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Nodus
nodus — your home

By Eluun · Early Access

Nodus

Your modular DAW. Inside every DAW — and soon, on its own.

Nodus is a complete nodal production environment: native instruments, effects, modulation, routing — plus any external VST when you need it. One install. Same workflow on any machine, any DAW, any collaboration. No more starting from zero.

Native + VSTVST3 · AU · CLAPStandalone soonmacOS · Windows

Built by a producer for producers — 18 years of drum & bass sound design distilled into one tool.

Runs inside

Ableton LiveLogic ProBitwigFL StudioReaperCubaseDaVinci Resolveany VST3 / AU / CLAP host
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Nodus node graph
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why nodus

Not a host. A modular DAW in a plugin.

Nodus embeds a full nodal production environment inside your existing setup — and grows into a standalone app.

01

All-in-one, native first

50+ built-in nodes — synths, effects, modulators, MIDI tools, routing. Everything you need to produce without loading a single third-party plugin. External VSTs plug in when you want them.

02

Your home, everywhere

New computer? Different DAW? Collaborating on FL while you use Ableton? If Nodus is installed, you pick up exactly where you left off — same graph, same presets, same modulation.

03

Modulation that crosses plugins

LFOs, envelopes, macros — assigned to any parameter on any node, native or external. Additive and non-destructive. No chainer does this.

ecosystem

One install. Everything you need.

Native modules cover daily production. External VSTs extend it. Your DAW becomes the I/O — or disappears when standalone ships.

native50+ nodes

Native production stack

Wavetable, sampler, EQ, reverb, distortion, arpeggiator, chord tools, recorder, bounce engine — all built in, all modulatable. No third-party plugins required to get real work done.

vstavailable

External VST when you need it

Drag any VST3 or AU onto the canvas. Parameters become modulation targets like native nodes.

standalonecoming soon

Inside your DAW + standalone

Load as a plugin today. Run Nodus on its own tomorrow — full environment, no host required.

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made by a user, for users

Built by Eluun.

Not a startup guessing at what producers need. The tool she wished existed for 18 years — built between tours, festivals, and sessions for labels that know her name.

“I kept losing my bearings — new laptop, different DAW, collab on someone else's machine. I built the environment I wanted to come home to.”

Eluun is an internationally recognised drum & bass producer. Her sound has played worldwide. Labels, artists, and festivals in the scene know her work — and that name means something on a product. Nodus carries 18 years of real sound design, not a boardroom spec sheet.

18 years sound designDrum & bass · worldwideProducer-ledNo corporate middleman

inter-instance routing

The modern alternative to Rewire.

Rewire linked DAWs in the 2000s — then died. Nodus Audio Send and MIDI Send route audio and MIDI between VST3 instances natively, from inside your graph. No legacy bridge. No discontinued protocol.

Audio Send / ReceiveMIDI Send / ReceiveBitwigDAW · instance AAbleton LiveDAW · instance BFL StudioDAW · instance COBS / Resolvebroadcast · videoPHASETAPEinter-instance busSEND · RECEIVEchannel: main-bus · matched by name
Rewire · legacy
Nodus Send / Receive · modern
StatusDiscontinued since 2016
StatusActively developed
ProtocolProprietary 32-bit bridge
ProtocolVST3-native inter-instance bus
SetupSlave / master, separate app
SetupSend + Receive nodes in the graph
HostsLimited, aging DAW support
HostsAny VST3 host — even across different DAWs
RoutingAudio only
RoutingAudio Send + MIDI Send (clock, notes, CC)
audio

Stems across DAWs. No Rewire.

Drop an Audio Send in one Nodus instance, an Audio Receive in another — even in a different DAW. Name the channel, audio flows. Route Bitwig into FL Studio, or feed Resolve into OBS, without a deprecated bridge protocol.

Stereo passthrough + busCross-DAW on one machineChannel matched by name
midi

Sync what Rewire never could.

Clock, notes, and CC between Nodus instances. Keep two DAWs in sync, split MIDI roles across apps, or route creative MIDI between tools that were never designed to talk — the modern answer to a dead standard.

Transport clock + notesCC routing between hostsPeer-to-peer, not master/slave

workflow

Four steps. One environment.

No manual. No re-learning per DAW. Nodus is the constant — your host is just the I/O.

01

same home

Open Nodus

One plugin opens your full workspace — native nodes, presets, modulation maps. No re-setup on a new machine.

02

50+ nodes

Build on canvas

Place nodes, draw cables, load VSTs. Group chains. A/B scenes. Bounce to save CPU.

03

cross-plugin

Modulate

LFOs and envelopes on any parameter — native or third-party. Stack sources. Hear it instantly.

04

portable

Share & move

Export the graph. Send to a collaborator. Switch DAWs. Nodus installed — workflow travels with you.

module catalogue

Native depth. No plugin required.

53 built-in nodes — the ecosystem works out of the box. External VSTs extend it when you choose.

All
Generators
Effects
Dynamics
MIDI
Modulators
Routing
node.wavetable
Generators

Wavetable Oscillator

Polyphonic wavetable engine with 16-voice unison, three chained warps across 12 modes, spectral transforms, MIP-map anti-aliasing, portamento and MIDI learn.

node.sampler
Generators

Sampler

Polyphonic sample player with 6 loop modes (loop, reverse, ping-pong, one-shot, gate…), ±24 semitone pitch, drag-and-drop loading and Poly Env Sync.

node.eq
Effects

EQ 8

8-band parametric equaliser (bell, shelf, high/low-pass, notch) with real-time FFT spectrum analyser and per-band bypass.

node.filter
Effects

Filter

Multi-mode resonant filter (LP / HP / BP / Notch / Peak) with cutoff, resonance, drive, wet/dry mix and integrated spectrum display.

node.distortion
Effects

Distortion

3-stage multiband saturation unit. Each stage runs an independent shaper algorithm (soft-clip, fold, bit-crush…) with crossover frequency control.

node.waveshaper
Effects

Waveshaper

Drawable transfer-function shaper: paint the curve freehand or use symmetrical/bipolar modes. Uses the same LFO point system as Nodus modulators.

node.clipper
Effects

Clipper

Hard-clip ceiling with optional soft-knee and output gain trim — ideal as a final brickwall before the signal leaves a chain.

node.delay
Effects

Delay

Stereo delay line with tempo sync, independent L/R times, feedback, hi/lo-cut on the feedback path and ping-pong mode.

node.phaser
Effects

Phaser

All-pass cascade phaser with LFO-modulated centre frequency, feedback, stereo spread and up to 12 stages.

node.flanger
Effects

Flanger

LFO-modulated short-delay flanger with rate, depth, feedback, offset and a motion control for complex movement.

node.hyper
Effects

Hyper

Unison/super-saw chorus that generates multiple pitch-shifted voices via LFO-modulated delay lines, with stereo spread and density control.

node.dimension
Effects

Dimension

Stereo widener inspired by the Roland Dimension D: multiple LFO-modulated delay lines with cross-feedback produce a lush, three-dimensional soundstage.

node.pitchshift
Effects

Pitch Shifter

FFT phase-vocoder pitch shifter with fine-tune (cents), wet/dry mix, window size, overlap, transient enhancement, stability, tone and formant compensation.

node.reverb
Effects

Psychoverb

Three-layer reverb: geometric early reflections, Schroeder allpass mid-diffusion and a Hadamard FDN late tail — with full room geometry and damping controls.

node.compressor
Dynamics

Compressor

Multi-style compressor (VCA, Opto, FET, Clip) with threshold, ratio, attack, release, knee, makeup, mix, stereo link, auto-release and waveform visualiser.

node.limiter
Dynamics

Limiter

Feed-forward lookahead limiter with multiple character styles, ISP (inter-sample peak) detection and gain-reduction waveform display.

node.gate
Dynamics

Gate

Noise gate with lookahead, hysteresis, multiple style modes and an integrated waveform analyser for visual feedback.

node.midiin
MIDI

MIDI In

Captures live MIDI from any DAW channel and injects it into the graph — the primary source for MIDI-driven nodes.

node.humanizer
MIDI

Humanizer

Adds controlled randomness to MIDI note chance, velocity and timing offset so programmed parts feel performed.

node.velremap
MIDI

MIDI Velocity Remap

Drawable velocity curve that remaps incoming MIDI velocity to any custom response — linear, compressed, expanded or custom.

node.transpose
MIDI

MIDI Transpose

Shifts incoming MIDI notes by a fixed semitone or octave amount in real time, with modulatable offset.

node.noterange
MIDI

MIDI Note Range

Filters MIDI by note range: notes outside the defined low/high bounds are blocked or transposed to fit the window.

node.expression
MIDI

MIDI Expression Ctrl

Maps MIDI CC or MPE expression data (pressure, slide, pitch-bend) to any modulation target in the graph.

node.midimerge
MIDI

MIDI Merge

Combines multiple MIDI streams into one, useful when several generators or external sources need to share a single downstream chain.

node.midisplit
MIDI

MIDI Split

Splits a MIDI stream into two outputs based on a configurable split point, enabling zone-based layering or routing.

node.steparp
MIDI

Step Arp

Step-based arpeggiator / sequencer with per-step velocity, octave jump, gate length and tempo-sync rate.

node.miditunnel
MIDI

MIDI Sender / Receiver

Wireless MIDI pair for routing signals across distant parts of the canvas without drawing long cables.

mod.lfo
Modulators

LFO

Drawable LFO with up to 32 custom control points, tempo sync (beat divisions to 32 bars), phase offset, smooth, and polyphonic retrigger modes.

mod.env
Modulators

Envelope

ADSR/AHDSR envelope with curved segments, velocity sensitivity, per-voice polyphonic mode and one-shot or looping behaviour.

mod.steps
Modulators

Steps

Drawable step sequencer with up to 32 steps, per-step value, swing, glide and tempo-sync — doubles as a complex LFO shape.

mod.macro
Modulators

Macro

Single knob that fans out to multiple targets simultaneously — each connection has an independent depth and polarity.

mod.audiorate
Modulators

Audio Rate

Routes an audio signal directly as a modulation source, enabling audio-rate FM and AM on any modulatable parameter.

mod.follower
Modulators

Envelope Follower

Extracts amplitude envelope from an audio input (attack/release smoothing) and converts it to a modulation signal.

mod.pad4
Modulators

Pad 4

2-D XY pad with four corners, each carrying its own value set. Position blends between all four simultaneously.

mod.state4
Modulators

State 4

Preset morphing modulator: store up to 4 parameter snapshots and interpolate smoothly between them with a single knob.

mod.random
Modulators

Randomizer

Generates smoothed or stepped random values at a configurable rate with seed control — great for evolving, generative textures.

node.gain
Routing

Gain

Simple gain stage with dB control and smoothed volume ramp — the workhorse node for volume balancing inside any chain.

node.pan
Routing

Pan

Stereo panner with smooth parameter changes, useful for placing sounds in the stereo field without adding coloration.

node.width
Routing

Width

Mid-side stereo width control: 0% collapses to mono, 200% doubles the stereo information for an exaggerated spread.

node.multisplit
Routing

Multiband Splitter

Linkwitz-Riley 4th-order crossover splitting a signal into 2, 3 or 4 frequency bands with allpass phase compensation for transparent recombination.

node.split
Routing

Splitter / Merger

Duplicate or recombine audio streams — split one bus to feed multiple parallel chains, then merge results back together.

node.channels
Routing

Channel Split / Merge

Separate L and R channels into independent mono streams, or rejoin two mono signals into a stereo pair.

node.ms
Routing

Mid-Side

Encode a stereo signal into Mid/Side components or decode M/S back to L/R for independent processing of centre and sides.

node.dcoffset
Routing

DC Offset

Removes DC bias from an audio signal with a configurable high-pass filter — prevents speaker damage and unwanted modulation drift.

node.polarity
Routing

Polarity

Inverts signal polarity (phase flip) on the left, right or both channels — essential for fixing phase cancellation in layered chains.

node.bypass
Routing

Bypass

Explicit bypass switch that passes audio unchanged when active — useful to A/B entire sub-chains without disconnecting cables.

node.group
Routing

Group

Encapsulates an entire sub-graph into a single reusable node with configurable audio and MIDI ports — the foundation of modular patch design.

node.audiotunnel
Routing

Audio Sender / Receiver

Wireless audio pair for routing signals across distant parts of the canvas without drawing long cables.

node.scope
Routing

Oscilloscope

Real-time waveform display with lock-free ring buffers, zoom, trigger and vectorscope (Lissajous) mode for stereo analysis.

node.recorder
Routing

Recorder

Records the passing audio stream to a WAV file on disk — capture live performances or bounce sub-chains mid-graph.

node.meter
Routing

LR/MS Meter

Displays L/R or M/S levels and stereo correlation in real time — a lightweight metering utility for monitoring signal health.

node.notepad
Routing

Notepad

Plain-text note node for documenting patches — annotate complex graphs with labels, reminders or patch descriptions.

node.vst
Routing

VST Plugin

Host any third-party VST3 or AU plugin as a node inside the Nodus graph — bring your favourite effects into the flow.

license

One price. Your home forever.

Pre-order for early beta access. Built by Eluun.

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$49one-time · lifetime
  • +Lifetime license — pay once
  • +Full native ecosystem + VST hosting
  • +VST3 + AU + CLAP · macOS + Windows
  • +All v1.x updates included
  • +Standalone access when it ships
  • +Personal & commercial use
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