What is Pathfinder Pro?
Pathfinder Pro is a software instrument for music production. VST3 and Audio Unit, Mac and Windows. It lays your samples and its own instruments out as spheres in a 3D field, and you play it by drawing a path through them. It comes with 43 wavetables, 444 sample instruments, three engines, six FX slots and 487 presets.
How is Pro different from free Pathfinder?
Free Pathfinder scatters your own samples and lets you draw paths through them. Pro adds its own library of 43 wavetables and 444 instruments, three engines, the six-slot FX rack, 487 presets, one-click randomize, and drag samples straight from the field into your DAW.
Can I drag sounds into my DAW?
Yes. Drag any orb out of the field and onto a track in your DAW, and that sample lands there. No bounce step, no export dialog.
Do I need my own samples?
No. Pro comes with 444 sample instruments and 43 wavetables, so it makes sound as soon as it opens. Point it at a folder of your own one-shots any time and it sorts them into the field for you.
What does the randomize button do?
It gives you a starting point: a new field, path, instrument or FX chain, or all of them at once. Everything it makes stays fully editable.
How does the monthly plan work?
It is $12.99 and renews each month until you cancel. You keep getting new content and updates the whole time you are subscribed. Cancel any time from your account. Pro stays open to the end of the month you already paid for, then it locks until you subscribe again. Get to twelve payments and the license is permanent, so you can cancel after that and keep it for good.
How many computers can I use it on?
Five machines per license. You sign in inside the plugin with your order email and click the link we send. No serial number to keep track of.
Does it need an internet connection?
Only now and then. It checks in when it starts and every few hours after, and keeps working offline for seven days between check-ins.
What is Pathfinder Sketch?
Sketch is the companion app that turns a phone into a controller. You draw on the phone and the sound plays through Pathfinder in your DAW. Four people can play the same instrument at once, each on their own layer.
When is the VR version coming?
It is in active development. It puts the field at room scale in VR, and it runs in your headset’s own browser rather than one company’s store, so it is not tied to a single brand of headset. You join with a six-character code the plugin shows you. Pro owners get it at no extra cost.
