Van Moose Audio
Bitcrusher / Lo-Fi

CRACK

v1.1.0-beta — beta · Standalone + AU + VST3 · macOS Apple Silicon + Intel

Part of Saturation & Distortion →

CRACK
bitcrusher
Crush
0.00
Rate
0.00
Tone
0.00
Mix
1.00

A minor chord through CRACK — dry vs processed via the DRY|CRACK toggle

Free download

Get CRACK.

Beta build.

Download Standalone + AU + VST3 — macOS Apple Silicon + Intel23 MB
v1.1.0-beta — What's new ▾
  • Standalone, AU and VST3 now all show the same interface you see on this page — enamel-orange panel, Crush/Rate/Tone/Mix, DRY|CRACK compare
  • Correct Tone display in your DAW: −1 to +1, centred at 0 (the previous VST3 showed 0 to 1 with generic controls)
  • Chord and Drums demo sounds built in — audition CRACK without loading a track; PLAY is automatable and saves with your session
  • Deliberately single-rate at zero latency — the aliasing is the lo-fi character, and the native build matches the web demo exactly
  • Universal build — Apple Silicon and Intel
  • Note: sessions saved with 1.0.0-beta reopen with CRACK at default settings

Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Apple Silicon + Intel (universal) — Windows coming later
  • ✅ Standalone app (CRACK.app) — full interface, Chord / Drums demo sounds
  • ✅ AU (Audio Unit v3) — GarageBand, Logic Pro, REAPER, Ableton Live
  • ✅ VST3 — Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, REAPER

Install

  • AU → /Applications (open CRACK.app once to register)
  • VST3 → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/

Gatekeeper

Not notarized yet. Run once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CRACK.app ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/CRACK.vst3
Windows version

At 100 votes we build VET for Windows — FL Studio, Ableton, Reaper.

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CRACK — Bitcrusher / Lo-Fi | Van Moose Audio