Sixty devices, two pluginsThe Puremagnetik plugin library
Experimental effects and synthesizers in two plugins. Each device is a study in one idea: tape decay, granular resynthesis, spectral freezing, FM, physical resonance. Install once and the library stays current as new devices arrive.
Ten devices, free for good
Complete devices with full controls and presets. Not demos.
Two drifting delay voices, like tape machines slightly out of step. Subtle width or seasick chorus.
A grain looper through tape warble and chopped delay, with presets by BlankFor.ms.
A reverb with a spectral sub-octave, frozen, distorted or dialled down to lo-fi.
Octaver, fuzz, tremolo and arpeggiator in one, every rate locked to your host tempo.
A string resonator, recorded and chopped into grains. Drum loops come out pitched and metallic.
A reverb tail broken into particles: 3D motion, blur and glitch over your intact source.
Freeze a chord into a spectral cloud and play over it. New in Studies, never sold alone.
A 1970s string machine, recorded to a loop and left in the sun all summer.
Blurred noise and low drones that sound the moment it loads. No MIDI needed.
Hybrid FM for tense washes, bowed atmospheres and atonal synth-scapes.
See what you hear
Every device is drawn as its own signal flow, left to right, in the order the code runs it. The knobs sit on the stage they control, so turning WEAR on Olden shows you exactly where the tape starts to drift.
- Studies Effects for audio tracks, Studies Instruments for MIDI
- Browse the library without leaving your track
- Factory presets, plus Jumble for random patches
- The ? button opens the Handbook page
- Projects reopen with device, preset and settings intact
- Scalable window
A decade of experiments, in one place
Puremagnetik has released more than a hundred plugins, each one a question answered in the studio and tested on records. Studies rebuilds that work behind one interface, so you can move between devices, compare them and learn from them.
The full library
Sign in once from inside the plugin and all 60 devices download in the background. No serial numbers, no extra installers, and new devices arrive as they are released. Use it on all of your own computers.
Processors · 41
Synths · 19
Free devices in bold · Every device is described in the Studies Handbook
| Feature | Free | Subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | 10 | 60 |
| New devices as released | — | Included |
| Presets, Jumble, Handbook | Included | Included |
| Credit card | Not needed | At checkout |
| Sign in | Not needed | Once, from the plugin |
| Price | Free | $9/month or $85/year |
- 01 · Check outFree, with your email. The installer comes with your order.
- 02 · InstallStudies Effects on an audio track, Studies Instruments on MIDI.
- 03 · PlayThe free devices are ready. Subscribers click SIGN IN.
- Formats
- Mac: AU, VST2, VST3 · Apple silicon native · Windows: VST3
- Systems
- Current macOS and Windows 10/11 x64
- Hosts
- Any AU, VST or VST3 host on Mac; any VST3 host on Windows
- Internet
- On first launch, to download the devices; subscribers also sign in