Polygon 2 by Glitchmachines granular sampler plugin interface

Polygon 2: Hybrid Granular Sampler by Glitchmachines

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Polygon 2 is a hybrid sampler plugin from Glitchmachines for creating composite sound effects and unusual instrument patches. It is available in VST3 and AU formats for Windows and macOS.

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01Overview

Polygon 2 is built around four granular samplers, giving producers a way to break source material into textures and shifting sound fields. Glitchmachines describes the plugin as a sound sculpting instrument, with a redesigned, scalable interface and a dual oscillator with FM. Its modulation system includes four modulation sequencers, eight LFOs and modulation utilities, so sounds can keep changing over time. A factory sample bank and 100 factory presets provide starting points.

Best for

Sound effect design
Experimental instrument patches
Granular textures
Evolving pads
Glitch and idm sound design

Developer: Glitchmachines
Category: Samplers
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Four granular samplers for textural processing
Dual oscillator with FM synthesis
Four modulation sequencers
Eight LFOs with modulation utilities
Dual insert effects on each sampler
Global filter and dual global effects
Comprehensive randomizer for patch exploration
Variable polyphony and curated factory sample bank

03In depth

Granular Sampling and Sound Design

Polygon 2 combines sampling with a granular mode. Each of its four samplers can process audio into textures, which suits sound design work that needs sources transformed beyond recognition.

Each sampler has two insert effects, and the plugin adds a global filter and two global effects. These stages let you shape a sound in the instrument itself before it reaches your mix.

The dual oscillator with FM adds tonal material that can sit alongside sampled content, useful for layering synthetic and recorded elements.

Modulation, Randomization and Polyphony

The four modulation sequencers and eight LFOs give you multiple routes for movement. Modulation utilities help connect these sources to parameters across the instrument.

A comprehensive randomizer can generate unexpected starting points, which is useful when you want to explore patches rather than build them from scratch. Variable polyphony lets you set how many voices the instrument uses.

The plugin ships with a specially curated factory sample bank and 100 factory presets to start from.

04Specs

Will it run?

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

Developer	Glitchmachines
Type	Plugin
Category	Sampler
Formats	VST3, AU
Operating systems	Windows, macOS
Architecture	64-bit

05Upgrades

Upgrade and crossgrade options

Option	Store link
Polygon 2 Upgrade from Version 1	Plugin Boutique ↗

06FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats does Polygon 2 support?

Polygon 2 is available in VST3 and AU formats. It runs on Windows and macOS and is 64-bit only.

What do I need to run Polygon 2?

You need a VST3 or Audio Unit compatible DAW. The listed requirements are Windows 10 or later or macOS 10.14 Mojave or later, at least 2 GB of RAM, a Core 2 Duo 2 GHz CPU minimum and about 1.5 GB of disk space. An internet connection is required to download the product.