Chaos FX - Chaos Musick

All Chaos FX are available on GUMROAD

Designed with flexibility and workflow in mind.

The core concept came from wanting intuitive and characterful effects similar to the boutique effects pedals I use in live performances. I needed them to be easily available in the Reason Rack, and optimized for the automation and recording techniques of a modern DAW.

Everything on this page is something that I have found useful in my professional work whether composing for games, making music for contemporary dance performances, or DJing at major club events in Tokyo.

They are ideal for experimental and dark music, from industrial, to techno, blackgaze, lo-fi, breakcore, ambient, post-metal and beyond.

Astaroth Ambient Reverb

Gorgeous flagship reverb with pitch shifting, a unique take on infinite freeze, and more. Expands the idea of an “ambient” reverb to an integral part of your sound design.

Barbatos Twisted Delay

Cascading rhythmical delays with crunchy or cloudy or glitchy character. Set up howling feedback or metallic cybernetic robot noises, or just get really cool dub delays instantly.

Dr. Caligari Collection

Three distinct custom cabinet sims ideal not only for post-metal, doom and shoegaze, but also for transforming synths and drums thanks to smooth wet-dry blending, and extended bass options.

Kallichoron Ambient Delay

Layered ambient delays with additional octaves, reverse and diffusion. Random options reminiscent of a couple of very expensive guitar pedals.

My new favorite delay.

Complete Bundle

Get all of the above devices and more, with the Chaos FX complete bundle.

The effects and instrument devices are compatible with Reason 12 and 13; both the DAW and the Rack Plugin VST so you can use them with the DAW of your choice inside the Reason Rack.

About Pricing: I want to keep everything affordable. On the other hand, I have taken a lot of time to make sure that these devices will be supremely usable, and will save you time when have an idea; helping you get the sound you envision, or find new sonic inspiration. The cab EQ alone has probably saved me several hours of fucking around when designing & mixing distorted bass lines. Please consider that when purchasing, and if you really like my stuff, the bundle is an economical way to support Chaos FX and get everything.

Astaroth and Dr. Caligari can be downloaded right now for free (or pay-what-you-want) so you can try out the quality and workflow.

If you have any questions, if you want me to make you a custom combinator for a particular task, or if you want to commission me for sound design or sound engineering tasks, don’t hesitate to get in touch. All my socials and links are below. You can email me via chaosfx AT chaosmusick DOT com.

Payment options: Gumroad accepts all major credit cards – if you have trouble please contact me directly and we can work something out with paypal.

Reviews and User Examples

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Otto Ström · Chaos FX Vol. 2 – Doomscape off / on

By using Volume 2’s “Grunt”, “Vibrafilter” and “Psychofuzz” this clean loop turns into a deep trip-hop/shoegaze riff.

Customer reviews from the “Reasontalk forum”:

“..the great thing about these ones are how characterful they are and how much flexibility you get with so few controls. Definitely reminds me more of guitar pedals which I think is super nice. The Unicorn Shimmer and Unicorn Delay send fx versions are now part of my default Reason template.”

“For anyone making more alternative/indie stuff in Reason I can’t recommend these FX packs enough. Been using them in everything I’ve produced this year cause they just give me the sound I want.”

“These are all really, really impressive…there was an instant “Oh wow” factor for each one.”

Archive:

These are the old Boutique FX, no longer on sale, but kept here for posterity. If you are interested in these, perhaps I can make updated versions for the new more powerful combinator.