A living sound instrument

Every season
has a sound.

A two-layer sampler with a globe at its centre — move it, and the whole instrument turns through the year.

Get 4seasons — €129 Listen
The 4seasons interface: preset browser on the left, the globe in the centre, EQ and master section on the right, and the sound row along the bottom.

Listen

One phrase. Ten presets.

The same MIDI through every preset, rendered by the plugin exactly as it ships. Pick another one and the sound changes mid-bar — the music doesn't stop.

presets

Playing

Plays like an instrument.

A sample library plays back. 4seasons responds.

Never the same note twiceEvery note gets its own slight tuning and level, and each voice drifts slowly on its own. Hold a chord and it breathes, like an ensemble instead of a loop.
Velocity changes the tonePlay softer and the sound gets darker and rounder, not just quieter. The piano goes further and switches to a softer recording.
Press into the keysEvery preset listens to aftertouch. Lean on a held note and the sound opens up.

Effects

Five effects,
built as pedals.

The 4seasons effect rack: granular, auto-pan, crush, delay and reverb, drawn as five pedals.
GranulizerAmount, grain size, density and scatter.
PanAuto-pan that moves the sound across the stereo field.
CrushBit and sample-rate reduction, subtle to broken.
DelayEcho synced to your project, with mix and feedback.
ReverbReverb with wet and size, from a small room to wide space.

Inside

Made from real sound.

Analog synths breathing through their filters. A real piano, played soft and hard. Real voices. Field recordings underneath it all. The heart of 4seasons moved air before it became a sample — that is where the warmth comes from, and why it feels like something instead of just sounding like something.

Alongside the hardware: sounds designed from scratch in synths and resampled through effect chains.

Analog synthsRecorded from a Prophet, a Trigon and a Juno, note by note across the keyboard.
A real pianoSampled key by key with soft, medium and hard strikes. It answers how you play, not just how loud.
Real voicesVocal chops from a real singer, one voice per octave, each kept in its natural register.
Field recordingsThe texture layer is recorded out in the world — the quiet room tone under everything that makes a sound feel like a place.
584sounds, multi- and velocity-sampled
432presets across 5 categories
2+1layers: A, B and texture
1.05 GBlibrary, lossless FLAC, one file

One-time purchase

Let the year
play through you.

€129 incl. VAT

Get 4seasons ↗ macOS & Windows · free updates within version 1 · commercial use included
  • Download link and licence key by email, straight after payment
  • Activate once online, then it runs offline for good
  • Use it on up to 2 of your own machines
  • Sounds are yours to use in commercial releases

Payment and invoicing are handled by Lemon Squeezy, who are the merchant of record for this purchase. Licence terms · Right of withdrawal

Formats
macOS: VST3, Audio Unit, standalone · Windows: VST3
System
macOS 10.13+, Intel & Apple Silicon · Windows 10+, 64-bit
Disk space
1.05 GB for the sound library
Tested in
FL Studio, Logic Pro, Ableton Live
Licence
2 machines · activate once, then works offline
Install
Installer for macOS and for Windows

Questions

A few things
people ask first.

The full list, with everything on activation and moving computers, lives on the support page.

What do I need to run it?
Formats
macOS: VST3, Audio Unit, standalone application · Windows: VST3
System
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later, Intel and Apple Silicon · Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
Disk space
1.05 GB for the sound library. It is a single file, so you need that much and no more.

No dongle, no iLok, no account. A licence key and one online activation, and that is the whole of it.

Can I use the sounds in commercial releases?

Yes. You may use the software and every sound in it in your own music productions, including commercial releases — no further licence fees, no revenue share, no credit required. That covers commissioned work, film, advertising, games and library music.

What is not allowed is passing the sounds on as sounds: reselling or publishing the library or individual audio files, or using them as part of another sample pack, preset pack or instrument — anywhere the sound itself is the product being sold rather than part of a music production. You may share your own presets, as long as they contain no audio files from the library.

The rule of thumb, from the licence terms: make as much music with it as you like, do not resell the sounds themselves. The binding wording is § 4 and § 5 of the licence terms.

Is there a subscription?

No. One payment, and updates within version 1 are free. Beyond version 1 there is no claim to future features or later versions — see § 2 of the licence terms.

How many computers can I use it on?

The key may be active on two computers at the same time, and you can release an activation from inside the plugin whenever you like — so two at a time, not two forever. See § 3 of the licence terms, and the FAQ for how to move one.

Will it run in my DAW?

It runs wherever VST3 or Audio Unit plugins run. On macOS Logic Pro uses the Audio Unit; Ableton Live, FL Studio and Reaper load the VST3, and there is a standalone application if you want to play it without opening a DAW at all. On Windows it is the VST3.

One thing catches nearly everybody: restart your DAW completely after installing. A plugin rescan alone is often not enough, and 4seasons then looks as if it had not installed.

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