Deep Trip — unusual audio plugins for Mac
Deep Trip is an independent instrument maker: audio plugins for Mac that do something no other plugin does, rather than one more compressor or synth clone. Four are out now: Bardo, Deep Trip Visions, Phason and Rattle.
Deep Trip builds instruments, not utilities: no compressors, no EQs, no emulations of classic hardware. The common thread is starting from material nobody planned to be musical and turning it into something playable. Everything runs locally on your own computer, with no account and no cloud service.
Deep Trip Bardo: Bardo is an audio plugin for Mac that generates endless dark, hypnotic techno from nine layers — kick, bass, metal, hats, percussion, effects, spoken phrases, synth and sub — and mixes one track into the next like a DJ. It costs $39 at launch (until 31 December 2026), then $79, with a 7-day free trial, and its key also unlocks Deep Trip Visions.
Deep Trip Visions: Deep Trip Visions is an audio plugin for Mac that turns whatever plays through it — the master or any single track — into full-screen, music-reactive visuals, while the sound passes through untouched. It costs $19 at launch (until 31 December 2026), then $29, with a 7-day free trial, and it comes free with a Bardo key.
Deep Trip Phason: Deep Trip Phason is a Mac synthesizer with a unique quasicrystal synthesis method. Its notes are vibrating crystals: their overtones break into shimmering clusters, and tones at the crystal’s edges glide through the gaps as the pattern turns. A second material, Breather, lets how hard you play move the pitch and the colour. It costs $29 at launch (until 31 December 2026), then $59, with a 7-day free trial.
Deep Trip Rattle: Deep Trip Rattle is a Mac drum machine with a unique bead-chain synthesis method. Its drums are chains of beads: squeezed beads ring like tuned drums, loose ones clatter, and harder hits run faster and higher. It plays 790 grooves in 50 families built from real drummer patterns and can play every bar anew. It costs $24 at launch (until 31 December 2026), then $39, with a 7-day free trial.
Status: all four are out now. Each page has a free download for Mac and a buy button. Every plugin has a 7-day free trial, one key works on up to 3 Macs, and Visions comes free when you buy Bardo. The Deep Trip Bundle puts all four under one key: $69 at launch (until 31 December 2026), then $129. Platform: any Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later; Windows, Intel Macs and Linux are not supported. Formats: VST3, Audio Unit and a standalone app.
Deep Trip is made by Pattern Void. Questions: info@deept.rip.
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