RONE DMT
Granular, with every grain on screen. Drop a sample, play it, drag out what you hear.
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About RONE DMT
RONE DMT is a granular instrument you can read. Drop a sample on it and play a note: it cuts the sound into small overlapping grains and plays them back with their own timing. Slow a vocal to half time without changing its pitch, hold one syllable until it becomes a pad, run a phrase backwards word by word, or chop it into stutters that sit on the grid.
The engine is the classic granular model, rebuilt from the ground up. The difference is control. ATTACK, HOLD, SPACING, SPEED and PAN show real milliseconds and percentages, and the ONE GRAIN card spells out what they add up to: how long a grain is, how much two grains overlap, how often a new one starts and how fast the sample is read.
And you see it happen. Every grain is drawn on the sample while it plays, and everything RONE DMT outputs is recorded on the host grid, ready to drag onto a track as a WAV. ONE KNOB turns the five knobs into one move with six directions, and a small piano (or your MIDI keyboard) turns the whole sample into one musical note.
What it does
The engine you know, exact
The classic granular model, measured and rebuilt: grain = ATTACK + HOLD + ATTACK, and every knob shows its real value. No more guessing what a slider position means.
Every grain on screen
Each grain is drawn on the sample as it plays, with its fade in and out, so you see which part of the sound it reads and in which order.
Record and drag out
OUTPUT records everything you hear on the host grid. When the note ends, drag the take straight onto a track, or save it as a WAV.
Slow, freeze, reverse
SPEED moves through the sample at any rate without changing its pitch: half time, a dead stop, or backwards word by word with every syllable still readable.
ONE KNOB
Six directions on one big knob: BLOOM, FREEZE, REVERSE, WIDE, SHATTER and TUNNEL. Turn it to the left for slow and open, to the right for fast and tight.
NOTE and MIDI
A small piano turns the whole sample into one musical note, or lets your MIDI keyboard choose it, so a vocal texture lands in the key of the track.
When you reach for RONE DMT
Feature lists don't sell to producers. Recipes do.
A hook at half speed, same pitch
Load the vocal and drop SPEED to 50 %. Raise ATTACK for a smoother, blurred voice, lower it for grit. Drag the take onto an audio track and keep producing.
PAN 20 %
One word becomes a chord bed
Hold SPEED near zero so the grains stay on one syllable, stretch ATTACK, and use NOTE to put the pad on the key of the track.
NOTE the track's key
Grain chops that stay in time
Switch SYNC on so each grain step is a note value of the tempo, keep ATTACK short for hard edges and open SPACING for gaps between the grains.
SPACING 200 %
Before you install
System requirements
- Windows
- 64-bit · VST3 and Standalone
- macOS
- 10.15 Catalina or later, Intel and Apple Silicon · VST3, AU and Standalone
- Not included
- AAX, CLAP
- Account
- A free RONE account, on up to 2 computers
- Internet
- To sign in and install. After that it keeps working offline for up to 90 days on a lifetime licence, 8 days on ALL ACCESS.
Install in three steps
- Buy it, or start ALL ACCESS. A free RONE account comes with it.
- Download the RONE Plugins Center from the page that opens, install it and sign in.
- The Center installs RONE DMT and unlocks it. If your DAW does not list it yet, scan for new plugins.
Common questions about RONE DMT
What formats does RONE DMT come in, and on which systems?
RONE DMT runs as VST3, AU and Standalone on macOS 10.15 Catalina or later (Intel and Apple Silicon), and as VST3 and Standalone on Windows (64-bit). It is an instrument: load it on an instrument track. AAX and CLAP are not included, so Pro Tools is not supported.
Which DAWs does RONE DMT work in?
Any DAW that loads VST3 on Windows, or VST3 or AU on macOS: Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig Studio, REAPER and others. The Standalone version runs on its own, without a DAW.
How much does RONE DMT cost, and is there a subscription?
RONE DMT is $39 as a lifetime licence: one payment, no subscription, 2 computers, and every future update of this plugin included. It is also part of RONE ALL ACCESS, every RONE plugin and every future release for $20 a month or $149 a year, with a 14-day free trial.
Is there a free trial of RONE DMT?
Yes, through ALL ACCESS: the 14-day free trial unlocks every RONE plugin, RONE DMT included, and nothing is charged until it ends. A lifetime licence is a one-off purchase without a trial.
How is RONE DMT different from other granular plug-ins?
It is the classic granular model, rebuilt so the familiar moves work the way you expect. What changes is the control: every value is shown exactly, the ONE GRAIN card spells out grain length, overlap and read speed, every grain is drawn on the sample, and everything you hear is recorded and can be dragged into the DAW.
Does it change the pitch when I slow a sample down?
No. SPEED sets how fast the grains move through the sample, and each grain plays at its original pitch, so 50 percent is half time at the same pitch, 0 percent freezes, and negative values walk backwards. To put the sample on a note, use the NOTE piano or your MIDI keyboard.
Does RONE DMT add latency?
None. RONE DMT adds no latency.
How do I install RONE DMT?
Buy it, or start ALL ACCESS; a free RONE account comes with it. Download the RONE Plugins Center from the page that opens, install it and sign in. The Center installs RONE DMT and unlocks it, and keeps it updated from the same card; if your DAW does not list it yet, scan for new plugins.
Where is the RONE DMT manual?
As a PDF on this page and inside the RONE Plugins Center, where the plugin's card menu has a Manual entry. It covers every control, its range and default, the presets and step-by-step workflows.
Get RONE DMT
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