reels) and also as an experiment, since a new workflow can create a new unexpected sound. So I’m curious, would something like this actually be interesting or useful? or you treat it more as tool for fun?

SeedEngine is a generative MIDI sequencer VST3 / AU plugin for Windows and macOS, inspired by hardware sequencers such as the Vermona Melodicer and Sequentix Cirklon.

Technical information: VST3 / AU - Windows 10+ - macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon)

More information: www.egowaves.com

Youtube Demo: https://youtu.be/seo068pktys?si=4dwMnzwq4hn3zMEq

Enjoy making music!

Hello! I've been making a plugin that will allow you to generate loops(clips) from the samples you have.
There is no AI - I just using some math methods and music theory and many different things combined.
Can you share your thought about it? Do you see it useful for you?

General idea: plugin creates you a loot of loops with selected instruments and you combine it for your track. Like "Lego bricks" later you have to construct track from it.
Here is some demo:

https://youtu.be/Fcn6on4-vlQ?si=gklAiL6Lg33dPD5F&t=39

What do you think? Do you see value in it?

Hi. I've been working on a wavetable SID plugin to replace a bunch of bespoke scripts and emulation frameworks for the last 18 months and now it's here. You have surgical control over every register of the 6581/850 SID chip. You can numberwang the tables or draw your soundscape on the graph editors. It comes with a tool that can dissect .sid files and create instruments. https://residuesynth.com