Plasma is a free digital audio effect for VST3 hosts. With its asymmetrical distortion and warm filters, Plasma is the perfect tool for creating aggressive and unique sounds in hard dance genres like Gabber, Hardstyle, and Hardcore.
However, Plasma is not just limited to hard dance genres – it's a versatile tool that can be used in any music production scenario. Use it to add grit and character to your guitar tracks or to create punishing basslines in your dubstep tracks. The possibilities with Plasma are endless.
- Free (as in freedom) and open-source
- Asymmetrical distortion
- 10 different distortion styles
- 3 filters for shaping the tone
- Innovative "Girth" effect to add treble to your sound
- Oscilloscope to visualize the output waveform
- Color-customizable minimalistic vector GUI
- Scalable for high-resolution displays
- Very low resource consumption
- Support for Windows, MacOS, and Linux
You can download our pre-built binaries for Windows, MacOS and Linux here.
There is now an AUR package available for Arch Linux users.
You can install it easily by using your favorite AUR helper (e.g. yay):
yay -S dimethoxy-plasma-binOr manually:
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dimethoxy-plasma-bin.git
cd dimethoxy-plasma-bin
makepkg -si- Windows 10 or later
- Intel or AMD CPU with a 64-bit quad-core processor
- At least 25 MB of free disk space
- A compatible 64-bit host DAW that supports VST3 plugins
- ARM versions of Windows are NOT supported
- MacOS 10.13 or later
- Intel or Apple Silicon CPU
- At least 80 MB of free disk space
- A compatible 64-bit host DAW that supports VST3 plugins
- Mainstream x86_64 Linux distribution
- Intel or AMD CPU with a 64-bit quad-core processor
- At least 60 MB of free disk space
- A compatible 64-bit host DAW that supports VST3 plugins
If you have enjoyed using our software, please consider donating. Donate via PayPal
We are dedicated to providing high-quality audio tools to the community for free, and your support helps us to continue our work. Your donation will contribute to maintaining and improving our software, as well as supporting the development of new tools and features. We greatly appreciate your support and thank you for helping us to continue our work.
The source code is licensed under the GPLv3. If you download the source or create builds, you must comply with that license. For more information, visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
You and your end-users use the software at your own risk.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
