SkyDust Stereo | Educational Version: Spatial Synth Plugin by Sound Particles

Sound Particles describes SkyDust as a spatial synthesizer, so spatial control is part of the sound design rather than an add-on. Each oscillator can have its own spatial settings, starting position and movement. Spatial envelope generators and spatial LFOs control azimuth and elevation, so a note can travel from one part of the space to another over its life.

The synth offers 8 oscillators per voice, with subtractive, FM or hybrid routing. Each oscillator can have its own filter, EG and LFO, and pitch effects are controlled by a pitch EG and LFOs.

The stereo edition outputs stereo and binaural audio. Multichannel and Ambisonics output is part of the full SkyDust 3D version, not this listing.

The arpeggiator has 7 modes and can add extra octaves. The polyphonic sequencer uses a keyboard for each step, and parameter sequences let you change values over time. A major/minor chord option can force a scale so the sequence follows the harmony.

For quick starts, the plugin includes hundreds of presets, a random preset generator and sub-presets that save only part of a patch, such as a sequence or FM setting. Presets can be filtered by artist or sound type, and random changes can be restricted by locking the modules you want to keep.