Vortix — Hex-Grid Granular Sequencer (macOS AU/VST3)

Vortix records incoming audio into a circular buffer, auto-slices it into 19 grains and maps them to a hexagonal grid. Draw a path across the cells and a tempo-synced playhead follows it, triggering grains in the order you drew them. Gravity attractors bend timing into organic, non-linear rhythms.Hex Grid Sequencer• 19-cell hexagonal grid: 1 center, 6 inner ring, 12 outer ring• Draw paths of any shape — zigzags, spirals, stars, loops• Paths can revisit cells for rhythmic repetition• 4 directions: Forward, Reverse, Ping-Pong, Random• Synced to host BPM at rates from 1/32 to 1/2Gravity Mode• Place up to 4 attractor points anywhere on the grid• Cells near attractors trigger early, far cells trigger late — organic swing impossible with a linear sequencer• Gravity Dance: double-click an attractor to make it orbit the gridAge Degradation• Single macro slider from pristine digital to glitchy rot• Five stages: Pristine, Vintage (warmth + wow/flutter), Dust (crackle + wobble), Worn (dropouts + narrow stereo), Artifact (bit-crush + packet loss)• The UI visually degrades in sync — borders jitter, cells corrupt, scanlines appearCapture & Performance• Auto (continuous), Trigger (snapshot on press) and Freeze (lock grains indefinitely) capture modes• Polly Mode — accept MIDI input to repitch grains melodically from a keyboard• Ghost Tap (hold to freeze as rapid stutter), Orbit (generative spiral playhead), Age Sweep (0–100% over 2 bars)• RND randomize and A/B state recall12 factory presets including Stutter Machine, Vocal Chop, Tape Loop, Vinyl Dust, Digital Rot, Gravity Groove and Chaos Hex.AU, VST3 and Standalone — Universal Binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), code-signed and notarized by Apple so it installs cleanly on macOS.Requires macOS 15.0 or later. Requires a 64-bit AU or VST3 host.