The Orb is a formant filter plugin designed to emulate the unique qualities of the human voice. It utilizes three band pass filters to shape audio signals, allowing any sound to take on vowel-like characteristics. This approach provides a rich and expressive way to sculpt sounds, making it ideal for musicians and producers looking to add vocal textures or formant-driven effects to their tracks.

Users can modulate the plugin’s parameters with three LFOs that control vowel selection, emphasis or resonance of the formants, and frequency drift, which shifts the formant frequencies up or down. This modulation capability adds movement and complexity to the sound, enabling dynamic and evolving tonal variations. Additionally, The Orb lets users craft custom vowel sets by adjusting the names and frequencies of each formant, expanding creative possibilities beyond the preset male, female, and child vowel sets.

The Orb is optimized for efficient CPU performance and supports major plugin formats including VST, AU, and AAX across both Mac and Windows platforms. Its straightforward interface and powerful modulation system make it accessible for both subtle vocal enhancements and bold sound design applications, offering a distinctive tool to transform audio in innovative ways.