Audio Damage
Audio Damage
Also known as: Audio Damage Inc
UnclaimedAudio Damage is an independent audio software company founded in 2002 by Chris Randall and Adam Schabtach, based in Boulder, Colorado. The company develops plugins and instruments for macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS across VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX, and CLAP formats, with a long-standing policy against DRM, dongles, and subscriptions.
Their catalog includes the granular synthesizer Quanta, the hybrid...
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Audio Damage is an independent audio software company founded in 2002 by Chris Randall and Adam Schabtach, based in Boulder, Colorado. The company develops plugins and instruments for macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS across VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX, and CLAP formats, with a long-standing policy against DRM, dongles, and subscriptions.
Their catalog includes the granular synthesizer Quanta, the hybrid synth Continua, and creative looping tools like Enso and Replicant. They are also known for a deep library of effects plugins — reverbs, delays, filters, distortions, and oddball modulation units — including titles like Eos, Dubstation, Rough Rider, and Grind. Free releases such as the Rough Rider compressor have become staples in many producers' chains.
Between roughly 2012 and 2018, Audio Damage also produced a line of Eurorack modules covering effects, sequencers, and utilities before discontinuing the hardware business to refocus on software. Their work tends to sit at the experimental end of the plugin market, with a reputation among electronic and ambient producers for unusual sound-design tools rather than conventional studio processors.
Audio Damage has 60 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Multi-Effect Plugins, Modular Synthesizers, and Reverb Plugins. Their gear is featured by 30 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Pop, and Rock. Notable users include Paul Epworth, Junkie XL, and Rob Swire. Most Audio Damage products sit on the budget-friendly end of the spectrum.
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