Motion: Fractal by Excite Audio granular effects plugin interface

Motion: Fractal: Granular Effects Plugin by Excite Audio Free Download

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Motion: Fractal is a granular effects plugin from Excite Audio that processes audio with dual granular engines, a 32-step trance gate and a beat repeater for textured, rhythmic sound design.

VST3VST2AUAAXStandaloneWindowsmacOS64-bit
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Free trial available from the developer
01Overview

Motion: Fractal is built around movement. Two granular engines break incoming audio into grains that you can sync to your project tempo or let drift off-grid. A trance gate shapes rhythmic dropouts, and a repeater creates stutters with adjustable repeat counts and timing. A hexagon controller lets you morph between granular, gate and loop parameters in real time, and the effect modules can be rearranged to change the signal flow.

Best for

  • Glitchy rhythmic textures
  • Granular pads and drones
  • Stutter effects
  • Ambient soundscapes
  • Experimental sound design
Developer
Excite Audio
Category
Granular FX
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • Dual granular engines with five playhead modes
  • Syncable grain density and size controls
  • 32-step trance gate sequencer with attack and release
  • Repeater with adjustable repeat counts and sync timing
  • Hexagon controller for morphing between parameters
  • Rearrangeable effect slots for the signal chain
  • Six macro sliders with per-parameter min/max mapping
  • Built-in atmospheric hall reverb module
03In depth

Granular Textures and Sound Design

Each of the two grain layers offers a global buffer for capturing audio, five playhead modes, and controls for grain density, size, direction, width, shape, pitch and spread. A chaos control adds randomness, and a Hi-Lo frequency range slider limits the band being processed. A visual graph shows the audio buffer along with the number, position and pitch of the grains.

Freezing audio lets you build drones and granular pads that keep evolving. A dedicated Space module adds an atmospheric hall reverb with length and mix controls to add cohesion to these textures.

Rhythm, Gating and Repeats

The trance gate runs a sequence of up to 32 steps, with rate and mix controls for speed and balance plus attack and release controls to shape the dropouts. Gate timing can sync to your project tempo.

The Repeat effect provides amount, trigger, rate and offset controls for the timing and number of repeats, with its own frequency range slider and volume and duck controls. The hexagon controller and six macro sliders give you a single place to shape these movements while playing.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

DeveloperExcite Audio
TypePlugin
CategoryGranular FX
FormatsVST3, VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone
Operating systemsWindows, macOS
Architecture64-bit
Free trialYes
05Upgrades

Upgrade and crossgrade options

06FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats does Motion: Fractal support?

Motion: Fractal is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and Standalone formats. It is 64-bit only.

Which operating systems does Motion: Fractal run on?

It runs on Windows (Windows 7 or higher) and macOS (10.15 or higher, with Intel and native Apple Silicon support).

Which DAWs are supported?

The developer lists Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason among supported DAWs, plus more.

Does Motion: Fractal require an internet connection?

If you access it through a Rent to Own plan or Beatport Studio membership, it is installed and activated through the Beatport Access portal, and an internet connection is required every 3 days to validate the license.

Is there a trial version?

Yes, Motion: Fractal offers a trial.

08Developer

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