Sampler · €9.99/month or €99 forever
Astra Sampler FX
Stretches any loop to your tempo without touching the pitch, chops it with pre-listen and fires effects from the black keys. With 18 packs and the 11 Planets from real producers inside.
✦ Astra Creative Audio · Barcelona
Plugins for your beats, with the numbers up front
A sampler that stretches any loop to your tempo without touching the pitch, a dynamics and EQ line coming out plugin by plugin, and a library with 11 Planets from real producers. What we say about our tools is measured on our own bench, and we publish the method so anyone can repeat it.
The A-2A compressor is free until 14 September and yours to keep · the Sampler has a 7-day trial
VST3 · AU · Standalone — macOS & Windows
The brand, today
18packs
126original wavs
11Planets
45parameters
The Planets: real producers
+6 more worlds ›
See it from inside
The catalogue
We started with a sampler and carried on down the chain: dynamics, EQ, and the tools we needed ourselves. These two you can use today.
Optical compressor · free until 14 September
Astra A-2A
A valve optical for settling a vocal or a bus. Zero latency, 3.11:1 ratio with a soft knee, and no hidden makeup gain. Take it these days and it is yours to keep; after that, €35 + VAT.
And what comes next
There are eight more finished plugins — compressors, EQs and utilities — coming out one at a time as we finish measuring and testing them. We do not give dates until we are sure: we would rather be late than announce something that is not there.
Astra Sampler FX
No more opening five tools to close one idea: load the sample, bend it to your will and walk out with the beat done. See it from inside and hit play — what you hear is the plugin, untouched.
What you hear is the plugin
Hear it work
Real samples, untouched. On the chops you hear the raw loop first and then what the Sampler does with it — same sound, whole different animal.
Chopped vocal, a library voice played as an instrument
€9.99/month · or €99/year (2 months free) · 7-day trial
The library keeps growing while you're in: new Planets land in the plugin on their own, at no extra cost.
What's inside
WARP engine
Stretches any loop to the project tempo without touching the pitch, Complex Pro style. The sample obeys; your groove rules.
CHOP with pre-listen
Slice the sample anywhere and hear every cut before you commit. Each cut lands on a key, ready to be played like an instrument.
FX Keys
The black keys fire live effects while the white keys play your chops: performing and producing at once, hands never leaving the keyboard.
Drum sequencer
Quick patterns with a per-pad mixer: GAIN, PAN, TUNE and reverb and delay sends, without leaving the plugin.
Grain Delay & reverb
Granular delay and reverb from another galaxy to open up the beat — plus 45 parameters you can automate from your DAW.
The Cosmos
A generative universe behind your session that reacts to the four macros. Push all four to the top and… Big Bang.
And this one is a gift: the A-2A
An optical tube compressor — the kind that settles a vocal or a bus without ever sounding switched on. Free during its first week, from 7 to 14 September: grab it in those days and it is yours for good, updates included. After that it costs €35 + VAT.
Optical compressor · free
Astra A-2A
It models the physics of the classic optical cell: the two-stage release and the program memory that make it «breathe» instead of pumping. And three figures measured against the three commercial units we benchmark to: zero latency (one of them declares 576 samples), a 3.07:1 ratio —the others squeeze between 4.3:1 and 6.9:1— and zero hidden gain — whatever you compare, you compare for real.
The same beat, alternating bar by bar: dry → through the A-2A
Freeuntil 14 September · €35 + VAT after that
Installing on macOS: our installers are not Apple-notarised yet, so macOS will say it cannot verify the developer. It is not a fault or a risk: open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click “Open Anyway”. On Windows, More info › Run anyway. That is normal for small studios like ours.
More plugins are finished, now in the hands of producers testing them. Leave your email and you hear it first. See the plan through November →
Measured, not promised
0 samples
Latency
Record straight through it: it shifts nothing, even live.
7.5 dB
Soft knee
It eases into compression with no step, like the hardware it evokes. The other three run 12.5 to 20 dB.
3.07:1
Optical ratio
With a soft 7.5 dB knee: squeezes like a real optical cell, no steps.
1.27 %
CPU
Light enough to sit on every single track without watching the meter.
Numbers from our own test bench, measured on the very build you download. When we claim something, we measured it first.
Try it yourself
Don't take our word for anything. Pick a sound, hit play and turn the only knob we give you: the mix. What crosses from one side to the other is the real audio — the A-2A side is rendered by the plugin itself, loudness-matched so you compare character, not volume.
Astra Sampler FX
From raw sample to beat
Your sample never leaves your browser: it is sliced right here on an 8-hit grid with one reversed hit, the same pattern as the demos. The plugin's CHOP does this and much more: pre-listen, every cut on a key, WARP…
A-2A
Dry versus compressed
Your sample never leaves your browser: it is processed right here with an approximation of the A-2A (its measured curves: 3.07:1, 7.5 dB knee, 9.4 ms attack). The real plugin, with its optical cell, sounds better — grab it for free below.
The Planets
Each Planet is a real producer's sound world inside the Sampler: their textures, their melodies, their take on phonk. These eleven already have theirs — and while your subscription is active, new worlds keep landing.
Planet Sned
Planet Svcio
Planet Sawg
Planet Crisda
Planet Fujur
Planet Blackthoven
Planet Trave
Planet Vendetta
Planet 7ty
Planet Agon
Planet MV Beatz
Quick questions
Does it work in my DAW?
The Sampler runs as VST3, AU and Standalone: FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, Reaper and any compatible DAW. macOS 10.13+ (Intel), 11+ (Apple Silicon) and 64-bit Windows. The A-2A runs as VST3 and AU on Mac (universal Intel and Apple Silicon) and as VST3 on Windows.
Does the trial charge me anything?
The trial lasts 7 days and starts with a card, but nothing is charged until day 8. Cancel before that and you pay nothing at all.
What happens to my beats if I cancel?
They are yours, always: everything you make with Astra is royalty-free and stays yours even if you cancel. Nothing you already exported is ever touched.
How do I activate my license?
When you buy (or start the trial) you get an email from Lemon Squeezy with your key: paste it on the plugin's activation screen and you're in. Up to 2 machines. The full guide is on Download & install.
Monthly or yearly?
Monthly is €9.99/month; yearly is €99 in a single charge — that's €8.25/month, like getting 2 months free. Everything else is identical: same full plugin, same packs and every new Planet as it lands.
How do I cancel the subscription?
Every Lemon Squeezy receipt has a «Manage subscription» link: open it, cancel, done — no phone calls. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid.
Does the A-2A run on Windows?
Yes. The A-2A runs on macOS (VST3 and AU, universal Intel and Apple Silicon) and on 64-bit Windows (VST3). Everything we build ships for both platforms.
Get the A-2A for free
Leave your email and you download it on the next page, right away. It is free from 7 to 14 September, and whatever you claim in those days is yours for good, updates included. After that it costs €35 + VAT. We will also tell you when the next plugin drops. We write rarely.
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