Make your own VST plugin, create a store, sell it.

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  • 10K+artists on the engine
  • 71Kon YouTube
  • 150K+on Instagram
  • 250Kon TikTok

The plugins

Every one of these started as one sentence.

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How it works

Three steps. No mixing, no code.

  1. 01

    Say it.

    Type what you want it to sound like. One sentence is enough. We build it while you watch.

  2. 02

    Play it.

    Every knob works. Open it in FL Studio, Ableton or Logic and play.

  3. 03

    Sell it.

    Put it in your own store. Buyers try it right on the page, pick it up, and you get paid.

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Eissa, founder of VocalEssential and Sidechain, at his desk

Built by VocalEssential

Made by people who already sell plugins.

Sidechain comes from VocalEssential. We make our own vocal plugins and show producers how to use them on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. We built the tool we wanted for ourselves.

followers
470K+
artists on the engine
10K+
plugins of our own
18
“I want to take the limit off artists' creativity. If you can hear it, you should be able to make it.”Eissa, founder

What artists say

Same engine 10K+ artists already use.

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@handle2 weeks ago

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Plugins of the week

What's hot right now.

Every week we pick the plugins people can't stop playing. No one can pay to get on it.

See the chart

No. 1 this week 2

HOT SAUCE

@nightshiftbeats · Distortion · 4 weeks on the chart

  1. 2NewSUBWOOFER@lowkeyjay · 8081 week
  2. 31KOI@mirasings · Reverb6 weeks
  3. 43ICED@coldcutz · Exciter2 weeks
  4. 5—REEL 15@studio_dre · Tape9 weeks

Sample chart. The real one is picked from plays and sales.

Pricing

Make one free. Keep it or sell it.

Free

Describe one and hear it. Make it real from $9.

$0

No card

1 free previewSee it, hear it

Open in your DAW
Sell from your store
Fee on sales
  • Painted and playing on our singer
  • A share clip for socials (watermarked)
  • Make it real from $9: knobs, DAW

Packs

Credits for your own DAW. Pay once.

$35 once

50 creditsabout 5 plugins · $7 each

Open in your DAW
Sell from your store
Fee on sales
  • Plugins stay in your DAW forever
  • No subscription
  • For your own music (no selling)

Creator

Make plugins every month and sell them.

$24.17 / month

$290 billed yearly · 2 months free

60 credits a monthabout 6 plugins

Open in your DAW
Sell from your store
Fee on sales
20%
  • Unused credits roll over a month
  • Cancel anytime

Pro

For creators shipping plugins every week.

$65.83 / month

$790 billed yearly · 2 months free

200 credits a monthabout 20 plugins

Open in your DAW
Sell from your store
Fee on sales
15%
  • Priority speed: your builds go first
  • Unused credits roll over a month
  • Custom domain for your store (soon)

Everything about pricing

Questions

Good questions.

No. Describe how it should sound and look in plain words. Change it the same way ("less reverb, darker plate"), or turn the knobs yourself.

Your first one is a free preview. Making it real starts at $9; Creator is $29 a month to make plugins and sell them.

About a minute to build. Then change anything by asking, or turn the knobs yourself.

Yes. VST3 and AU on Mac, VST3 on Windows, through the free Sidechain Player: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Studio One, Cubase, Reaper, Bitwig and more. Not Pro Tools (it only loads AAX).

Yes. Each new plugin is 10 credits: a $9 pack makes one, Creator makes 6 a month.

Yes. Every plugin plays right on your store page, on our singer or their own vocal.

The plugin, playable on your store page, and a license key in their Purchases. In their DAW they load it in the free Sidechain Player.

Publish on Creator or Pro and connect payouts through Stripe (about five minutes). You can publish first: your share waits for you.

Nothing. They stay yours, and the ones you've published keep selling.

Got a different question?

Answered by Sidechain's assistant. A person reads create@sidechain.studio.

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