Real-time audio effect · VST3 · Windows
Warband
One voice, summoned into an army.
Warband is an effect you insert on a track in your DAW. Play a single battle cry, chant, laugh or line of dialogue through it and it multiplies that one performance, as it plays, into a host of up to 128 voices standing in a real outdoor space. Every voice gets its own pitch, reaction time, place in the ranks, tone and grit.
- Type
- Insert effect, processes audio in real time
- Input
- One voice on a stereo, 5.1 or 7.1 track
- Output
- Stereo, binaural, 5.1, 7.1
- Voices
- Up to 128, plus giants and high voices
- Presets
- 30
Explore the window
This is a look at Warband's interface, not the plugin itself: no sound runs here. Hover or tap any control to read the same tooltip the plugin shows, switch tabs, load presets, and watch the map take shape.
The host
Timing
Personalities
Layers
Swarm
Outdoor space
Hillside echo
Crowd bed
Output
Listening
Options
How it works
The four tabs follow the signal: from your one voice to the army in your mix.
- Your voiceA shout, war cry, chant, laugh or line of dialogue on a track
- ArmyUp to 128 voices in up to 8 bands, each answering in its own time
- VoicesPitch, tone and grit per voice, giants, high voices and a wandering swarm
- SpaceDistance, trees, air, outdoor reverb, hillside echo and a crowd murmur
- OutputCrowd squash, army level, dry blend and a look-ahead ceiling
- Your mixStereo, binaural for headphones, 5.1 or 7.1, set by the track
What it does
Warband turns one performance into an army. The army stands at a distance you choose, with air absorption, trees, an outdoor reverb and a hillside echo between you and it.
On top of the army you can add giants an octave below, high voices an octave up, a swarm of wandering copies, a murmuring crowd bed, and chanting groups that answer in time.
The map
The map shows the army from above, with you at the bottom. Each dot is a voice: deep voices, giants (rings) and high voices have their own marks.
Drag up and down to change the distance, sideways to change the width. Double-click resets both.
In the output tab
Reroll Voices gives every voice a new character and the bands a new layout. Headphones (Binaural), LFE Send and Surround Wrap set how you listen.
Lock Randomness makes every playback from the same point render exactly the same, so bounces match.
The 30 presets
Click any row to load it into the window above.
| Preset | Voices | Distance | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skirmish Band | 12 | 12 m | The core army, no extra layers |
| War Party | 32 | 35 m | The core army, no extra layers |
| Horizon Battle Line | 64 | 120 m | Murmur bed, hillside echo |
| Forest March | 48 | 55 m | Murmur bed, forest, hillside echo |
| Chanting Host | 64 | 40 m | Chanting, deep voices |
| War Cry Charge | 96 | 25 m | Swarm, gritty |
| Thousand Strong | 128 | 60 m | Giants, high voices, deep voices, swarm, murmur bed, hillside echo, smeared |
| Giants of the Mountain | 48 | 80 m | Giants, deep voices, hillside echo |
| Ghost Army | 40 | 160 m | High voices, swarm, murmur bed, hillside echo, smeared |
| Valley Echoes | 56 | 100 m | Hillside echo |
| Scattered Raiders | 48 | 45 m | 6 bands |
| Hill Camps | 72 | 120 m | Murmur bed, 4 bands |
| Shield Wall Chant | 96 | 35 m | Chanting, deep voices |
| Tavern Crowd | 40 | 10 m | Murmur bed |
| Ambush in the Woods | 56 | 40 m | 5 bands, forest |
| Siege Below the Walls | 128 | 150 m | Murmur bed, hillside echo |
| Battle Prayer | 80 | 60 m | Chanting, giants, deep voices, murmur bed |
| Swarm of Spirits | 40 | 80 m | High voices, swarm, smeared |
| Ogre Horde | 64 | 50 m | Giants, deep voices, swarm, gritty |
| Valley Muster | 96 | 100 m | 8 bands, hillside echo |
| Orc Horde | 96 | 25 m | Deep voices, gritty |
| Elven Choir Afar | 32 | 120 m | Chanting, high voices, hillside echo |
| Viking Raid | 40 | 18 m | Gritty |
| Legion on the March | 128 | 60 m | Chanting, deep voices |
| Arena Crowd | 128 | 35 m | Swarm, murmur bed |
| Undead Legion | 64 | 50 m | Giants, deep voices, gritty, smeared |
| Clans Across the Valley | 48 | 150 m | 3 bands, hillside echo |
| Titans Awaken | 24 | 110 m | Giants, deep voices, hillside echo |
| Rebel Camp at Night | 30 | 70 m | Murmur bed, 4 bands, forest |
| Distant Thousands | 128 | 200 m | Swarm, murmur bed, smeared |
Getting started
- Copy
Warband.vst3intoC:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. - Rescan plugins in your DAW.
- Put Warband on a track with a single voice: a shout, a war cry, a chant, a laugh, a line of dialogue.
- Pick a preset (War Party is a good start), then change Army Size and drag the map to move the army.
Try before you buy
Warband works fully before you activate it, with one reminder: from 30 seconds in, every 45 seconds the sound dips to silence for about half a second. Activating removes the dip for good.
Licence & activation
- Click the licence button at the bottom left of the plugin window.
- Paste the key from your purchase email. It starts with AS-.
- Click Activate. The key is checked on your computer, with no internet needed.
Your key is saved once per computer.
Raise the host.
$35 CAD · Windows 64-bit VST3 · made by Audio Summoner, with the help of AI