Version 1.1.5 · VST3 & AU · macOS + Windows

An instrument you play
by drawing.

Pathfinder Pro turns a folder of samples into a living field of spheres. Draw a path through them and the path becomes the performance. Pro adds three synthesis engines, 43 wavetables, 444 sample instruments, a six-slot effects rack and 487 factory presets — and it drags finished audio straight into your DAW.

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The real 1.1.5 interface. Every screenshot on this page is captured from the running plug-in.

Wavetables

444

Instruments

487

Presets

Engines

FX slots

Layers

What Pro adds

Everything the free version does.
Then six things it can't.

Free Pathfinder scatters your samples and lets you draw them. Pro turns that into a finished instrument: sounds of its own, a way out to your DAW, and a button that writes the first idea for you.

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Instruments included

43 wavetables and 444 sample instruments ship with Pro, so it makes sound the moment it opens. You never have to supply a folder first — though it still scatters yours when you do.

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Drag straight to your DAW

Drag any sphere, path or rendered take out of the plug-in window and drop it into your arrangement as audio. No bounce, no export dialog, no temporary folder to find later.

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Randomise anything

One click rolls a new field, a new path, a new instrument, a new effect chain, or all of it. It is the fastest way past a blank session, and every roll stays editable.

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New DSP

Six effect slots you can fill and reorder: reverb, waveshaper, flair, delay, granular and drive. Each opens into its own controls, and the whole rack is part of the preset.

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487 factory presets

One preset for every wavetable and every sample map, sorted by instrument type in a browser built to be played through rather than filed. Your own presets sit beside them and survive updates.

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Play it from your phone

Pathfinder Sketch turns a phone into a second pair of hands: draw on the glass, hear it in the DAW. Up to four players share one instrument.

The walkthrough

From an empty session to a finished part
in six moves.

Open it, or feed it

Pro arrives with its own instruments, so it plays immediately. Point it at a folder of one-shots and those scatter into the field too, sorted by what they are: kicks, snares, hats, percussion, melodic, texture, vocal, effects.

Hover to hear, click to see

Moving over a sphere previews it. Clicking selects it and draws its waveform, so you can find the sound you want by ear instead of by filename.

Draw the path

Sketch a line through the spheres and the line becomes an instrument. Hold a key and it walks the path in time with your project; the lasso grabs a whole cluster at once.

Shape it on the Sound page

Pick an engine, set the envelope, add motion. Wavetable, waveform generator and sampler are all one click apart, and each keeps its own settings per layer.

Build the effect chain

Fill any of the six slots, reorder them, and open a slot to reach its own controls. The chain is saved with the preset and travels with the sound.

Drag it into your song

When it sounds right, drag it out of the window and drop it on a track. What lands in your DAW is audio you can cut, stretch and keep.

Three engines, one instrument

Every layer picks its own way of making sound.

Pathfinder Pro holds four layers. Each one can run a different engine, so a wavetable pad, a generated bass and a sampled kit can share a single path.

Wavetable

43 tables ship with Pro. Sweep the table position by hand or hand it to an envelope, an LFO or velocity, and the waveform display redraws as it moves.

Up to 16-voice unison with detune, blend and stack
Table position driven by LFO, envelope or velocity
Per-layer filter with its own envelope
High-quality oversampled mode

The rack

Six slots. Fill them in any order.

Every slot takes any effect, and every effect opens into its own controls. Change the order and you change the sound — the rack is part of the preset, so a patch carries its chain with it.

Slots opening into their own controls, captured live from the plug-in.

Reverb

Size, damping, width and pre-delay for space that sits behind the part rather than washing it out.

Delay

Independent left and right times, feedback and ping-pong, syncable to your project tempo.

Granular

Grain size, density and spread, for turning a single sphere into a cloud that keeps moving.

Drive

Drive, bias and tone — the weight that makes a sampled kit sit in a mix.

Waveshaper

Shape and drive for harmonic colour, from a gentle lift to full destruction.

Flair

Rate, depth and feedback for motion across the stereo field.

Make it yours

Eight backdrops.
Or your own picture.

The field sits on a backdrop you choose: eight studio gradients from steel to ember, any flat colour, or an image you drop in. Small thing, but you look at this window for hours.

Eight built-in gradients
Any custom colour
Drop in your own image
Saved with your setup

Animation cycling Pathfinder Pro's eight background presets — steel, graphite, midnight, ink, sand, forest, plum and ember — behind the same field of sample spheres.

Sequencer & macros

Patterns, and one knob to move them.

The step sequencer runs six lanes of sixteen steps through the field while you keep drawing, with swing and per-lane pitch and probability. The macro page adds an XY motion pad and two LFOs, and links them to any control you like — so one gesture moves the whole patch. Both are saved in the preset.

Pathfinder Pro's step sequencer: six lanes of sixteen steps, with bar count, swing, and per-lane pitch offset and probability.

Pathfinder Pro's macro page: an XY motion pad, a pattern selector, two LFOs with rate and tempo sync, and the list of links that map them onto controls.

Pathfinder Sketch

Your phone becomes a second pair of hands.

Sketch is the companion app. Open it on a phone, scan the code the plug-in shows, and draw on glass while the sound comes out of your DAW. Up to four people can play the same instrument at once, each with their own layer, their own colour and their own kit.

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Draw with your finger

The same field, on a touchscreen. Paths you draw on the phone play through the plug-in instantly.

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Four players, one instrument

Everyone gets a layer and a colour. Take turns, play together, or let the host conduct.

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Pair by scanning

The plug-in shows a code. Point a camera at it and you are in — nothing to type, nothing to configure.

About Pathfinder Sketch

Coming soon

Pathfinder Sketch VR

The field, at room scale. Step inside your samples, reach out and draw a path through spheres that hang in the air around you, and hear it play in your DAW. Built for Quest, joined with a six-character code the plug-in gives you — no cables, no local network to configure.

Room-scale field you walk through
Draw with the controller, hear it in your DAW
Join from anywhere with a room code
Included with Pathfinder Pro when it ships

In active development. Pro owners get it at no extra cost.

Pricing

Own it, or grow into it.

Both routes get the whole instrument — every engine, every instrument, every preset, every update. The monthly plan simply spreads it out, and after twelve payments the licence is permanently yours.

Best value

Outright

$149

One payment. Yours for good.

Every engine and effect
43 wavetables · 444 instruments
487 factory presets
Free updates
Five machines
14-day refund window

Buy Pathfinder Pro

Monthly

$12.99

Per month. Twelve payments and it's yours.

Everything in the outright licence
Cancel any time from your account
Stays unlocked to the end of the paid month
Becomes permanent after twelve payments

Start monthly

Pro Complete

$159

Pro plus the Percussives kit.

Everything in the outright licence
Percussives — 150 percussion one-shots
Built for the Pathfinder field
$10 less than buying both

Get Pro Complete

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Specifications

The details, plainly.

Pathfinder Pro technical specifications
Formats	VST3 and Audio Unit (AU)
macOS	11 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
Windows	10 or later, 64-bit
Tested hosts	Logic Pro, FL Studio, Ableton Live, REAPER, Cubase
Wavetables	43 included
Sample instruments	444 included
Factory presets	487, one per instrument
Engines	Wavetable, waveform generator, sampler
Layers	4, each with its own engine and kit
Effect slots	6, freely ordered
Sound library	519 MB, downloaded in the plug-in after sign-in
Machines per licence	5
Offline use	7 days between check-ins
Version	1.1.5

Questions

Answered before you ask.

What is Pathfinder Pro?

Pathfinder Pro is a software instrument for music production, in VST3 and Audio Unit formats, for macOS and Windows. It arranges samples and included instruments as spheres in a three-dimensional field, and you play it by drawing a path through them. It includes 43 wavetables, 444 sample instruments, three synthesis engines, a six-slot effects rack and 487 factory 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 sound library of 43 wavetables and 444 instruments, three synthesis engines, the six-slot effects rack, 487 factory presets, one-click randomisation, and drag-and-drop export of audio into your DAW.

Can I drag sounds into my DAW?

Yes. Drag a sphere, a path or a rendered take out of the plug-in window and drop it onto a track in your DAW, and it arrives as audio. There is no bounce step and no export dialog.

Do I need my own samples?

No. Pro ships with 444 sample instruments and 43 wavetables, so it makes sound as soon as it opens. You can still point it at any folder of your own one-shots, and it will sort them into the field automatically.

What does the randomise button do?

It generates a new starting point for you: a new field, a new path, a new instrument, a new effect chain, or all of them together. Everything it produces stays fully editable afterwards.

How does the monthly plan work?

The monthly plan is $12.99 and renews each month until you cancel. You can cancel any time from your account, and Pro stays unlocked until the end of the month you have already paid for. After twelve payments the licence becomes permanent and billing stops.

How many computers can I use it on?

Five machines per licence. You sign in inside the plug-in with the email address from your order, and a link arrives by email — there is no serial number to keep.

Does it need an internet connection?

Only occasionally. The plug-in checks in when it starts and every few hours after that, and it keeps working offline for seven days between check-ins.

What is Pathfinder Sketch?

Pathfinder Sketch is the companion app that turns a phone into a controller for the plug-in. You draw on the phone screen and the sound plays through Pathfinder in your DAW. Up to four people can play the same instrument at once, each on their own layer.

When is the VR version coming?

Pathfinder Sketch VR is in active development. It puts the sphere field at room scale on Quest headsets, joined with a six-character code the plug-in displays. It will be included with Pathfinder Pro at no extra cost.

Draw the first one tonight.

Download, sign in with your order email, and the library arrives on its own. You will have a part in your session inside ten minutes.

Get Pathfinder Pro — $149 Start with the free version

An instrument you play
by drawing.