maniFold Omega

maniFold Omega is a hybrid real-time effect processor that blends micro-looping, granular FX, spectral-style delay processing and feedback-based textures. It is built for experimental sound design, ambient layering, glitch textures and abstract time-based transformation.

Sixteen play heads read from one shared, variable-length buffer while a cluster of all-pass delay lines smears and recirculates the result. Record into it, freeze it, scan it, feed it back into itself — and save the whole buffer with your project so the texture is exactly where you left it.

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Micro-looper and granular engine

Sixteen play heads read from a shared, variable-size audio buffer. Position, length, panning and pitch are randomised per head, and a real-time visualiser shows every active head and its position in the buffer as it moves.

Playback algorithms

• Butterfly — each play head has a 50% chance of playing in reverse, putting organic, unpredictable movement into the texture.
• PRISMA — reversed play heads with a 50% probability of transposing to the 5th. Enable Octave Jitter and that interval extends to 19 semitones for wide, shimmering harmonic clouds.

Both live under Playback Algos in the Playback Control tab.

Envelope and loop shape

• mLoopShape — sets the amplitude envelope for each play head, including the trapezoid window added in 1.2.
• mLoopSize — defines the base playback duration, for tighter or broader loops.
• Playhead Bounds — gently fades play heads out as they reach the end of the buffer, eliminating clicks at buffer boundaries.

Buffer management

• Variable buffer size — 1 to 60 seconds, from tiny glitches to long ambient loops.
• State saving — the buffer contents are saved with the DAW project, so your textures are exactly where you left them on reload.
• Freeze / lock — capture a moment and loop it indefinitely.
• bufferClear — instantly flush the play/record buffer for a fresh start.
• Drag and drop — pull audio files straight from the DAW browser into the buffer. No bouncing, no importing.

Drag and drop needs a host with VST3 file drag-and-drop support. If yours does not have it, use Load Buffer in the Settings menu.

Delay cluster and feedback network

Sixteen delay lines built on all-pass filter topology rather than plain delays, giving rich comb filtering, pitch smearing and spectral-style time dispersion. Recirculation feeds the network back into itself for evolving, chaotic textures — closer to a high-end reverb tank or a modular feedback loop than to a delay.

• Playhead-to-buffer feedback — route play head output directly back into the record buffer for self-generating textures, evolving drones and feedback loops with no external routing.
• LFO modulation spread — offsets modulation phase across the delay network for stereo width and organic movement.
• Integrated limiter and input soft clipper — keeps the output under control at high feedback and density settings.

Parameter reference

Micro-looper and granular engine

mLoopMix	0–100% — crossfades the delay input between the dry signal and the micro-looper output.
mLoopSize	250 ms – 5 s — base duration for the 16 play heads.
mLoopShape	Morphs the amplitude window of the loop grains: triangle, trapezoid.
startJitter	Adds random position offsets to each play head.
scanSpeed	0.0×–5.0× — automated movement through the buffer.
scanDirection	Forward, Reverse, Ping-Pong, Manual (cursor-driven).
octaveJitter	Random octave shifting for the play heads.
intensity	Hz — density and trigger rate of new play head assignments.

Buffer and sync

bufferSize	1 s – 60 s — maximum buffer length, or 1–8 bars when tempo-locked.
bufferLock	Toggle — freezes the buffer and stops recording new audio.
buffClear	Trigger — instantly wipes the audio buffer.
rec_overdub	0–100% — how much of the existing buffer survives a new recording pass.
Gate Rec	Toggle — threshold-armed recording; auto-locks below the set level.
RecBufferFdbck	Play head output routed back into the record buffer.

Delay cluster

baseDelay	1 ms – 1000 ms, or note subdivisions when tempo-locked.
delayFdbck	−0.8 to 0.8 — all-pass gain coefficient; metallic versus diffuse character.
recirculation	0–100% — global feedback loop for evolving textures and swells.
delaySpread	Offsets delay times across the network for stereo width and spectral blur.
damping	0–100% — high-frequency absorption inside the feedback loop.
lfoSpread	Offsets LFO phase across the delay network.

Tone, modulation and global

toneShape	DJ 12 dB, Tilt EQ, BPF, Notch, DJ Ladder 24 dB — with a live curve display.
character	Continuous chorus-to-flanger morph, switchable pre or post the micro-loop engine.
modAmount	0–100% — depth of the internal LFO.
modRate	0 Hz – 5 Hz — speed of the internal LFO.
in_gain	−18 dB to +18 dB — input level before processing.
mix	0–100% — final dry/wet balance.

System requirements

Windows	10 or 11, 64-bit
macOS	10.15 or later

I will do my best to help, but you are responsible for confirming the software is compatible with your system before purchasing. Try the free demo first.