GrooveGod Apollo
Write the harmony. Shape the oscillator. Sequence both.
A harmonic step sequencer and wavetable/sample synth in one instrument — record chords, melodies and strums live onto steps, shape them with warp, FM, granular and filters, and drive the rest of your rack over MIDI.
macOS AU + VST3 shipping. Windows VST3 coming.
AU, VST3 · macOS 10.15 or later, 64-bit host
Sample generation runs inside the plugin and lands on the track you are working on. No browser tab, no download folder, no USB stick.
REC live onto steps
Record chords, melodies and strums straight onto steps with auto-advance. 1–128 steps, two pattern slots, Elektron-style step rates (1×, 3/4×, 1/2×, 2×).
Key, scale and groove
Key + scale snap, real-time transpose, per-row transpose zones, plus groove, humanize and per-step micro-timing.
Three oscillators
Osc 1 + Osc 2 run multisamples, single-cycle or wavetables — 70 factory multisample packs and Analog, Digital, Spectral, Vowel, User and Cymatics wavetables. Osc 3 adds a oneshot attack layer, plus eight noise colors.
Playback that fits the source
One-shot, Loop, Granular, Karplus-Strong and Modal for samples; period-loop for wavetables. Irrelevant modes stay hidden.
Warp and FM
Classic FM, PD, AM, RM, PM, feedback and exponential warp, alt-warp and wavefold — plus a 4-op FM rack with twelve routings.
Filter pair
Filter 1 models MS-20, Moog, SEM, Prophet, Oberheim, Comb, Diode, Formant, Notch and Phaser. Filter 2 adds HP, clean LP or French LP.
Modulation matrix
Four envelopes, four LFOs — drag them onto any knob. Vector XY pad, unison and detune, key tracking, mono and portamento. Up to 24 voices.
Parameter locks and morph
Lock warp, FM, filter and oscillator knobs per step. Scene A/B morphs between two full snapshots.
Drives your rack
MIDI out to the rest of the chain — Apollo on one track, your synth on the next.
Record
Arm REC and play the chord — it lands on the step.
Shape
Lock knobs per step, quantize to key, transpose rows.
Swap sounds
Change the preset or the target synth. The groove survives.
AU, VST3
macOS 10.15 or later, 64-bit host
Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Reaper, Cubase, Bitwig
3 per account, revocable
How do I unlock the plugin?
Open GrooveGod Apollo, hit Unlock, and paste the license key from your account — or sign in with your email and approve the machine on GridBit.com.
How many computers?
3 machines per account, shared across the plugins you own. Reinstalling on the same machine does not use a new slot.
Does it need to be online?
Only for account, download and activation. The plugin re-checks in the background about every 7 days and keeps working offline until the license ticket expires.
What if I hit the machine limit?
Open your account, remove a machine from the device list, then activate the new one.
Take the whole rack
The GrooveGod Bundle is $150 — $53 off the separate prices.