"The Syrmaphone, Canned Sound's original kinetic electro-acoustic instrument, is played by drawing a bow across a series of stereo-amplified metal tines secured to a wooden resonance chamber. This is fixed to a manually rotated mechanism to facilitate portamento performance. The Syrmaphone generates a range of inharmonic, voice-like, other-worldly sounds, atmospheric textures and unsettling audio effects ideal for experimental music, scoring and sound design. Recorded with Soundtoys Little Plate reverb plugin."
"In this video, we process an iconic DX7 electric piano with a handful of the 67 new Effect Rack presets. Listen as this simple FM piano sound is transformed into rhythmic, ambient, and otherworldly textures.
"The Soundtoys V5.5 bundle has arrived, and there’s a lot to cover! From the new SpaceBlender experimental reverb in Effect Rack to resizable plug-in interfaces, our latest upgrade offers both enhanced creative possibilities and an improved user experience. This video walks you through the new features and shows off a handful of the 67 inspiring presets we’ve added to Effect Rack. Save 50% on bundle purchases and upgrades through August 5.
"Meet SpaceBlender, a new imaginary space machine from Soundtoys. It's an experimental reverb that create shapes, textures, and tones that don’t exist in the natural world.
In this video, we’ll walk you through SpaceBlender’s interface and demonstrate some cool ways to get started with the plug-in. From ambient soundscapes to reverse gated verbs, from skittering delays to wild pitch shifting– this deceptively simple plug-in has much to offer.
Soundtoys Releases Version 5.5 Bundle Featuring SpaceBlender, New Presets, and Resizable GUIs
July 22, 2025 (BURLINGTON, VT): Soundtoys is proud to announce the release of Soundtoys 5.5, a major update to its flagship effects bundle. The update introduces the new SpaceBlender plug-in, a suite of new factory presets, and resizable user interfaces across the collection of Soundtoys plug-ins.
In the Soundtoys V5.5 bundle, the new SpaceBlender experimental reverb integrates seamlessly into Effect Rack, giving users powerful possibilities to create multi-effect chains. This update adds a wide selection of 67 curated presets that showcase the creative potential of the full suite.
Effect Rack plug-in owners can now add SpaceBlender to Effect Rack by purchasing a SpaceBlender license and downloading the latest Effect Rack installer in their Soundtoys user account.
"Our latest plug-in, SpaceBlender, lets users explore experimental spaces and ambient effects in a fun, but musical way," said Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and founder of Soundtoys.
"But when you drop SpaceBlender into Effect Rack, it opens up a whole new world – like using Tremolator to add pulsing rhythms to SpaceBlender’s long ambient swells, creating out-of-this-world psychedelic spaces with FilterFreak and PhaseMistress, or adding analog vibes with EchoBoy, Decapitator, and Radiator. Sound designers, producers, mixers, or anyone looking to push their sound in new directions will love this."
Soundtoys users who want to update their plug-ins with resizable UIs can do so (for free) to the V5 products they already own by downloading the installers from the My Products tab in their Soundtoys user accounts.
Soundtoys 5.5 bundle is available now at an introductory price of $599 $299, with 50% off upgrades for existing users. The Soundtoys 5.5 Academic bundle includes the same updates and is priced at $299 $149 for qualified students and educators.
The release of V5.5 also kicks off the Soundtoys Summer Sale, offering up to 75% off individual plug-ins for a limited time – including Little AlterBoy $99 $49, Decapitator $199 $69, and the creative standard, EchoBoy $199 $69. More deals are available at www.soundtoys.com. Intro and sale prices end August 5.
Current version 5 plug-in owners can unlock resizable UIs with the free 5.5 update, available now in Soundtoys user accounts. Log in to upgrade to the full Soundtoys 5.5 bundle.
Learn more and download the update at soundtoys.com.
BURLINGTON, VT (June 23, 2025): Audio effects company Soundtoys announced that 100% of all sales made on June 25 and 26 will be donated to Lambda Legal, the leading US organization dedicated to the civil rights of LGBTQIA+ people and everyone living with HIV.
This two-day campaign reflects Soundtoys’ ongoing commitment to equity, justice, and creative freedom. Customers who purchase any Soundtoys plug-in, bundle, or upgrade during the campaign period will directly support Lambda Legal’s critical legal advocacy, public policy work, and impact litigation efforts across the United States.
“We’re in the midst of an erosion and outright assault on freedom of expression, civil rights, and bodily autonomy, much of it directed towards those who are the most vulnerable,” said Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and lead designer.
“We strongly believe that diversity and our ability to live and express ourselves freely are one of our greatest strengths – especially within the music and arts communities. It’s easy to feel powerless these days, but supporting Lambda Legal is one small way we can all help to protect the freedoms that many of us take for granted.”
To participate, visit www.soundtoys.com on June 25 and 26, 2025. If you already own the full Soundtoys bundle, please consider participating by purchasing a gift card or making a personal donation.
About Soundtoys
Soundtoys develops creative audio effects plug-ins used by musicians, producers, and sound designers around the world. Known for their analog-inspired sound and deeply musical design, Soundtoys plug-ins have shaped iconic records across genres.
About Lambda Legal
Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQIA+ people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
Just in case you missed the banner up top, Soundtoys' EchoBoy is currently on sale. You can find it here. If you've been thinking about picking up a copy, now would be a good time before the sale is over.
1. GENESIS ~ SPACE AMBIENT LIVE ~ Moog Mother 32 (x2)
Deep space and the sounds of the cosmos. Moog Mother 32's and Valhalla Delay and Supermassive.
PATCH NOTES:
Both Mother 32's are patched the same
• ASSIGN to MULT
• MULT 1 to MIX 1
• MULT 2 to VCO MOD
• KB to MIX 2
• VC MIX to VCF CUTOFF
• VCO SAW to EXT AUDIO
Same 8 note sequence over 3 octaves for both M32's then set to play random. One sequencers temps is set to slight faster than the other.
2. NEW HORIZONS ~ AMBIENT LIVE ~ Moog Mother 32 (x2)
More Mother 32 live performance. Beautiful machines that always impress.
PATCH NOTES: Upper Moog Mother 32 • ASSIGN to MULT, • MULT 1 to MIX 1 • MULT 2 to VCO MOD • KB to MIX 2 • VC MIX to VCF CUTOFF • VCO SAW to EXT AUDIO • LFO TRI to TEMPO. Lower Moog Mother 32 • ASSIGN OUTPUT to MIX1 • LFO TRI to MIX2 • VC MIX to VCF CUTOFF. • NOISE to VCO LIN FM. FX Valhalla Delay and Supermassive lower Mother 32 has its Feedback modulated on a very slow Classic LFO.
Headphones as always for best listening experience.
3. ULYSSES ~ SPACE AMBIENT LIVE ~ Moog Mother 32 (x2)
Moog Mother 32's preforming together. Always impressed with these little machines so wonderful to play. PATCH NOTES: Top Mother 32 EG to MIX1 KB to MIX2. VC MIX to VCF CUTOFF. LFO TRI to VCF RES. Tweak VCF control knobs in conjunction with VC MIX and LFO RATE knobs to find sweet spots Lower Mother 32 KB to MULT MULT 1 to VCF CUTOFF MULT 2 to VCF RES LFO SQ to VCO MOD For FX Valhalla Delay and Supermassive both have their Feedback modulated on a very slow Classic LFO.
Headphones as always for best listening experience.
4. VOYAGER II ~ SPACE AMBIENT LIVE ~ MOOG MOTHER 32
More journeys into Space Ambient territory with two Moog Mother 32's this time accompanied with SoundToys SpaceBlender. SpaceBlender is an experimental reverb that lets you create unreal and imaginary spaces with ease.
5. VOYAGER ~ SPACE AMBIENT LIVE ~ Making INSANE Sounds With The Moog Mother 32's?
Moog Mother 32 x2 these little instruments never fail to impress me with their versatility. The Assignable outputs on both M32's come into their own here while I act as the modulation sauce. FX Valhalla Supermassive and Shimmer.
Headphones of course for full experience. Enjoy!
"SpaceBlender is a new experimental reverb that lets you create unreal and imaginary spaces – shapes, textures, and tones otherwise impossible in the real world.
"🖲 Great news from Soundtoys – they’ve released a new plugin that creates stunning, spacey reverbs. It features an excellent interface and sound. With a simple twist, the reverb tail can be flipped into reverse, which sounds especially interesting on short decays synced to the tempo of your track.
🎛 The first thing I wanted to run through this effect was the Moog Subsequent 37 – the king of analog sound. This way, I could blend top-tier analog with digital magic. The result is epic.
📦 The Moog Sub37 presets and patterns used in this demo, along with over 200 preset banks for both hardware and software synths, are available here: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/"
Follow-up to this post. Two new videos and the official press release below.
"With SpaceBlender, you can quickly and easily turn any sound into a massive musical ambience. In this example you’ll hear three simple sources and three SpaceBlender presets – without any other plugins or automation."
"In this video, we add SpaceBlender to a variety of sources — cello, guitar, vocals, drums, and more —and use different presets to showcase the plug-in’s power and versatility.
Get SpaceBlender FREE through May 22, 2025. Only at www.soundtoys.com.
BURLINGTON, VT – Renowned pro audio effects creator Soundtoys proudly announces the release of SpaceBlender, an experimental reverb that lets you create unreal and imaginary spaces – shapes, textures,and tones otherwise impossible in the real world. Inspired by the pioneers of ambient music, with their extensive use of layered tape loops and delays, SpaceBlender is designed to create massive waves of lush, organic, and evolving spatial effects.
SpaceBlender is available now at soundtoys.com for free – a $99 value – through May 22. Sign up to claim this offer.
Whether enhancing a track’s sense of space or creating dynamic, evolving effects, SpaceBlender is a fun and intuitive tool for sound designers, musicians, and producers looking for creative yet easy-to-use spatial processing.
“We’ve been exploring new ways to build an algorithmic reverb – something with the creative flexibility of convolution and the richness, depth, and soul of classic hardware devices,” said Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and founder of Soundtoys.
“SpaceBlender is the first product of this research, and we’ve tried to make it easy to play with ‘space’ in a fun and musical way. We’re excited to hear what people create with it.”
Key features of SpaceBlender include:
● Interactive control – move between gate, reverse, decay, and bloom reverb shapes and everything in-between, in real time.
● Visualizer – see your sound move through the reverb shape as you adjust its sonic envelope.
● Simple control of spectral evolution; reverbs can get darker or brighter over time. ● Deeply embedded modulation creates rich, constantly moving ambient effects.
● Smoothly change the reverb texture from dense and lush to sparse and grainy.
● Extreme range from super short 100-millisecond nonlinear effects to absurdly long 60-second meditations.
The free SpaceBlender offer is valid only at soundtoys.com through May 22, 2025. SpaceBlender will be available for purchase from authorized resellers worldwide on May 23. Learn about Soundtoys’ system requirements and host compatibility.
"SpaceBlender is a new experimental reverb that lets you create unreal and imaginary spaces – shapes, textures, and tones otherwise impossible in the real world.
"Meet SpaceBlender, a new imaginary space machine from Soundtoys. It's an experimental reverb that create shapes, textures, and tones that don’t exist in the natural world.
In this video, we’ll walk you through SpaceBlender’s interface and demonstrate some cool ways to get started with the plug-in. From ambient soundscapes to reverse gated verbs, from skittering delays to wild pitch shifting– this deceptively simple plug-in has much to offer.
"It’s not convolution, it’s not an emulation – it’s like a delay matrix with chorus and a granulator…but not that either. From stuttering to vastness, it’s great for sound design, soundtracks, and gaming soundtracks. So interesting, it’s almost an instrument."
"This Daniel Avery's track is one of my favorites in these last months. so I tried to recreate this beautiful melody with my Prophet REV2.
To make this patch I started from the factory patch Sitcom Piano (F1 P38) which I modified a bit
Soundtoys’ upgrade program consistently offers existing users a compelling discount to trade up existing licenses to get Soundtoys 5 – but during the Holiday Sale, the additional 50% discount makes the upgrade opportunity even sweeter."
1. Current users (anyone who owns a Soundtoys license – even if it was free) can upgrade for $189 or less by trading up their licenses to Soundtoys 5.
2. Full-time students and educators at a qualifying university or approved audio program can apply for a full, non-expiring bundle license for just $99. Verification is required.
3. Those who don’t yet own any Soundtoys effects can buy the Soundtoys 5 bundle for $199.
“While life has gotten more expensive, Soundtoys 5 has remained an incredible value for such a staple of high-end pro audio production,” said Ken Bogdanowicz, founder and CEO of Soundtoys.
“From day one each plug-in has been carefully crafted to stand on its own and work together to create a powerful creative effects system. Inspired by rare and unaffordable hardware, Soundtoys effects only sound expensive. And they’re even more affordable during Black Friday.”
The Soundtoys Black Friday Sale 60% Off Upgrades
Soundtoys 5 bundle $499 $199
Soundtoys 5 Academic bundle $249 $99
Effect Rack $299 $149
EchoBoy & Decapitator $199 $49 each
All other plug-ins $99-149 $39 each
Soundtoys plug-ins are proven, powerful tools trusted by professional mix engineers, musicians, and sound designers everywhere. Details for each offer can be found at www.soundtoys.com. The Black Friday Sale ends on December 5.
