civsax vst3 / au / aax

randomize

no rolls

amount 100%

1 curve → a knob · a shape you draw, looping

the actual plugin layout: meters at the edges, a modulator slot either side of the module, randomize and capture on the rail. click a tab to switch a slot; hover to hold

posgrain read position behind the record head.

sizegrain length, from short for stutter to long for smear.

pitchgrain transpose, up to 2 octaves either way. centre is no transposition.

densgrain density, which thickens the cloud.

feedfeedback into the grain capture buffer. the whole chain's output, plate tail included, folds back in, so new grains are cut from the reverb of the old ones. it thickens into drifting texture but is bounded and cannot run away.

filttone morph. below centre it is a low-pass, above centre a high-pass, and centre is flat. fully up is about two thirds high-pass with the dry signal still blended in, so the lows drop by about 9 db rather than vanishing.

drivetape saturation amount on the cloud.

spaceplate reverb amount on the output. the plate has no direct sound of its own, so turning this down is the only way to hear the cloud, filter and saturator without the reverb. defaults to about 60%, which offsets the plate's level loss.

mixdry/wet balance. fully down is dry only; fully up is the effect alone.

granular · wam-90 · standalone + cv modulation

civsax granular texture

US$25or all 76 · US$399one-time · 14-day free trial built in

buy civsax · US$25 subscribe · every module · US$9/month try it free · 14 days

vst3 · au · aax · macos 13+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · unlocks in the tangle rack too

examples · civsax

01 · factory default · model a

02 · open confetti · model b

03 · brisk swarm · model c

04 · gritty flurry · model d

05 · hissing sawdust · model a

06 · murky flurry · model a

the examples play with javascript on.

§ every control

what each knob does

Nine controls, no menus. Here they are on the panel itself.

grain feedbackfeed layers grains back on themselves toward self-oscillation.

one-knob tonefilt sweeps from low-pass through flat to high-pass.

settled in a platedrive adds tape grit and space sits the cloud in a plate reverb.

§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Civsax ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Two slots, each running one of six modulators: pick one from a slot's tabs, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required. Both slots can run the same kind, each its own copy, and slot 2 can be switched off.

lfoSmooth cyclic movement: sine, triangle, square, sample & hold, or a shape you draw.

curveA looping contour you draw by hand: smooth, spiked or stepped.

noiseStepped, smoothed or slewed randomness for texture and wander.

transientListens for hits, then fires a trigger plus an envelope on every transient it hears.

env followTracks how loud you are playing and turns that into a control voltage.

timingSpreads hits as evenly as possible across a bar, so rhythms land musically instead of bunched.

§ always recording

it keeps what you just played

CAPTURE on the rail drops down the audio history: the last ten seconds of the plugin's output, rolling. Arm it once and it keeps recording; the key's lamp stays lit while it runs.

Played something good while you were just tweaking? Drag across the waveform to select it, then drag the slice straight into your DAW timeline.

§ one purchase, two plugins

it unlocks in tangle too

Civsax is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and civsax unlocked inside the rack, where you can patch it into any other module you own. There is no second purchase and no upgrade path; the rack itself costs nothing.

Sign in once in the rack and your licences follow your account: a module bought this morning appears at the next licence check, on every machine you install on.

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§ the box

civsax

US$25or all 76 · US$399one-time

buy civsax · US$25 subscribe · every module · US$9/month try it free · 14 days

formats: vst3 · audio unit (au) · aax
platforms: macos 13+ (universal) · windows 10+ (64-bit) · macos 11 and 12 with the installers — full requirements
in tangle: the same licence unlocks this module inside the free Tangle rack, patchable into every other module — one purchase, both plugins, nothing extra to buy
all-access: this standalone and every other one, each unlocked in the rack too, for US$9/month while you subscribe — new releases included, cancel any time from your account
trial: 14 days, full function, then buy to keep patching
licence: no ilok · serial SGA-… by email
modulators: two slots · lfo · drawable curve · noise · transient · env follow · timing, all included
currency: charged in us dollars · your bank converts at its own rate
discontinued: if this plugin is retired your licence keeps working and your serial stays on your account — terms, section 1.3

§ media

civsax on camera

Read CivSax's grains further back, and they trail behind you.

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