New BigCity 1.1 is out

Small plugins for melodic electronic music

Each one does one job, uses almost no CPU, and costs what you want to pay. For macOS, made in New York.

Plugins

Three so far. Each has its own screen, its own color and one job.

  • Out now · 1.1

    BigCity

    One knob adds air and stereo width, from untouched at 0 to full city pop sheen at 100.

    Controls
    City size, bypass
    Type
    Effect
    Formats
    VST3
  • Beta · 0.9

    Nemucha

    A one-knob stutter and overdrive. It catches bits of what you play, repeats them back and gets grittier as you turn it up.

    Controls
    Mood, chaos
    Type
    Effect
    Formats
    VST3, AU

    In beta with a few producers. Coming to Gumroad next.

  • A4+0.0¢
    Beta · 0.9

    Kumona

    A strobe tuner that reads to 0.1 cent. The cloud on its screen rains when you’re out of tune and naps when nothing’s playing.

    Controls
    Mute, screen color
    Type
    Utility
    Formats
    VST3, AU

    In beta with a few producers. Coming to Gumroad next.

How they’re made

One job each

BigCity adds air. Nemucha stutters and drives. Kumona tunes. No preset browsers and no menus inside menus.

Light on your CPU

The audio thread never allocates or waits on a lock, and each screen redraws only when something changes.

Pay what you want

Every plugin is on Gumroad with a $0 minimum. Pay if it earns a spot in your sessions.

Install and docs

Install

  1. Get the plugin on Gumroad. Any price works, including $0.
  2. Open the .pkg and follow the installer.
  3. In Ableton Live, open Settings, go to Plug-ins and click Rescan.

Needs macOS 12 or later. Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel.

Read the install guide