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Disarray Black Friday pricing is 77% off, at $19, with the offer ending Nov 30, 2026, on Stagecraft Software's XY-pad multi-effect plugin.
Disarray is a multi-effect plugin built around an XY space. The maker says it takes direct inspiration from the KAOSS pads of a couple of decades ago.
The interface is simple, but it can be set up to move several effects across one XY plane at once.
Disarray lets each of up to 4 effects be driven by as many as 8 control dimensions. Every mouse move can drive up to 8 parameters at the same time.
Each point you place on the XY grid can behave in a radial or linear way. Each one can be linked to any parameter on any effect.
You can also switch effects on and off with the mouse or with MIDI.
There is an automation loop recorder too. It captures a repeating XY sequence over 1, 2 or 4 measures.
Disarray ships with 20+ onboard effects. It also hosts your other VST/AU plugins.
That puts XY control on plugins you already own. The maker's example: map a favorite tone shaper to the x-axis and add a little reverb from Disarray on the y-axis.
The core aim, according to Stagecraft Software, was a plugin that controls many parameters at once in interesting ways.
Stagecraft says all parameters write and read DAW automation in sensible ways. Moves you make on the fly can be written straight to the DAW's automation lanes.
The maker's examples of one-shot moves:
Here is what Disarray runs on:
If you work on Windows, note that the format list there is VST3 and AAX.
Yes. The Disarray Black Friday deal takes 77% off Stagecraft Software's XY multi-effect plugin, bringing it to $19. The offer ends Nov 30, 2026.
Disarray comes with 20+ onboard effects and an XY control space. You can add up to 8 dimensions of control across as many as 4 effects. It also includes an automation loop recorder covering 1, 2 or 4 measures.
Yes. Besides its onboard effects, Disarray acts as a host for your other VST/AU plugins. That lets you map their parameters to the XY space, for example a tone shaper on the x-axis with Disarray's reverb on the y-axis.
On Mac, Disarray comes as VST3, AU and AAX for macOS 10.13 or newer, 64-bit only, on Intel and M1 Apple Silicon. On Windows it comes as VST3 and AAX for Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit only.
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