Survive
Sound that moves. Survive blends four oscillators along a vector path, so a single held note travels through four waves — from a soft sine to a glassy bell to something you have no name for yet.
See it
Hear it
Straight out of Survive, no external effects.
What it does
Vector motion
Four oscillators at the corners of a square. Move between them by hand, or let the motion run by itself, from a slow drift to a fast shimmer.
Two wave banks
Every oscillator picks its wave from two banks of single-cycle waves: pure, bright, square and experimental — each with its own tune and tone.
Filter with four faces
Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch, with resonance and its own envelope. From deep basses to thin, airy textures.
A string machine inside
Layer B is a full ensemble string machine: register, body tone, ensemble, attack and release, mixed with the vector layer.
Character pads
Tone, Space, Motion and Shape. Drag a dot and the patch moves where you want it; double-click and it is back.
Effects that finish the sound
Chorus, delay and a reverb with shimmer, plus a full EQ. Every patch leaves the plugin ready for the mix.
Bass section
Poly, mono, legato and punch modes, character, growl and distortion, a sub one or two octaves down and glide.
Mutate
One click for a new variation of the patch, with undo and reset. The fastest way to a sound nobody else has.
MIDI learn
Map the knobs to your MIDI controller and play the sound with your hands.
Specifications
| Formats | VST3 and Audio Unit (macOS), VST3 (Windows) |
|---|---|
| Systems | macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel (universal) · Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit |
| Demo | Free 14-day trial of the full instrument (macOS: VST3 and AU, Windows: VST3), then silent until you get the full version |
| Engine | 4 oscillators with vector blending, 2 wave banks, multimode filter (LP / HP / BP / notch), drive and unison |
| Layer B | Ensemble string machine, mixable with the vector layer |
| Effects | Chorus, delay, reverb with shimmer, full EQ |
| Presets | 31 factory presets: basses, pads, leads, plucks, bells, textures and hybrids; your own presets |
| Control | Character pads, Mutate with undo, MIDI learn, PANIC |
Download
The demo is the full instrument for 14 days, then it goes silent. VST3 and Audio Unit for macOS, VST3 for Windows; the README in the zip says where the files go. Not signed yet: on macOS, if your host does not see it, the README has the one Terminal line that fixes it.