Latest Version: 1.2.0
- Reorganized the Mappings window into a tree grouped by track, FX and parameter, with each mapping’s controls laid out in resizable columns
- Added axis reassignment: switch a mapping between the X and Y axes in place, keeping its curve and settings
- Replaced selection-based removal with a per-mapping Remove button
- Compacted the curve controls: color is now a single swatch that opens the full picker, and thickness and point radius are stepper inputs
- The Mappings window now refreshes automatically when the project changes (tracks or FX added, removed or renamed) and no longer restores a stale saved window size
Expressive plugin control with a familiar face for REAPER
XY Pad is an open-source controller that lets you map your plugin parameters to either axis of a cursor-driven pad.
You control the horizontal. You control the vertical.
Plugins with performative XY interfaces are incredibly powerful. They encourage a kind of tactile interaction that's hard to replicate with knobs or sliders. This provides an opportunity to intuitively explore a plugin's full potential for generating different and interesting sounds.
Typically, DAW automation works in isolated lanes, each tied to a single parameter of a plugin. Setting up anything that goes beyond that can be tedious and frustrating.
XY pad solves this by making it easy to map multiple parameters from any plugin to a single, expressive interface. You can build up complex, layered systems and still control them all with simple, intuitive movement.
Setup and control should be effortless and transparent. The fewer clicks and steps it takes to map something, the less it interferes with the actual sound design process or disrupts creative flow.
Keep it simple. Or don't.
A global XY pad for your entire session
- XY Pad's settings are per-project, saved in the project itself
- The pad will reload itself as you select different project tabs
- Customize pad colors, grid lines & cursor to match your project and aesthetic
Built for discovery, improvisation, and performance
- Map and modulate any parameter from any plugin
- Turn any static patch into a living, moving sound
- Turns every plugin into a performance instrument
Demo: Harnessing Arcane Energy
White noise is generated in Phase Plant with filters and fx mapped to XY Pad. This patch then runs through a chain with lots of pitch and frequency shifting mapped to XY Pad to add tonality and movement. Paper tearing chain is processed (de-noised, distorted, filtered, etc) with several parameters mapped. Tonstrum TRAVELER's Manual knob is mapped for natural movement and control.
Source Sounds:
- White noise
- Paper tearing