With support for up to 8-voice polyphony, every incoming MIDI note triggers its own independent resonant filter voice. This polyphonic design allows you to play melodies, chords, and arpeggios directly through the filter itself, giving the effect a responsive, expressive character that feels more like playing an instrument than applying a traditional effect. The fundamental frequency of the filter can be set manually or controlled via MIDI, while the distribution, number, and width of the resonances are fully adjustable. This provides a wide sonic range — from gentle, subtle movement and soft resonances to dramatic, ringing, bell-like tones.
To animate the sound further, Peaks offers a rich set of integrated modulation sources including LFOs, envelopes, macros, and MIDI controls. These can be freely assigned to almost any parameter, creating continuous movement and evolving textures in real time.
On top of the core filter engine, Peaks includes distortion, compression, bitcrush, and delay. These shape the sound further, adding grit, punch, or space as needed. The clean, performance-oriented interface keeps everything accessible, so you explore new sounds without getting lost in menus. Peaks runs as an AUv3 effect plugin in hosts like Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, GarageBand, and Cubasis on both iPhone and iPad.
The polyphonic architecture makes it well suited for adding movement to pads, creating expressive filter leads, or processing drums and percussion in ways a standard static filter can’t. For ambient, experimental, and electronic music where filtering functions as a creative voice rather than a utility, Peaks gives you an instrument rather than just a plugin.
Key features include:
- Polyphonic bell-filter architecture with up to 8-voice polyphony
- Each MIDI note triggers its own independent resonant filter voice
- Adjustable fundamental frequency, resonance distribution, number, and width
- Integrated modulation sources (LFOs, envelopes, macros, MIDI controls)
- Additional effects: distortion, compression, bitcrush, and delay
- AUv3 effect plugin compatible with Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, GarageBand, and Cubasis
App price: $12.99
No in-app purchases.
Original release: March 2026 | Latest update: March 2026
