Creative music tool creatorsK-Devices have released Fauve, a new audio effect, as VST3, AAX and Audio Unit plugin for MacOS and Windows.

Fauve is an audio processor that collects sonic fragments and replays them — but not always faithfully. It forgets, distorts, and glitches into new meanings, developers say, “like the hallucination of a broken machine.”

By continuously recording incoming audio, Fauve analyzes and breaks sound into small units called “collections.” When playing them back, it sometimes fails, opening space for the user to edit and shape the material according to their own sonic vision.

K-Devicees describes the effect this way:

Fauve can be a harsh distortion, a gentle shadow, a paroxysmal dance between reality and dream, and much more. It can slightly scramble your sound, completely strip it of its original meaning, or introduce subtle, almost imperceptible variations to make it richer, yet always organic. Fauve disrupts, but never destroys.

Fauve is a totem/series plugin, and like all totems, it follows its own logic. Timing in Fauve doesn’t rely on beats or note values — it is driven by the material itself. Every operation is triggered by zero crossings, making the outcome deeply dependent on the source. Even when using the same settings, it yields radically different results.

Pricing and Availability. K-Devices Fauve is available now as a VST3, AAX, or Audio Unit plugin. Works with any 64-bits-compatible DAW, MaOS and Windows. Fauve costs 49 EUR, but can be obtained now through May 18 at an introductory price of 24 EUR.

More information is available on the K-Devices website.