Sonic Charge

Also known as: SonicCharge, µTonic

Sonic Charge is a Stockholm-based software company founded by Magnus Lidström and Fredrik Lidström, operating under the parent entity NuEdge Development, which was established in 1993. Before launching the Sonic Charge brand in 2003, Magnus Lidström designed the acclaimed Malström synthesizer for Propellerhead Software's Reason 2.0 and contributed to projects like ReCycle. The Sonic Charge labe...

8 Products · Used by 60 Artists

Sonic Charge Bitspeek Vocal Processing Plugins

$33.00

1 available store

4.5 (38)

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11 artists using

Sonic Charge Microtonic Drum Machine

$89.00 - $99.00

3 available stores

4.5 (22)

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11 artists using

Sonic Charge Permut8 Delay Plugins

$66.00

1 available store

5.0 (14)

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8 artists using

Sonic Charge Echobode Delay Plugins

$44.00

1 available store

5.0 (10)

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4 artists using

Sonic Charge Synplant Synth Plugins

4.5 (83)

35 artists using

Sonic Charge Cyclone Sampler Plugins

5.0 (1)

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Sonic Charge Synplant 2 Plugin Synth Plugins

2 artists using

Sonic Charge BeatSpace Drum Machine

The company's flagship product, Microtonic (also known as µTonic), is a drum and percussion synthesizer combined with a pattern-based drum machine engine, first released in 2003. Synplant 2, their synthesizer plugin, takes a novel genetic approach to sound design and includes Genopatch, a machine-learning tool that generates patches from audio samples. Other products include Echobode, a frequency shifter combined with a delay; Permut8, an audio manipulation tool inspired by primitive digital hardware; Bitspeek, a real-time voice re-synthesis effect based on linear prediction coding; and Cyclone, a free TX16W sampler emulator.

Sonic Charge is known for a distinctive design philosophy that favors deep exploration of focused concepts over broad feature sets. Their plugins occupy a unique niche in electronic music production, prized by producers and sound designers for their unconventional approaches to synthesis and audio processing.

Sonic Charge has 8 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Synth Plugins, Drum Machine, and Delay Plugins. Their gear is featured by 60 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Pop, and Rock. Notable users include emma essex, Boris Brejcha, and Fred again...