Alara - Reactor

Octaves, fuzz and fallout

Only for Mac

$0.99

Mac

Your sound. A reactor. A questionable safety record. Build octave weight, push into snarling fuzz, and balance the fallout with FLUX. Hold to SCRAM. Plug in. Wake the reactor. ALARA builds a monstrous sound beneath and above your notes: sub octaves, an upper octave, a driven voice at the original pitch, crackling reactor noise and reverb that grows with the heat. Play harder and the core gets restless. Let a note hang and listen to it cool. FOUR CONTROLS. QUESTIONABLE CONTAINMENT. • RODS — push the reaction harder. • HALF-LIFE — shape the reactor's recovery. • SHIELD — contain the high-frequency bite. • FLUX — balance octave weight against fuzz and static. Left favors octaves; right favors the dirty reactor voices. The center blends both, with a fixed clean attack underneath. PROMPT CRITICAL Near maximum heat, hard clipping adds teeth. Plasma twists through the chamber and tendrils escape the enclosure. As heat rises, the sky turns crimson, shadow arms move through the clouds, and storm light reflects across the power station. The HOT lamp follows the core. The gauge responds to both heat and your playing, even when the reactor is running hot. HOLD TO SCRAM Tap the footswitch to bypass. Hold it to collapse the reaction, then release to recover. Tap the body for a reactor excursion. Switch the Geiger sound on when the room needs to feel less safe. PLAY IT YOUR WAY Use the standalone app with an audio interface, or load the AUv3 effect in a compatible Audio Unit host. Mono and stereo inputs are supported. One purchase covers Mac, iPad and iPhone. The standalone starts muted to prevent feedback. Use headphones or an appropriate instrument monitoring setup, then enable the input. No account. No subscriptions. No actual fissile material.

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    Seller
    Joshua Rideout
    Size
    129.1 MB
    Category
    Music
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
    Age Rating
    13+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Joshua Rideout
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