Instruments and effects for DJs and producers.

Momentum Drift is an independent music software company. We make plugins and standalone instruments for macOS and Windows.

First release · fall 2026

What we make

Software for making and performing music.

Instruments

Software synthesizers for sound design, production and live performance.

Effects

Audio effects for shaping a mix, designing sounds and changing a set on the fly.

Mac and Windows

VST3 plugins for your DAW on both platforms, Audio Unit on the Mac, and standalone apps. Native on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

In development · fall 2026

PIXL

Our first instrument: a polyphonic synthesizer for macOS and Windows.

  • VST3
  • Audio Unit
  • Standalone
  • macOS
  • Windows
PIXL's voice page: two oscillators with waveform and envelope displays, a sub oscillator and noise, a master envelope, three modulation envelopes, three LFOs, pitch controls and four macro slots.
PIXL's FX page: numbered modules for filter, delay, distortion, flanger, chorus and phaser, reverb, compressor, crush and blur, tremolo, and tape.
PIXL's granular page: a grain display above granular, grain scatter, grain tone and grain feedback controls, with two grain modulators.
PIXL's modulation page: an LFO waveform display, a row of modulation targets, a modulation matrix and three LFOs.

Screens from a pre-release build of PIXL. Details may change before launch.