// Catalog
OVNI Audio is an indie plugin label from Argentina, free and open-source. Three kinds: spatial FX that move sound around your head and open spaces, a visual synth (SUPERNOVA) that turns sound into image, and an analyser (TELESCOPE) that measures your mix and writes what it found. VST3 + AU on macOS; Windows VST3 where noted.
09 Modules 03 Out now 06 On the way
The code is free forever (AGPLv3), and so are the installers for ORBIT, SUPERNOVA and TELESCOPE — no deadline. New products released later may be paid.
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Effects that move a sound around your head, open a space for it or spread it across the field — for producers and mixers.
MOD·00 / Primary signal
Free · v0.3.0
A binaural movement engine: place a sound around your head, orbit it or fly it past.
For producers and mixers who want a sound to move around the listener, on headphones or speakers.
Sets angle and distance on a radar, bends the pitch on the fly-by with real Doppler, and keeps it mono-safe with IN PHASE.
MOD·01 / Movement
Locked · coming soon
Auto-pan that throws your sound into orbit around your head, driven by chaos instead of an LFO.
For producers who want movement that doesn't sound like a sine wave.
Morphs between Orbit, Pendulum, Lorenz and Rössler paths, adds Doppler on the fly-by and head-shadow width; IN PHASE folds it to mono.
MOD·02 / Space
Locked · coming soon
A reverb of impossible, infinite spaces that breathes and freezes.
For producers and sound designers who want a tail longer than any room.
Eight delay lines you sculpt by dragging a cloud: size, and decay up to 12 s — at the maximum the tail freezes. IN PHASE keeps it mono-safe.
MOD·03 / Movement
Locked · coming soon
Binaural echoes: reflections of your sound, scattered as bubbles around your head.
For producers who want echoes with a place, not a diffuse wash.
Each echo sits in its own direction: RATE spaces them, DENSITY grows a few taps into a cloud, and DUCK makes room when you play.
MOD·04 / Space
Locked · coming soon
Shimmer that orbits: a reverb whose octaves climb while it circles your head.
For producers and sound designers who want an endless pad rising under their sound.
Feeds a long reverb back through an octave and a fifth, carries it around the head free or synced, and FREEZE holds the cloud.
MOD·05 / Spectral
Locked · coming soon
Spectral freeze with a pulse: hold an instant, then fire it again on the beat.
For producers who want a held pad or a rhythmic stutter out of any moment.
Captures one spectral frame and holds it; RATE and SYNC re-trigger it in time, from 1/16 to 2 bars. Its latency is reported to your DAW.
MOD·06 / Spectral
Locked · coming soon
Spectral panning: every frequency goes to its own place in the stereo field.
For mixers who want width that still holds up in mono.
Gives each band its own position by per-bin phase de-correlation — no Haas delay — and MONO SAFE keeps the lows in the centre.
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Sound turned into image — for anyone who wants the picture to move with the music: producers, VJs, streams.
MOD·07 / Visual
Free · v0.4.0
An audio-reactive visual synth: an image or a video becomes particles that move with your sound.
For producers, VJs and streamers who want the picture to react to the music.
262,144 GPU particles deform your image with the audio. As a plugin it passes the sound through untouched; the app listens to your whole Mac.
Manual → — SUPERNOVATech sheet (PDF) ↓ — SUPERNOVAPage → — SUPERNOVA
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Measurement you can read — for anyone mixing or mastering who wants the number behind every finding.
MOD·08 / Analysis
Free · v0.1.0
An audio analyser that measures your mix and writes down what it found.
For anyone mixing or mastering who wants each finding with its number and its rule.
Thirteen lenses — loudness to ITU-R BS.1770, dynamics, spectrum, stereo, tonal balance and VERDICT, which writes each finding. 0 samples of latency.
Manual → — TELESCOPETech sheet (PDF) ↓ — TELESCOPEPage → — TELESCOPE
// Which one do I need?
Five things people come here for, which module does each one, and where each module stands today.
Out now: ORBIT places a source by angle and distance and orbits it. PULSAR and DUST are coming soon.
Nothing released does this yet: NEBULA and HALO are both coming soon.
Also coming soon: HORIZON freezes an instant and gates it to the beat; AURORA sends each band to its own place.
Out now, macOS only: an image or a video that reacts to your audio, as a plugin or as an app.
Out now: thirteen lenses, and VERDICT writing each finding with its number and its rule.
// How to install
The same steps for all of them: pick your system, then let your DAW find the new plugin.
macOS 11 or newer · Apple Silicon and Intel
.pkg of the plugin you want./Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and the AU in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components.SUPERNOVA also installs its standalone app in /Applications.
Windows 10 or newer · 64-bit · VST3
On Windows today: ORBIT and TELESCOPE — a VST3 in an unsigned ZIP, so Windows may warn. SUPERNOVA: macOS only.
VST3 folder to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 — Windows asks for administrator permission: it is a system folder.The same steps as the README that comes inside the ZIP.
Checked against each maker’s documentation on September 15, 2026.
| DAW | On Mac | On Windows | To see a new plugin | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ableton Live 12 | On MacVST3 or AU | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginSettings › Plug-Ins › Plug-In Sources: turn on your VST plug-in sources (on a Mac, also Use Audio Units), then Rescan. | Docs ↗ — Ableton Live 12 |
| Logic Pro | On MacAU | On Windows— | To see a new pluginSettings › Plug-in Manager › Reset & Rescan Selection; if it is not listed, Full Audio Unit Reset and reopen Logic. | Docs ↗ — Logic Pro |
| REAPER | On MacVST3 or AU | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginVST3: Options › Preferences › Plug-ins › VST › Re-scan (it also scans at launch). | Docs ↗ — REAPER |
| FL Studio | On MacVST3 or AU | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginOptions › File settings › Manage plugins › Find installed plugins, with Verify plugins on. | Docs ↗ — FL Studio |
| Cubase · Nuendo | On MacVST3 | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginStudio › VST Plug-in Manager › Scan for new and blocked plug-ins (Shift rescans all). | Docs ↗ — Cubase · Nuendo |
| Studio One · Fender Studio Pro | On MacVST3 or AU | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginView › Plug-in Manager › Update Plug-in List, for plug-ins installed while it is open. | Docs ↗ — Studio One · Fender Studio Pro |
| Bitwig Studio | On MacVST3 | On WindowsVST3 | To see a new pluginThe folders it scans: Dashboard › Settings › Locations › Plug-in Locations. | Docs ↗ — Bitwig Studio |
| Pro Tools | On MacAAX only | On WindowsAAX only | To see a new pluginOVNI does not make AAX, so these plugins do not load in Pro Tools. | Docs ↗ — Pro Tools |
On a Mac, Logic Pro uses the AU; Cubase, Nuendo and Bitwig use the VST3; Live, REAPER, FL Studio and Studio One load either — the installer puts both in place. On Windows, VST3.
Delete the bundle. On macOS, the .vst3 in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and the .component in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components; on Windows, the .vst3 folder in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3.
| Plugin | What it installs (macOS) | Installer receipts |
|---|---|---|
| ORBIT | What it installs (macOS)OVNI ORBIT.vst3 OVNI ORBIT.component | Installer receiptscom.ovni.plugins.orbit.vst3 .au |
| SUPERNOVA | What it installs (macOS)SUPERNOVA.vst3 SUPERNOVA.component /Applications/SUPERNOVA.app | Installer receiptscom.ovni.plugins.supernova.vst3 .au .app |
| TELESCOPE | What it installs (macOS)TELESCOPE.vst3 TELESCOPE.component | Installer receiptscom.ovni.plugins.telescope.vst3 .au |
The OVNI Audio folder in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins holds the licence texts and every OVNI plugin shares it: delete it when the last one goes.
Optional, on macOS, so the Installer forgets the receipt: sudo pkgutil --forget com.ovni.plugins.<id>.vst3 (and .au; SUPERNOVA also .app). pkgutil --pkgs | grep ovni lists them.
// Questions
Yes, with no deadline: the code is free forever (AGPLv3) and so are the installers for ORBIT, SUPERNOVA and TELESCOPE. New products released later may be paid.
It is the licence of the code: the code stays public, and anyone can build the plugins from it for free, forever, without asking or leaving an email. What has a date is the ready-made installer.
VST3 and AU on macOS 11 or newer, universal (Apple Silicon and Intel). VST3 64-bit on Windows 10 or newer where there is a ZIP — today, ORBIT and TELESCOPE. There is no AAX, so they do not load in Pro Tools.
ORBIT and TELESCOPE: yes, a VST3 in a ZIP (unsigned — SmartScreen may warn). SUPERNOVA: macOS only.
The ready-made installers go through the list: leave your email once per browser and the download starts right away — you get new modules and updates, nothing else. The source on GitHub needs no email, ever: AGPLv3 keeps it public.