Virtual Analogue Studio
Ends 30 November · 23:59 GMT, 30 November
Shop the sale →Analogue modelled plugins. No two units alike.
Start with the one you need, or build a whole studio.
Windows VST3 · Mac VST3 and AU
made by flakebelly
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Serial-seeded hardware character, right across the ecosystem
Every fBox instance is minted with its own serial number, and the serial sets its character: the small differences between two units off the same production line. Set two fComps the same and one grabs a snare a fraction faster. Roll a new unit whenever you like, save the ones worth keeping, and pin your favourite so every new instance opens as that unit.
Pull two compressors off the same production line and they never sound quite the same. The capacitors that happened to be in stock that week. The way that particular transformer was wound. Timing components that came in a fraction fast.
Give two fEqs the same 3kHz presence boost and one sits a shade higher than the other. Two fTapes: one is warmer on the bottom, one holds the top a little longer, and the wow and flutter have their own rhythm. Two fVerbs in Spring mode: one bright and boingy, the other darker and more controlled.
Every new instance can be a different unit, or it can be the one you have chosen to keep. A kept unit is yours alone. Its serial exists on no one else's machine, the same way a piece of hardware you buy is one specific unit that exists nowhere else.
You cannot dial a unit's character up to order, any more than you can with a real one. But you can learn it, and you can keep it. Mix on one until you know how it responds, then pin it. Your ear adapts to a desk you stay with.
New Unit gives you a fresh machine off the line - new serial, new character. Your settings stay exactly where they were. Only the personality changes.
Find an fTape, an fComp or an fMod you love and keep it. Saved units live in your Documents folder, so you can back them up and carry them between machines. The console goes further and shares its saved desks between the plugin and the standalone app, so a desk you find in your DAW comes with you.
Pin a unit and every new instance opens as that one, for good. Change your mind and go back to fresh units at any time - your pinned unit is set aside, never deleted, and one click brings it back.
An fBox preset - a patch card - saves the unit it was made on alongside the settings. Load one back and you choose. Recall Unit brings that machine back with it, character and all. Apply Settings Only keeps the unit you are on now and takes just the knob positions.
Across the suite, the serial decides how a unit sounds. On fDrone it decides what the instrument is. Different oscillator calibration. A different motor. A different resonant body, and a noise floor with its own colour. Not a different flavour of the same machine. A different machine.
Your fDrone exists nowhere else.
See fDrone →Every processor you need, from one ecosystem
A 32-channel analogue-modelled mixing desk with an integrated 16-track tape machine and its own automation passes.
A drone synthesiser, audio processor and ring modulator where every instance is a fundamentally different instrument.
A complete channel and mix bus in a single plugin, and it hosts your other VST3 plugins too.
Nine compression engines in one plugin, each with its own character and its own controls.
Six EQ personalities, from console channel strip shaping to passive programme warmth.
Six tape machines, from home reel-to-reel warmth to 2-inch studio saturation.
Eight classic modulation circuits, from bucket-brigade chorus to rotary speaker and ring modulation.
Six preamplifier designs, from Class-A transformer to all-tube and germanium.
Eight saturation and harmonic generation engines - from gentle transformer warmth to aggressive fuzz.
Eight reverbs, each with its own character, its own control set, and sidechain ducking.
Eight delay modes covering tape echo, digital, bucket-brigade, ping-pong, and more.
Free, and always will be. VU and PPM needles, peak and phase, and loudness, plus fMeter Offline for measuring finished files.
Every plugin has a free 14-day trial. Try it before you spend anything.
Black November: 50% off every plugin and bundle until 30 November. Back to early bird prices on 1 December.
Windows VST3. Mac VST3 and AU. Every purchase includes both. System requirements →
From one plugin on one track to a full 32-channel desk
Buy only the one you want. Every fBox plugin works on its own in any VST3 or AU DAW, with nothing else installed and nothing else to learn.
See the plugins →A whole console channel on any track or bus: preamp, plugin slots, summing, EQ, bus compressor, saturation and an output stage. It hosts your other VST3 plugins as well as fBox ones.
Explore the Rack →A 32-channel desk with an integrated 16-track tape machine, as a plugin or a standalone app. It works fine with no plugins at all, and its insert slots take fBox plugins.
Explore the console →Every plugin has a full 14-day trial. One click starts it. Not a limited version, no email, no payment details, and nothing to cancel. Start one now and you can still buy at half price before Black November ends on 30 November.
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