What's new in Kilohearts v2?

Big news friends! Kilohearts version 2 is here.

It's time to level up your sound design.

We've been hard at work preparing not just a few tweaks and fixes, but a full-scale overhaul of the entire Kilohearts Ecosystem. And it's free to all users. Run the Kilohearts installer and upgrade as soon as you like.

But what is it? Well that's a terrific question.

At Kilohearts we've made it our goal to provide highly useable sound design, processing, and synthesis systems for musicians, producers, DJs, composers, sound designers in film, theatre, and games, and anyone else with audio in their life.

Our intuitive modular "Snapin" system allows you to use our individual effects not only as standalone plugins in your DAW of choice, but as Snapins within our three hosts – Snap Heap for serial or parallel audio processing, Multipass for multiband, split-frequency effects, and Phase Plant, our ever-more-powerful modular soft-synth. Think of a sound. You can make it!

Version 2 raises the game across the board, bringing Phase Plant's near-limitless modulation system to Snap Heap and Multipass for the first time, and adding a bunch of new functions and improvements.

NEW MODULATORS

Curve – a complex multi-segment envelope generator with looping, for intense, customisable modulation journeys.

LFO Table – wavetables for modulation. Use this for multi-morphing madness.

Remap – Track an input signal to a different output. Great for quantising, playing with probability, and much more.

Sample and Hold – Use triggers to capture single values from a changing signal.

Audio Follower – Tracks the amplitude of an incoming audio signal and generates a modulation signal based on it, with lots of control.

Pitch tracker – analyses incoming audio for note values, which can be used to modulate parameters elsewhere.

NEW FUNCTIONALITY

Modulator Triggers – there's now a sophisticated and controllable triggering system, which allows one modulator to set off another for more control and options, as well as truly modular-style generative chain reactions.

MPE support – a full range of MIDI Polyphonic Expression modulators allows for the use of expressive controllers, opening up multi-dimensional sound design and manipulation.

Slower LFO rates – Our LFOs now go all the way down to 0 Hz. There's nothing slower than zero. So now your modulations can last months, or millenia.

External automation for any parameter – It's now possible to directly expose any single parameter in one of our hosts to external automation in the DAW, no matter what epic mega-effect you've built.

WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS

Modulation connections – you can now see what's modulating what more quickly, by hovering over the connections.

Updated modulation target menu – More control than ever over what's being modulated, by how much, and across what curve.

Effects groups and Modulator groups – keep things neat, tidy, and easy to work with even when you're getting mega-creative, with nameable groups for modulators and effects.

New factory content – not just hundreds of new presets showcasing the new features, but additions to the wavetable and LFO libraries too.

...and of course a ton of little bug fixes and optimisations along the way.

We're excited to finally release this huge suite of upgrades and improvements, and we're sure you'll find it gives a significant boost to your creative capabilities using Kilohearts products. Watch this space for more videos coming soon, going into more detail on each of these updates.

[snaresworks]

in this single update, you basically removed EVERY SINGLE LIMITATION that the plugin has presented to me! you always deliver, keep it up, I love Phaseplant and Kilohearts!!! <3

[SpaceLOSER]

PhasePlant is my go-to synth for basically everything. This surprise just made my morning, I had no idea this update was even in-progress. Can't wait to try it out!

[mechanought]

Absolutely fantastic that you're giving the version update to existing customers. Not only is your synth my absolute favorite and go-to for basically everything, you also seem to run your business ethically. Great job!

[TheBigLou]

Christmas came early this year 💛 thank you, KiloHearts!!!

[parboilrice]

That's an incredible amount of updates for free!
I'm glad I went the Kilohearts route.

[EdSoloUK]

It would be really nice to have a skin that looks like the 3D renders in the promo vids, make the grey darker and the blue more "Neon"

[umanoid]

The modulation connection update is invaluable. It makes it much easier to see how something was built and what you need to adjust things.

[Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

After this update, hands down, officially best softsynth on the market in terms of efficiency to capability.

[SongOfItself]

Phase Plant FTW! It has no natural predators now :-)

And thank you very much, I like my modulations glacial, and now they will be!

[nascencecatstare]

This sounds amazing! These new features along with the new essentials repricing has changed my whole outlook on purchasing phase plant. I had been holding back before due to most of the effects needing separate purchases, along with some limitations in the softsynth itself. Now that there are 30 free effects and basically every single limitation in the synth has been removed, I think I'm going to actually go forward and buy Phase Plant.
thank you Kilohearts :D

[kittycloudz]

What a gift to the community..I have always liked kilohearts plugins for my live set, which requires lots of simple lo dsp plugins...great update 💎

[frogofdeparture]

This looks incredible, you've addressed most of my top requests in a single update and for no cost. Thanks KiloHearts!

[Patricia_Taxxon]

i received this gift 2 days after i went in on the kilohearts ecosystem & experienced disappointment with certain limitations, i can't believe you'd do this for me

[XpiredUK]

Did I ever tell you that I love you guys? I'm pretty sure I must have done. Either way, mind blown!! Upgrading right now

[udderhippo]

I love PhasePlant - IMO it's got the perfect balance of flexibility, power, ease of use and great sound. Amazing job getting the UX to feel simple and intuitive while having so much to explore. Super fun.

[engeomusic]

Free updates are dope! This update reminded me of all the kilohearts plugins I still need to explore.

[eagleflies]

Wow. Just wow. I've never been more excited to say this, but...

I LOVE KILOHEARTS!!!!

[azaljames]

Ive been inactive with music lately but this might be the thing that brings me back cause...WTFFFF THIS IS SO INSANE!!!!

[CarlyonProduction]

Nice update guys. Got a great little eco system there!

[bigdap]

Wow, Kilohearts ain't screwing' around in 2022!🔥🔥🔥