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Audio Damage
Bend time and space with six distinct delay engines, from granular textures to reverse echoes, shaped by tempo-synced modulation and diffused feedback.
We list 57 Multi FX plugins from 20 brands. The most represented are Unfiltered Audio, Glitchmachines and W.A. Production. Open any of them for a rundown of what it does and where it fits.
Audio Damage
Bend time and space with six distinct delay engines, from granular textures to reverse echoes, shaped by tempo-synced modulation and diffused feedback.
Audio Damage
Blend granular textures with dual reverbs to create evolving spatial atmospheres that breathe with your transients.
Audio Damage
Granulate audio with locked-in beats or unpredictable timing, shape grain envelopes, and twist pitch while recirculating sound for extended decay.
Arturia
Access 2,000+ synth presets with 12 effects and 14 reverbs to shape expansive, professional sounds instantly.
Unfiltered Audio
Sculpt massive, articulate bass with five dedicated processing modes and real-time spectral feedback for precision low-end control.
Unfiltered Audio
Craft evolving drums and bass from 20+ synthesis engines and four sample engines, with eight independent modulation sources per voice for limitless sonic mutation.
Apple
Slice beats into 32 fragments and manipulate timing, repetition, and dynamics to create stuttering rhythms and intricate drum textures.
Ableton
Stutter and chop audio into hypnotic rhythmic loops with tempo-synced intervals and randomized repetitions.
Bitwig
Blur is a comb-filter diffusion effect that processes each stereo channel with dual comb filters, each equipped with two feedback controls. This plugin creates diffusive, spacious textures by combining comb filtering with dedicated feedback management per filter. It's distinctive for its per-channel dual-comb architecture that allows independent control over feedback characteristics on each filter.
Glitchmachines
Mutate audio through dual sample scanners and morphing crossfades, then sequence every parameter for hypnotic, evolving soundscapes.
W.A. Production
Chop, pitch-shift, and randomize vocal loops across 32 slices with locked building blocks for glitchy textures and rhythmic rhythms.
Steinberg
Chop rhythmic textures with synced tremolo and panning—dial in precise modulation depth across straight, triplet, or dotted rhythms.
Waves
Blend four delay types and four reverb engines with custom routing to sculpt spacious, dimensional mixes.
Ableton
Glue drum kits together with punchy compression while layering three distortion flavors—from warm grit to aggressive clipping—for cohesive, radio-ready impact.
Soundtoys
Route your entire effects arsenal through one window, stacking Soundtoys' signature processors into limitless custom chains while tempo-locking rhythmic effects globally.
Image-Line
Tweak 12 performance-ready effects in real-time with an X/Y pad and tempo-synced LFO modulation.
Arturia
Transform vocals and instruments into lush, evolving ambient textures with six sonic modes and spatial depth controls.
Arturia
Shred audio into evolving granular textures with transient-snapping precision and spatial motion, across 15 scales and custom routing.
Arturia
Multiply signals into shimmering, fractured textures with up to 8 independently processed voices and surgical tone-shaping control.
Ableton
Play lush, nuanced chords with expressive control—strum, invert, and articulate in real time on Push or MPE controllers.
Unfiltered Audio
Craft otherworldly textures and rhythmic mutations by stacking pitch shifts, frequency modulation, and feedback loops across dual channels with surgical control.
Glitchmachines
Shatter audio into rhythmic fragments using buffer effects, customizable LFOs, and a reconfigurable effects chain for glitchy, evolving textures.
Bitwig
Route each voice through independent effect chains for limitless polyphonic textures and evolving soundscapes.
Steinberg
Animate up to 6 effects simultaneously with custom LFO shapes and MIDI/sidechain triggers for hypnotic, evolving textures.
Unfiltered Audio
Craft glitchy stutters, granular textures, and amplitude-split effects with dual-mode gating and sidechain control for next-level rhythmic sound design.
Image-Line
Stutter and scratch audio in real-time using a 2-bar buffer with 36 independent time and volume envelopes plus manual turntable control.
Glitchmachines
Mangle vocals and instruments with feedback-fed delays, stuttering loops, and modulated filters for glitchy, rhythmic textures locked to your tempo.
Ableton
Blend organic granular textures, FM synthesis, and physics-based particles into evolving soundscapes with vector control.
W.A. Production
Lock melodies into any scale instantly, then play chords and modes freely across 16 customizable keys without hitting a wrong note.
Inear Display
Morph between four distinct sonic engines on an XY pad to craft evolving, textured soundscapes with granular, resonant, and diffuse delays.
Steinberg
Trigger rhythmic effects like backspin, scratch, and stutter via MIDI keyboard with grid-locked precision for dynamic live performance remixing.
u-he
Build intricate delay textures with 4 independent lines, multimode filters, and modulation depth that transforms any source into evolving soundscapes.
FabFilter
Craft warm, dynamic filter sweeps with envelope-following automation and analog character. Shape tone through interactive visual feedback.
W.A. Production
MIDIQ is an innovative MIDI sequence generator that creates chord progressions using algorithms and a visual pattern-based interface. It excels at generating musically coherent chord sequences with near-limitless variations, making it ideal for producers seeking inspiration for chord progressions, harmonies, and bass lines without requiring music theory knowledge.
Steinberg
Morph delays into lush vibrato and modulate filters with surgical control over frequency and resonance for evolving, dynamic textures.
Kilohearts
Process each frequency band independently with five parallel effect chains, then modulate every parameter through dual LFOs and envelopes for endlessly evolving textures.
W.A. Production
Mutant Delay is a host-synced delay plugin with a built-in internal ducker, designed to maintain clarity of the original signal while applying pronounced delay effects. Perfect for vocal processing and other applications, it eliminates the need for complex sidechain routing by combining delay and ducking control in a single plugin with real-time waveform visual feedback.
W.A. Production
Craft otherworldly reverb spaces with internal ducking and stereo splitting—watch dry/wet interaction evolve in real-time.
Unfiltered Audio
Authentically degrade audio with physically modeled vinyl wear, warping, and glitches. Sync turntable effects to tempo for organic lo-fi textures.
Glitchmachines
Morph between granular textures across 16 custom points, layering four samplers with dynamic envelopes and dual effects for evolving, complex soundscapes.
Image-Line
Chain unlimited instruments and effects into modular units with multi-threaded processing. Customize parameters through an automatic Control Surface for flexible creative workflow.
Apple
Phat FX is a powerful "coloring" multi-effect unit combining distortion, filtering, compression, and modulation processors designed for drums, bass, and guitar. It features three distortion units that can be blended together, a bass enhancer and bandpass filter for low-end enhancement, a multi-model compressor, and modulation tools including two LFOs, an envelope follower, and an assignable XY pad for real-time parameter control.
Eventide
Split any sound into transients and tonal components, then sculpt each independently for surgical control over attack, sustain, and texture.
Glitchmachines
Twist samples and synth sounds into evolving textures using 4 polyphonic samplers, granular engines, and deep modulation sequencing.
W.A. Production
Sculpt aggressive punch and clarity with multiband compression, transient shaping, and parallel processing—all in one surgical control center.
Apple
Morph between six effect types on dual XY pads while scratching, gating, and downsampling in real-time—perfect for live remixing and spontaneous sound mangling.
Kilohearts
Reverse delayed audio into ethereal tonal textures with beat-synced timing and click-free transitions.
Unfiltered Audio
Freeze and manipulate delays into evolving soundscapes with seven creative modes, a sleep buffer for granular looping, and six modulators for endless texture morphing.
Unfiltered Audio
Shred audio into evolving, spatial textures with granular processing and five movement algorithms. Sculpt everything with integrated filters and compression.
Baby Audio
Craft spacious, sequenced delays and reverbs with X-Y joystick morphing for dynamic, evolving textures that stay locked to your groove.
Eventide
Split drums and instruments into transient and tonal layers, then EQ each independently for surgical control over attack and sustain.
Apple
Sequence rhythmic filter sweeps and modulation patterns with 128-step precision, turning static sounds into evolving, groove-locked textures.
Glitchmachines
Chain modular effects with radical flexibility to mangle synths, drums, and vocals into textures far beyond standard processing.
Reason Studios
Orchestrate intricate, evolving effects with three custom-drawn modulation curves controlling distortion, filters, delays, and reverb at independent speeds.
Audio Damage
Build expansive, otherworldly soundscapes with a looper, multi-layer workstation, granular reverb, and creative delays that morph and evolve endlessly.
u-he
Route ten pro effects through a modulation matrix to build immersive, multi-channel soundscapes with spatial depth.
Codecomatic
Build stunning multi-layer visuals synced to audio with instant video export for social media.