Excite Audio is a UK-based audio software developer launched as an offshoot of Plugin Boutique, the well-known online plugin retailer. The company focuses on intuitive, creatively oriented plugins aimed at electronic producers and beatmakers, with a visual, hands-on approach to sound design rather than purely technical utilities.

Its catalogue is organised into several product families. The Lifeline series includes the Lifeline Expanse multi-effect and Lifeline Console channel strip, which combine saturation, modulation and spatial processing in single-window interfaces. The Evolve series (Air, Elastic, Velvet, Alloy) offers sample-based synthesisers built around material-inspired sonic palettes, while the Bloom series — including Palette Modular, Ensemble Strings, Drum Breaks, Vocal Aether and collaborations with artists such as KSHMR and Mura Masa — provides loop- and phrase-based playable instruments. The Motion series (Fractal, Dimension, Harmonic) covers granular, reverb and distortion effects with reactive visual interfaces.

Excite Audio is also known for VISION 4X, a precision visual analysis plugin developed in partnership with Dutch bass music producers Noisia, and KSHMR Chain, a utility for copying plugin chains between tracks. The brand's plugins are frequently bundled with hardware from partners like Audient and reviewed in publications including MusicTech, MusicRadar and Computer Music.

Excite Audio has 57 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Virtual Instrument, Multi-Effect Plugins, and Reverb Plugins. Their gear is featured by 4 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Rock, and Stage & Screen. Notable users include Mick Gordon, KSHMR, and SVDDEN DEATH. Most Excite Audio products sit on the budget-friendly end of the spectrum.