Evolve Nest Acoustics

Botanical Synthesis

Evolve Nest Acoustics is the first collaboration release in our Evolve series, created with sound designer and music maker: Nest Acoustics. Combining foley, nature, and field recordings with analogue synthesis, this sample-based instrument forms a modern “botanica” sound palette to work with. 

Under the hood, Evolve Nest Acoustics contains four distinct sound layers that can be blended in real-time with the Evolve XY Pad, intuitive modulation capabilities, and four organic inspired-macro effects - Holo, Crust, Breeze, and Erode. Designed for synthwave composition and contemporary sound design, Evolve Nest Acoustics provides a hybrid of organic-synthetic textures, glowing pads, and vivid atmospheres that feel alive and textural.

What can Evolve Nest Acoustics Do?

• Blend four layers of samples or synths using the powerful quad-engine.
• Morph sounds in real time with the expressive XY Pad.
• Get instant creative sparks with one-click randomisation.
• Import your own samples and build entirely custom patches.
• Modulate anything with drag-and-drop envelopes, LFOs, and XY controls.
• Shape and polish your sound with botanica-inspired macro effects.
• Tweak your tone with dual filters and a rearrangeable 3-slot FX chain.
• Explore 250 genre-spanning presets or create from scratch.

Four Dimensions of Sound

The source of Evolve Nest Acoustics sounds is its quad-layer engine. Each of the four layers can house either a sample-based instrument from a selection of 250 sources, or a synth oscillator. You can even import your own samples into Evolve Nest Acoustics to start a new sound or replace any source of an existing patch. 

Sampled sources give you play direction, tone and keytracking parameters to play with, while synth sources get an oscillator shape slider and unison detuning. Control the Pitch and Fine tuning, plus Velocity Sensitivity, Panning and Volume for any sound.

Click the dice of any layer to choose a sample at random or roll the dice in the header to randomise the whole plugin, including sound sources, sound parameters and effects.

Use the XY Pad in "Sounds Mode" to blend between the four sound sources or use it in "FX mode" to modulate any available parameter in the instrument.

Smooth Movement

Modulation has been built into the framework of Evolve Nest Acoustics from the start, making sure there’s a comprehensive choice of sources with easy setup and reactive visual feedback. 12 modulation sources include six envelopes (ADSR with Delay and Hold), two LFO sources with retriggering and offset options, Velocity and Keytracking with adjustable curves, and the XY Pad’s X and Y position.

A full modulation matrix awaits advanced sound designers, showing all the assigned modulation routings as a manageable list. Parameters such as modulation curve and polarity allow even deeper customisation.

Effects for Texture and Character

Four main macro effects have been crafted specifically to shape the output of Nest Acoustics: Holo adds smeared, prism-like resonant color with the shimmer of a suspended flanger; Crust brings a dry, fluttery, crunchy top texture, like sun-baked dirt over softer earth; Breeze grows from intimate movement into long, lush tails, evoking air flowing through trees; and Erode slowly degrades pitch, frequency range, and stability into rough organic beauty.

Dual filters allow each source (A, B, C, D) to easily be routed as inputs, and can be run in parallel or series by feeding one filter into the other. Both filters have a variety of filter curves, Cutoff and Resonance controls, filter Drive and Mix.

You’ll also find three rearrangeable effects slots, each of which hosts a choice of 16 high-quality effects, each with its own set of parameters. Effects modules include: 

• Saturation
• Feedback
• Bitcrush
• Delay
• Reverb
• Compressor
• Transient
• Modulation
• Phaser
• Auto-Wah
• Speaker
• Width
• Noise
• EQ
• Pitch Drift
• Filter

Features

• 4 Sound Sources (A, B, C, D)
• Sample and Synth OSC engines
• XY Pad with Sounds and FX modes
• 250 Sound Sources - Acoustic, Bass, Impact, Pluck, Synth, Texture, Tuned Foley
• User Sample Import
• Randomise Sounds, Parameters and Effects
• 4 Macros: Holo, Crust, Breeze, Erode

Sample Engine Parameters

• Sounds Browser
• Pitch, Fine, Tone
• Pan, Velocity Sensitivity, Volume
• Forward / Backward Playback Direction
• Keytracking On/Off

Synth Engine Parameters

• Oscillator Shape Slider: Sine, Triangle, Saw, Square, Pulse
• Pitch, Fine, Unison, Detune
• Pan, Velocity Sensitivity, Volume

Effects Parameters

• Dual-Filter Modes: HPF, LPF, BP, Peak
• Dual-Filter Parameters: Filter Drive, Mix, Frequency, Resonance
• Dual-Filter Inputs: A, B, C, D, Filter 1/Filter 2
• Saturation Modes: Tape / Tube / Fuzz
• Saturaton Parameters: Drive, Tone, Mix
• Feedback Parameters: Amount, Frequency, Mix
• Bitcrush Parameters: Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Mix
• Delay Modes: Ping-Pong / Stereo
• Delay Parameters: Delay L Time, Delay R Time, Sync, Feedback, Mix
• Reverb Modes: Hall / Plate / Spring
• Reverb Parameters: Length, Size, Damping, Mix
• Compressor Parameters: Threshold, Attack, Release, Mix
• Transient Parameters: Attack, Release, Gate, Mix
• Modulation Modes: Chorus / Vibrato / Flanger
• Modulation Parameters: Depth, Rate, Sync, Feedback, Mix
• Phaser Modes: 1 Notch / 2 Notch / 3 Notch Modes
• Phaser Parameters: Amount, Rate, Sync, Feedback, Mix
• Auto-Wah Parameters: Amount, Rate, Mix
• Speaker Modes: Device / Cabinet / Hi-Fi / No Speaker
• Speaker Parameters: Size, Age, Depth, Mix
• Width Modes: Haas / Mid-Side / Detune Modes,
• Width Parameters: Width, Pan, Mix
• Noise Sources: Amp Hiss, Amp Hum, Beach, Campfire, Cassette Static, Crowd, Interference, Mechanical, Metallic and more...
• Noise Parameters: Threshold, Release, Level
• EQ Parameters: Lo, Mid, Hi
• Pitch Drift Modes: Sine / Tri Up / Tri Down / Random Modes
• Pitch Drift Parameters: Wow Rate, Wow Depth, Flutter Rate, Flutter Depth
• Filter Modes: LPF / HPF / Peak Modes
• Filter Parameters: Frequency, Gain/Slope, Resonance

12 Modulation Sources

• Velocity & Key Tracking Parameters: Amount, Lo, Hi, Curve
• ADSR (A/B/C/D) Parameters: Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release, Link
• LFO (1/2) Parameters: Amount, Rate, Sync, Free/Retrigger Modes, Smooth, Offset, Grid
• LFO (1/2) Shapes: Sine, Saw Up, Saw Down, Triangle, Seq 1, Seq 2, Exponential, Build Up
• Envelope (1/2) Parameters: Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release, Link 
• FX XY Pad (X-Axis/Y-Axis)

Settings Page

• Number of Voices: 1-32
• Legato On/Off
• Glide Time: 0-5000ms
• Pitch Bend: 1-12 Semitones
• Global Pitch: +/-100 cents
• Macro Routing: Pre/Post FX
• Eco Mode: On/Off
• Tooltips: On/Off

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