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the actual plugin layout: module · mod selector · cv source · history strip, in one window. click a row to switch; hover to hold
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still alive

cryogenic ladder chamber

US$25or every module · US$9/monthor all 74 · US$249one-time · 14-day free trial built in
vst3 · au · aax · macos 11+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · unlocks in the tangle rack too
§ what it does

cryogenic ladder chamber

An echo with a pitch shifter inside the feedback loop, so every repeat is re-transposed by the same interval. One note stacks into an ascending or descending shimmer chord instead of a flat decay, with a warm filter keeping the stack from fizzing out.

The climbing tail then feeds a freeze tank whose latch shuts on a randomised clock, catching and stuttering slices of it.

It runs the same DSP as the module in Tangle; nothing is cut down for the standalone version. One licence covers both: this plugin, and the same module unlocked inside the rack.

§ every control

what each knob does

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

walking pitchevery repeat is shifted by pitch (±2 octaves), so echoes climb or fall away as they decay.
probabilistic freezerate sets a stutter clock; prob is the chance each pulse latches the tail and freezes it.
spiralling feedbackfbk closes the loop, so the transposition accumulates, so tails spiral rather than simply repeat.
§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Still Alive ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Pick a modulator, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required.

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.
memoryA loop of random voltages that repeats until you let it mutate, one step at a time.
driftSix related voltages from two particles moving through a shared field: they drift together, not separately.
§ always recording

it keeps what you just played

A rolling capture strip runs beneath the panel, always recording the plugin's output. No transport, nothing to arm. Played something great while you were just tweaking? Click-drag across the history waveform to select it, then drag the slice straight into your DAW timeline.

ARM flips it to ring-capture for hands-free takes.

§ one purchase, two plugins

it unlocks in tangle too

Still Alive is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and still alive 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.

§ the box

still alive

formats
vst3 · audio unit (au) · aax
platforms
macos 11+ (universal) · windows 10+ (64-bit) — 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
trial
14 days, full function, then buy to keep patching
licence
no ilok · serial STA-… by email
modulators
lfo · drawable curve · noise · transient, all included
currency
charged in us dollars · your bank converts at its own rate
refunds
30-day money back, no questions
discontinued
if this plugin is retired your licence keeps working and your serial stays on your accountterms, section 1.3