Alter Ego — sample instrument by amp.ire

Slices itself

Transients, tempo and key are detected on import. Silence is skipped and slices too short to be useful never get made in the first place.

Four generators

Pad, Arp, Groove and Hook — each with recipes that read the material instead of rolling dice blindly.

Master FX rack

Ten slots you fill and reorder yourself: EQ, compression, saturation, reverb, limiting — with chain presets when you just want it to sound finished.

What it does

One sample. As many directions as you have patience for.

Alter Ego is not a randomiser. Every engine reads the material first and makes musical decisions from there.

Explore finds what fits

Instead of clicking through hundreds of presets, Explore proposes an engine, a style and a recipe, then learns from your thumbs up and down. Lock whatever you like with one click and it keeps exploring the rest.

Every slot under your hands

Velocity, length, nudge, time, pitch, reverse — per slot, right in the matrix. Happy with one? Lock it and re-roll only the rest. All of it undoable, all of it saved with your project.

In key, and it stays there

Alter Ego works out the key of your material and keeps transpositions inside it. What comes out fits the track you are already writing — even when the source sample came from somewhere else entirely.

Listen

Same sample, four engines.

Every example below comes from the identical source material. Only the engine changed.

Source material

untouched, exactly as imported

Pad engine

frozen texture, ensemble detuning

Arp engine

movement adapted to the material

Groove engine

recipe with swing and ghost notes

Drop the files into web/assets/: demo-source.mp3, demo-pad.mp3, demo-arp.mp3, demo-groove.mp3

How it works

Three steps to an idea.

Load a sample

Drag in any audio file. Tempo, key and slice boundaries are worked out for you.

Hit Generate

Pick an engine or let Explore decide. Don't like it? Hit it again. Like part of it? Lock that part.

Keep writing

Play it as an instrument, drag the MIDI into your DAW, or just record it. Everything stays with the project.

Requirements

Runs where you work.

Formats	VST3, Audio Unit (AU), AAX
macOS	11 Big Sur or newer · Apple Silicon and Intel (Universal)
Windows	10 and 11, 64-bit
Tested in	Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Pro Tools
Activation	Once, online. Offline from then on. No iLok, no dongle.
Machines per licence	COUNT — e.g. studio machine and laptop

Price

Buy once, keep it.

No subscription. Updates within the major version are included.

PRICE €

one-off, VAT included

Perpetual licence, no subscription
VST3, AU and AAX in one purchase
macOS and Windows in one purchase
Use on COUNT machines at the same time
Transferable — you can pass it on or sell it
Activate once, then works offline

Buy Alter Ego

Secure payment via Polar · Invoices available

Rather try it first? Download the demo — it never expires.

FAQ

Questions people actually ask

Do I need an iLok or a permanent internet connection?

No. You activate once with the key from your purchase email, and from then on Alter Ego runs without any internet connection. No dongle, no third-party account.

How many machines can I install it on?

COUNT machines at the same time — meant for one person's studio machine and laptop. You can move to a different machine whenever you like.

Can I sell my licence later?

Yes. Send a message with the details of both buyer and seller and the licence gets moved over. TRANSFER_FEE_TEXT Free and heavily discounted licences are excluded.

What is missing from the demo?

DEMO_LIMITATION_TEXT — everything else is the full plugin, with no time limit.

Are updates free?

Updates within the major version are free and announced by email.

Can I get a refund?

REFUND_TEXT — have this checked by a lawyer before the site goes live. The demo exists precisely so you can decide before spending anything.