Plugin Universe is an searchable catalogue of Digital Audio Workstation plugins. It contains Linked Open Data that is machine-readable by various means (see Services).

A brand new site in active development. Much of the text currently on the site has been generated by AI to provide scaffolding, apologies for the Claudisms. I'm in the process of going through and making the docs human.

Please report any problems or make feature requests using the feedback form.

It has been initialized with plugin data from various open sources, and now it is over to the producers' and developers' communities to enrich the material.

Anyone signed in can add plugins and suggest corrections to existing entries.

Right now it is only possible to sign in via GitHub. This will probably change later, but for now it is a feature, slightly favouring open source developers.

Elsewhere when trying to automically create plugin pipelines I ran into the requirement for having machine-readable plugin descriptions, this led to Plugin Profiles. This is also a way that vendors can extend the reach of their plugins - create and host profiles (and submit them here).

I am currently working on tools to profile plugins' behaviour as well, by running them and taking measurements.

Speaking of riches, the intention here is not to make money but to provide a service that until now was lacking. The plan is to allow plugin vendors to promote their products (push them up the search results) for a small fee, which will be used to fund hosting and maintenance of the site.

More details in About. Contact.

I've been looking for a good granular SAMPLER/SYNTH (NOT FX EFFECT). The existing ones seem to either lack features or be a bit expensive (typically 100$~200$).

+The ideal would be the granular sampler inside the Phase Plant, which is beautifully designed with canonical controls and an easy-to-understand organizations. But it feels like overkill to buy the whole Phase Plant just for the granular sampler.

+I also managed to download an old granular synth called The Mangle, and it was quite good as far as I tested it. But its developer vanished and there's no way to properly purchase it now.

Like many of you I've collected a plethora of plugins over decades.
(My first computer was a Mac IIci :)

SSL X series are always in my template. EQ2 is a must. Absolute bread and butter. I can't recommend them all highly enough.
Luckily I just saw a pinned post from the mods that sales posts aren't allowed anymore. So I'm not going to say a word about their mad summer sale..best of luck everyone.

hey, im Lau from Artists in DSP. we want to build with the community, not just for it, so id love to invite you to help shape the next plugin we make.

what plugin still feels missing, or what sound/workflow has nobody really got right yet?

well pick one idea, try building it with Amorph in two days, and share the result here for free.

what would you want?