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NEWCONSTELLATION 1.0 ↓Effects are stars. Movement connects them.
Build a sky of up to eight effects on three parallel lanes, then make it move: draw a curve, follow the hits, the pitch or the syllables of a vocal, record a gesture with the mouse or a controller, or let another track drive it. Store eight complete sounds as scenes, morph between them, play them along the song, and perform stutters, tape stops and echo throws live. For beats, vocals, synths and sound design.
Filter, drive, crush, ring, resonator, phaser, doubler, octaver, shimmer, echo, space, grain, stutter, tape, gate and tone.
Six orbits: drawn curves, envelope, transient, pitch, syllable, sidechain, gestures, random and MIDI.
Morph four sounds, sequence them over the song, or let Song Follow switch for verse and hook.
14-day free trial. Full version, no licence key needed. Buy when you are ready.
Watch the demo ↓Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit VST3 · Contact NORTHFX for pricing and delivery.
CONSTELLATION / IN ACTION
HOW IT WORKS
Press + on a lane and pick an effect. Stars on one lane run one after another, the three lanes run side by side. Drag a star to reorder it or move it to another lane, even while the music plays.
Clean when empty: with no star, CONSTELLATION passes the signal bit-exact. It adds no latency.
Grab an orbit and drop it on any knob. The knob now follows a curve you drew, the loudness or the hits of the input, the pitch of the melody, every new syllable, a kick on another track, a gesture you recorded, or MIDI.
Modulate the modulation: orbits can drive other orbits, the lane levels and the morph pad.
Eight scenes hold complete sounds. Blend four on the XY pad, run them as a sequence over the bars of your song, or let Song Follow pick the quiet scene for the verse and the loud one for the hook.
Every preset is ready: each factory preset comes with eight scenes to morph and sequence.
SIXTEEN STARS
Morphing LP / BP / HP with drive
Warm, hard, wavefold
Bits, rate, jitter
Ring mod to frequency shift
Tuned comb resonator
Phaser to flanger
Up to 4 detuned voices
−2, −1, +1 octave, pitch-locked
Pitch-shifted reverb
Synced ping-pong echo
Big reverb with freeze
Granular clouds
Beat repeat
Tape stop and wow
16-step trance gate
Shelves, width, gain
FOR SOUND DESIGN
MUTATE SUBTLE nudges every unlocked setting, WILD may swap a module or a lane. Level-like knobs move carefully, so a variation never blasts. Lock what you love, step back with UNDO, keep the best in a scene.
Stutter 1/8 and 1/16, roll 1/32, tape stop, reverse, sweep, throw and freeze on the whole output, from the mouse, the keys 1 to 8, MIDI notes or automation. Latch them, or let them fire every 4 or 8 bars.
Last-word throw: at the end of a vocal phrase, THROW sends the last word into the echo on its own.
Record a movement by hand for one loop and it repeats in time. Link connects CONSTELLATION instances without routing: let the kick track move the filter on your pad.
Safe to explore: feedback stays musical, and a soft ceiling above +3.5 dBFS keeps runaway patches from blasting your speakers.
THE INTERFACE
The star map shows the signal flow, the glow follows the level, thin threads show which orbit moves which star. Select a star to edit it, drop an orbit on a knob to modulate it, and watch the ring show exactly what you hear.
Thirty factory presets for vocals, drums, synths, lo-fi, performance and sound design, user presets, a resizable window and a manual with recipes.
| Format | VST3 (64-bit) |
|---|---|
| System | Windows 10 / 11, x64 |
| Channels | Mono or stereo, stereo Key In sidechain, MIDI input |
| Latency | Zero |
| Stars | Up to 8 on 3 parallel lanes, 16 modules |
| Modulation | 6 orbits with 10 sources, 16 routes, 32-point MSEG, gesture recording, Link between instances |
| Scenes | 8 scenes, XY morph, sequence, song follow |
| Performance | 8 pads: keyboard, MIDI notes, automation, latch, every 4 / 8 bars, phrase end |
| Presets | 30 factory presets with 8 scenes each, user presets |
| Sample rates | 44.1 to 192 kHz |
| Interface | 1280 × 800, scalable from 60 to 150 % |
| Licence | One person, two computers; 14-day free trial |
CONSTELLATION / FAQ
CONSTELLATION is a modular multi-effect plugin (VST3, Windows) for beats, vocals, synths and sound design. You place up to eight effects, called stars, on three parallel lanes, make them move with orbits, store eight complete sounds as scenes and morph or sequence between them.
Sixteen: Filter, Drive, Crush, Ring, Reso, Swirl, Double, Octave, Shimmer, Echo, Space, Grain, Stutter, Tape, Gate and Tone. Any of them can sit on any of the three lanes, in any order.
Six orbits can move any knob. Sources include a drawn curve with up to 32 points, the envelope, transients, pitch, syllables of a vocal, a sidechain, a recorded mouse or controller gesture, random and MIDI. Orbits can also drive other orbits, lane levels and the morph pad.
CONSTELLATION is a 64-bit VST3 plugin for Windows 10 and 11. It runs in VST3 hosts such as FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and Bitwig Studio. There is no macOS or AAX version at the moment.
No. CONSTELLATION runs at zero latency, and with no star placed it passes the signal bit-exact.
Yes. Eight performance pads trigger stutters, rolls, tape stop, reverse, sweep, echo throw and freeze on the whole output, from the mouse, the keys 1 to 8, MIDI notes or automation. Pads can latch or fire every 4 or 8 bars, and THROW can catch the last word of a vocal phrase.
Yes. The 14-day trial is the full version with every feature and no licence key. When you buy, you get a licence key that activates CONSTELLATION on up to two of your computers. No subscription.
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