Premiere November 20, 2026
Hyperstellar FX
A spectral freeze effect. Capture a moment of any sound and turn it into an endless, breathing layer — then stack four of them, set them in orbit and shape them with reverb, delay, water and modulation.
How it works
Not a loop. A sound that never ends.
Hyperstellar FX always listens to the last seconds of your input. Press FREEZE and the spectral engine takes over: it holds the sound as a living tail of partials that keeps moving, without clicks, without a loop point.
Play
A waterphone, guitar, voice, synth, a field recording — anything that comes into the plugin.
Freeze
Hit one of four portholes. DRIFT decides whether you freeze the very last moment or let the tail travel there.
Shape
Layer it under the dry sound or replace it, pan it, darken it, let it sparkle and send it into the shimmer.
Why I made it
I spent a long time looking for the perfect spectral looper for my instruments and never found one that met all my expectations. I like using it most with waterphones and the Hyperstellar Euphone (based on the Cristal Baschet).
— Sławek Janus, maker of world-renowned handcrafted waterphones, creator of the Hyperstellar Sailophone
Four freeze layers
Up to four frozen layers at once, each with LEVEL, DRIFT and PAN. They fade in and out on their own — re-freeze crossfades smoothly.
ORBIT
A freeze sequencer: ROUND keeps three layers turning, ONE SHOT builds up and holds. Steps from 4 bars to 1/4 at host tempo — or on every new note.
Living loops
BEATS, AMP, SPARKLE, SNAP, DARKEN and STRETCH move the frozen partials so the tail never sounds static.
Shimmer reverb & delay
A lush shimmer reverb and a tone-shaped delay, with a limiter at the end.
AQUA
An underwater wobble and a wandering low-pass — the sound of the water moving inside a waterphone.
Deep modulation
4 LFOs, 4 drawable envelopes, input level and pitch followers, a mod matrix and range modulation on any knob.
MIDI Learn
Every knob from a CC, every FREEZE button from a CC or a note — play your layers from a pedal or a keyboard.
Presets & compact view
Categories, favourites, A/B and undo. Switch to COMPACT and keep just the four portholes on screen.
Orbit
Four portholes, one orbit
The button in the middle sets your layers in motion. ORBIT freezes and releases them one after another, in time with your song, so a single phrase grows into a slowly turning harmony.
- ROUND, ONE SHOT or triggered by your playing
- Rate from 4 bars to a quarter note, dotted values too
- Stopping releases the layers gracefully, oldest first
Screens
Inside the plugin
Video
Hear it
Launch offer
Be first in orbit
Subscribers get a special launch price, available only to the newsletter during launch week. Join the newsletter and we will send you the link on premiere day.
Hyperstellar FX owners will also get a discount on the upcoming Hyperstellar Waterphone.
Specifications
- Formats
- AU, AUv3, VST3, Standalone
- Systems
- macOS, Windows (64-bit)
- Channels
- Mono and stereo
- Licence
- Activation in the plugin, time-limited demo