MFX
Modular Multi-FX Router
Four effect cells and a cable patchbay. Wire them in series, in parallel, or into a feedback loop, and modulate every knob in the rack, in any DAW.
VST3 · AU · CLAP · Standalone — macOS & Windows
Patch Anything Into Anything
The patchbay wires the input, the four effect cells, and the output into any topology you can draw. Several cables into one port sum together, and a global mix blends the whole rack against the dry signal.
Five one-click starting points
Each preset arrives level-balanced, and every cord stays draggable afterwards.
Serial
The default: the input runs through all four cells in order, then out.
Parallel
The input fans to every cell at once and the four lanes sum at the output.
Split / Merge
Cell one feeds the other three in parallel, and those three merge back at the output.
Feedback
A serial chain with the last cell wired back into the first. The return cord starts below unity so the loop stays bounded.
Dry / Wet
The serial chain runs alongside a clean cord straight from input to output, and the global mix sets the balance.
Freeform cables
Drag port to port from either end. Box-select, group-move, and multi-delete land in one undo. Zoom into a cell to edit its effects, zoom out to the cabling.
Per-cable level
Every connection carries its own gain. Drag the pill on a cord to balance a parallel split or to hold a feedback path in check.
Bounded feedback
Send a cell into itself or wrap the whole chain. Feedback cords start below unity and stay gain-controlled, so a loop never runs away.
Sidechain input
A second stereo input reaches any cell in the graph. Duck, gate, and modulate MFX from another track in the session.
Inside Every Cell
Each of the four cells holds a complete effects chain. Reorder the slots, switch any of them off, and give the cell its own modulation.
- EQ
- EQ-8
- Filter
- Compressor
- Gate
- Delay
- FDN Reverb
- Flanger
- Crusher
- Wavefold
- Resonator
- Pan
- Gain
- Vocoder
The two highlighted slots are the signature effects. They ship in MFX and nowhere else.
Signature Effects
Wavefold and Resonator are built for this rack, and both run in the time domain at zero latency.
Wavefold
A West Coast wavefolder in the Buchla 259 and Serge tradition. Where a clipper flattens a peak, the folder turns it back on itself, so harmonics multiply the harder you drive it. An internal envelope follower ties the folding to your playing: Motion blooms the fold on loud hits, Breathe sweeps its symmetry, and Shape sets how fast it reacts.
Resonator
A bank of pitched resonators tuned to a root and a chord. They ring out whatever you feed them, so drums come back as melody and noise turns into a chord. Run Wavefold into Resonator and the folded source arrives harmonised. Drift and decay controls set how long the chord hangs.
Pan
Stereo balance and a mid/side Width stage inside the chain. Place a cell before it reaches later effects, or narrow a feedback return.
Gain
A level trim that reaches true silence. Put it in front of a delay and modulate it to cut the input while the tail keeps ringing.
Vocoder
A 4- to 32-band vocoder whose carrier follows incoming MIDI, so the cell signal shapes a note you play.
Pan, Gain, and Vocoder also ship in PAM and CELL1.
Modulate Everything
Every knob is a target: the built-in effects, the signature effects, and the routing levels. All of it reaches the host as automation.
Six LFOs per cell
Tempo-synced shapes, plus a curve you can draw by hand.
Envelopes, sequencer, macros
An envelope follower, a step sequencer, macros, and a modulation matrix on every cell.
Patch-level control
Cable levels, the global mix, effect parameters, and macros all reach the host as automation and MIDI mappings.
Specs
- ✓VST3, AU (macOS), CLAP & Standalone
- ✓macOS & Windows
- ✓Stereo in + stereo sidechain in, stereo out
- ✓MIDI in for the vocoder carrier and MIDI learn
- ✓Built from the same engine as PAM
Ownership
- ✓Perpetual license: buy it, own it
- ✓Free updates
- ✓No subscription
- ✓Free trial at launch
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