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annulus

Six worlds. One instrument.

Annulus is a polyphonic resonator and effects engine built for sound designers who think in texture, not presets. At its heart is a faithful implementation of the physical modeling engine behind Mutable Instruments' Rings — one of the most celebrated modules in the history of Eurorack — paired with a full effects chain and a visual interface that breathes with the sound.

Six modes. Six physical models. Six complete sonic identities.   

MacOS (Silicone/Intel) VST3 / AU

MacOS (Silicone/Intel) VST3 / AU

Windows VST3

Windows VST3

The engine

Annulus routes your signal through four linked processors:

Rings: a MIDI-driven polyphonic resonator based on Mutable Instruments' Rings, running six distinct physical modeling algorithms. Four voices spread across the stereo field with velocity and position randomization for organic variation on every hit.
Spiral: a stereo tape delay with tempo sync, ping-pong routing, wobble modulation, and saturated feedback.
Velvet: an algorithmic reverb with shimmer, diffusion, ducking, and a four-second tail. 
Distortion: twelve waveshaping models at 2× oversampling, from soft tube warmth to asymmetric fuzz.
Four macro knobs: Morphe, Aigle, Nothros, Topos. Reach across the entire chain simultaneously. One gesture shapes the resonator, the delay, the reverb, and the drive at once. Topos also integrates into the visualizer's rotation, tying the image to the physics of the sound. 

Morphosis

Modal resonator — the original Rings algorithm

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
The filter bank that made Rings famous. Morphe adjusts the stiffness and spacing of modal partials, moving from tight harmonic clusters into rich inharmonic shimmer while the fundamental stays anchored. Stable and musical, with warm amber tones on a burnt sienna background. The classic starting point.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Sympatheia

Sympathetic strings — ensemble in a box

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
Six virtual strings that retune themselves in response to incoming pitch, producing the swelling unison and shimmer effect of a sympathetic string instrument. Morphe sweeps the interval relationships; Aigle controls how quickly the strings glide into tune, from instant to languid and out-of-focus. Coral and maroon over a deep purple slate, warm and restless.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Bathmos

Karplus-Strong string — from wood to metal

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
A plucked string model with tunable dispersion. Near center, Morphe sounds like a natural string. Push it outward and the partials spread into clangy, bell-like inharmonicity. High settings introduce a stochastic noise into the delay line that gives notes an unpredictable shimmer, like a string that isn't quite behaving. The only mode with per-slider macro colors: red, orange, green, blue on parchment white.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Anomalia

FM voice — ratio walks

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
FM synthesis inside the resonator. Morphe steps through a quantized table of carrier-to-modulator ratios, moving from clean harmonic intervals through irrational, clanging relationships. Aigle pushes the modulation index — low for pure tones, high for sideband-rich noise. Every Morphe position is a different instrument: marimba, bell, metallophone, something with no name. Pale cream on deep red, minimal and stark.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Donisis

Quantized sympathetic strings — chord engine

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
The sympathetic string model locked to fixed chord shapes. Where Sympatheia glides freely between intervals, Donisis snaps to presets — octave, minor, major, sus4, minor 7th, major 7th, and more. Morphe steps through eleven chord voicings; the current chord name displays beside the knob. Less a texture and more a harmonic tool — play a note, choose the chord it lives inside. Cool gray-green on silver.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Antron

String and reverb — ambient string

Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.
The Karplus-Strong model with an internal reverb baked into the resonator's tail, before the signal reaches Velvet. The result is warmer and more diffuse than Bathmos — notes bloom rather than decay cleanly. Good for pads, atmospheric textures, and anything where the line between instrument and space should blur. Copper on near-black.
Tape Fiasco 2 is not a one-trick effect. It is a self-contained workstation for making sounds that wouldn't sit comfortably in a normal plugin chain: stuttered rhythmic re-edits, frozen and scrubbed buffers, varispeed tape mangling, circuit-bent buffer glitches, and creative 21 effects that can be reordered and modulated together. Two host-synced sequencers, three graph editors, four macros, a X/Y controller, and a four-column modulator system let you modulate up to 72 parameters at once instead of by hand.

Tape Fiasco 2

The plugin that turns a single audio loop into a performance instrument.

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MacOS (Silicone/Intel) VST3 / AU

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Windows VST3

Windows VST3

Annulus is for the track that needs space, tension, and movement. & the producer who wants to sculpt all three at once.  

Annulus is for the track that needs space, tension, and movement. & the producer who wants to sculpt all three at once.  

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