The Oroboro Modular interface

Oroboro Modular is a modular synthesizer for your DAW, and as a standalone app. Patch modules together on a zoomable canvas, play them from your keyboard, and hear every change the moment you make it. Every connection runs sample by sample, so feedback patches and audio-rate modulation behave like real circuits.

Two worlds of modules

  • 88 modern Oroboro modules: VCO, Wavetable, SVF and Ladder filters, Comb and Notch, Folder, Ring, Pluck, Resonator, Plate reverb, Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Compressor, Scope and more.
  • Generative tools built in: Clock, Euclid, Turing, Bernoulli, a 16-step sequencer with ratchets and probability, a Quantizer, and Expr for math formulas right in the patch.
  • 165 legacy modules that play Nord Modular G1/G2 patch files (.pch/.pch2), morphs and variations included.
  • Mix legacy and modern modules in one patch: signals convert on the cable, and pitch stays in tune.
  • Patches are compatible between iOS and desktop, so you can work on patches on your phone or tablet, and play them in your desktop DAW

Patch anything into anything

  • Every knob is an input: drag a cable onto it to modulate it, with its own attenuator.
  • Layers: play several patches at once, each on its own MIDI channel, with a master effects layer. Send audio, CV and gates from one layer to another, and save the whole setup as one project.
  • Samplers and granular synthesis from your own WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and Ogg files.

Built to be played

  • Up to 32 voices, mono or legato, with MPE.
  • 16 macro knobs to automate from your DAW, and 8 variations in every patch.
  • MIDI learn on any knob or macro.
  • On-screen piano, isomorphic and drum-pad keyboards. In the app, your computer keyboard plays too.
  • A 96 kHz engine for clean modulation and bright, alias-free highs.

Make it yours

  • Make module: turn any group of modules into a module of your own, and reuse it.
  • Write your own modules in Faust DSP: with Faust installed, edit a .dsp file and hear it change as you save.

Fair licensing

  • Try it free: the demo plays every patch, with no noise and no time limit. A license unlocks editing and saving.
  • Your license works offline, never expires, and isn't tied to one computer.

CLAP, VST3, AUv3, iOS and standalone app.

Nord and Nord Modular are trademarks of Clavia DMI AB. Oroboro is not affiliated with or endorsed by Clavia.

Download the demo

All versions

Version 1.7.1

Nov 2, 2026
Windows x64 33.3 MB Windows ARM64 27.2 MB macOS Universal 70.4 MB Linux x64 33.4 MB Linux ARM64 32.1 MB

Release notes

  • The Mac download is signed and notarized by Apple: macOS opens the app and loads the plugins without asking you to let them through first.

  • Starts quicker with many third-party modules: what the modules folder holds is remembered from the last run, so a start reads only the module files that are new or changed. With a large folder the last patch could take half a minute to come back after the computer had been left a while.

How to install

Unzip the download. It holds the plugin as VST3 and as CLAP; install either or both:

  • Windows: the .vst3 into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3, the .clap into C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP.
  • macOS: into /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP.
  • Linux: into ~/.vst3 and ~/.clap.

Then rescan plugins in your DAW. Without a license it runs as the demo; to activate it, see your account after buying.

VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.