microbiome

Microbiome is a real-time audio effects plugin that uses delay lines and looping to create vibrant audio artifacts mimicking the nature of evolutionary biology.

The main Microbiome audio processing engine is done through a variable number of sound "Colonies" that can be toggled on/off at will. Each Colony resamples a user-defined section of a global delay line, feeding its processed output back to the output signal.

Microbiome has built-in reverb/compression/LPF, various re-sampling methods per colony, a plugin editor UI, and supports parameter automation.

Compatibility

Microbiome can be downloaded as an AU plugin on MacOS, VST3 on Windows, and VST3/LV2 on Linux. See Installation for installation steps.

Video Demo

Installation

Windows

• Download the latest Microbiome_Win_VST3 zip from the releases page
• Open the zip and extract the Microbiome.vst3 directory to your VST3 folder (probably C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3)

MacOS (last built for macOS Monterey version 12.3)

• Download the latest Microbiome_MacOS_AU zip from the releases page
• Open the zip and extract the Microbiome.component directory /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
• If that does not work, the AU can also be installed under Users/<your username>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components

Linux

VST3

• Download the latest Microbiome_Linux_x86_VST3 zip from the releases page
• Open the zip and extract the Microbiome.vst3 directory to ~/.vst3/

LV2

• Download the latest Microbiome_Linux_x86_LV2 zip from the latest releases page
• Open the zip and extract the Microbiome.lv2 directory to ~/.lv2/