Focus 1.0.1

Released 3 Sep 2026. Moved here from the old per-plugin repo; same files, same notes.

Remove the peripherals. One dial: the stereo sides close in, the mono middle comes forward. It's the idea behind Goghini's Focus Frames™, applied to a stereo bus. A Goghini x Box Of Rules collaboration.

What's new in 1.0.1

• Pro Tools: the macOS installer now includes a PACE-signed AAX, and there is a signed Windows AAX zip below
• Windows builds are signed (Certum Authenticode), so SmartScreen has a name to check instead of a wall to put up
• REAPER: fixed a crash on plugin unload with "Allow complete unload of VST plug-ins" on
• Footer: the lightbulb (send us an idea; one that ships in a paid plugin earns a lifetime licence) and the ear (the listener survey)
• A green download key appears in the footer when a newer version is out
• Cog polish, and the install channel is noted in the anonymous usage counts
• Sound unchanged from 1.0. Sessions and settings carry over as they are

Four MOODs for how the shields close: QUIET (pure side attenuation), CALM (the image narrows but the loudness stays, default), PRESENT (the middle comes forward), DEEP (lows fold to mono first, 100 % is exactly mono). Stereo only, by design. Zero latency. 0 % is bit-exact passthrough.

Downloads

• macOS (10.13+, Intel + Apple Silicon): Focus-1.0.1-macOS.dmg. Installer with AU, VST3, LV2 and AAX. Developer ID signed and notarized
• Windows (10+, 64-bit): Focus-1.0.1-Windows.exe, the installer, or Focus-1.0.1-Windows-VST3.zip to unzip into your VST3 folder. Both signed
• Windows, Pro Tools: Focus-1.0.1-Windows-AAX.zip. Unzip into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins. PACE-signed
• Linux: VST3 and LV2 zips. Unzip into ~/.vst3 / ~/.lv2

Demo, no talking (78 s) · Plugin page, docs and FAQ · Privacy: anonymous usage counts with a clearly labelled opt-out in the plugin's SYS panel.

Focus 1.0.0

Released 11 Aug 2026. Moved here from the old per-plugin repo; same files, same notes.

Remove the peripherals. One dial: the stereo sides close in, the mono middle comes forward: the idea behind Goghini's Focus Frames™, applied to a stereo bus. A Goghini x Box Of Rules collaboration.

Four MOODs for how the shields close:

• QUIET: pure side attenuation, surgical
• CALM: the image narrows but the loudness stays (default)
• PRESENT: the middle comes forward: presence lift + gentle saturation on the mid
• DEEP: lows fold to mono first, highs last; 100 % is exactly mono

Stereo only, by design. Zero latency. 0 % is bit-exact passthrough. The mid is untouched in QUIET/CALM/DEEP, so your mono fold-down never changes character: only the width does.

Downloads

• macOS (10.13+, Intel + Apple Silicon): Focus-1.0.0-macOS.dmg: installer with AU, VST3 and LV2; Developer ID signed and notarized
• Windows: Focus-1.0.0-Windows-VST3.zip: unzip into your VST3 folder (unsigned; SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway)
• Linux: VST3 and LV2 zips: unzip into ~/.vst3 / ~/.lv2

Full plugin page, docs and FAQ · Privacy: anonymous usage counts with a clearly labelled opt-out in the plugin's SYS panel.

Box Of Synths Free 0.3.3 (beta)

BETA CLOSED (27 September 2026): at capacity. The beta filled its places, so new signups are off and a new address gets no code from the database. If you are already in the beta this build keeps working and you can reinstall it from here. The official release, a free Box Of Synths and a Pro one, lands in early October (date to be confirmed): sign up for the newsletter at boxofsynths.com and we email you the day it lands.

The free beta of Box Of Synths: type the sound you want and it designs the patch, from our database of measured synthesisers and famous records or from a model on your own computer through Ollama.

This was a beta, limited to the first 1,000 signups, and it is now closed. It came, with the email step that opens the database, from boxofsynths.com.

What's new in 0.3.3: talk to your sound. On the database, EDIT now understands plain instructions: "less glide", "high pass at 150 Hz", "octave higher", "no sustain and some delay", "get rid of the LFO", "make it a square wave", "sync the delay to an eighth", "a warm hall reverb", "a little distortion". Each "no" or "less" applies to the words beside it, and "go back" undoes the last change. Everything from 0.3.2 is included: descriptive edits ("fatter", "less bright") change the sound you have, and an edit that is not understood keeps your sound.

• macOS: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.3-macOS.pkg. Standalone, AU and VST3, Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. Signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.3-Windows.exe. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit, Windows 10 or later. Not code signed during the beta, so Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" box: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.3-Linux.tar.gz. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit. Unpack it and run ./install.sh, which needs no root.

AAX comes once the stable version is out.

File	sha256
macOS pkg	56bb7f28299243bb48f285d4ec4bdfd254f4f449e38621000f11663c1df7bc3a
Windows exe	e2eedc3d83e0e7e53dc8666236caf06c0f4d7645697430ed9edeccb661a96057
Linux tar.gz	a7c43e9317eec3ec7c00ec40185e31b4e34eee4bee93144b8a94583716bb25cf

Something broken? Tell us. Box Of Rules · patent applications pending.

Box Of Synths Free 0.3.2 (beta)

BETA CLOSED (27 September 2026): at capacity. The beta filled its places, so new signups are off and a new address gets no code from the database. If you are already in the beta this build keeps working and you can reinstall it from here. The official release, a free Box Of Synths and a Pro one, lands in early October (date to be confirmed): sign up for the newsletter at boxofsynths.com and we email you the day it lands.

The free beta of Box Of Synths: type the sound you want and it designs the patch, from our database of measured synthesisers and famous records or from a model on your own computer through Ollama.

This was a beta, limited to the first 1,000 signups, and it is now closed. It came, with the email step that opens the database, from boxofsynths.com.

What's new in 0.3.2: edits on the database change the sound you have ("fatter", "less bright", "punchier") instead of starting again, and an edit it cannot read keeps your sound. Generate works again for people whose database access got stuck, you are asked for a new email code far less often, problems say what went wrong, and the Generate key fills the composer.

• macOS: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.2-macOS.pkg. Standalone, AU and VST3, Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. Signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.2-Windows.exe. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit, Windows 10 or later. Not code signed during the beta, so Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" box: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.2-Linux.tar.gz. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit. Unpack it and run ./install.sh, which needs no root.

AAX comes once the stable version is out.

File	sha256
macOS pkg	85c6399c17caa0fbff63fc050c7fac439f82dbec3625c7d1179a6116df7d5eb1
Windows exe	aa6f494d26dc0984fd45268df350d1f8b1baa8bf8c4a383ee16c69522f51440b
Linux tar.gz	b3da571b3722f29df549df3f4a203fc58ee0445f6a6931f966bf136d29cc6645

Something broken? Tell us. Box Of Rules · patent applications pending.

Box Of Synths Free 0.3.1 (beta)

BETA CLOSED (27 September 2026): at capacity. The beta filled its places, so new signups are off and a new address gets no code from the database. If you are already in the beta this build keeps working and you can reinstall it from here. The official release, a free Box Of Synths and a Pro one, lands in early October (date to be confirmed): sign up for the newsletter at boxofsynths.com and we email you the day it lands.

The free beta of Box Of Synths: type the sound you want and it designs the patch, from our database of measured synthesisers and famous records or from a model on your own computer through Ollama.

This was a beta, limited to the first 1,000 signups, and it is now closed. It came, with the email step that opens the database, from boxofsynths.com.

What's new in 0.3.1: Generate works again for people whose database access got stuck after a server hiccup, a new email code is asked for far less often, database problems now say what went wrong, and the Generate key fills the composer.

• macOS: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.1-macOS.pkg. Standalone, AU and VST3, Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. Signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.1-Windows.exe. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit, Windows 10 or later. Not code signed during the beta, so Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" box: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.1-Linux.tar.gz. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit. Unpack it and run ./install.sh, which needs no root.

AAX comes once the stable version is out.

File	sha256
macOS pkg	5d7a681f142c8d98b389cb663764721c8c176fd15deda59d2f370ad193a89f4c
Windows exe	265cfc233a374b9a32bae8a4485fe7ef799387a2d810c9951aba5bb858c61518
Linux tar.gz	30d0c5b70d116e8ff112892cb0e52df5e8175eb7418aef82beaedf7624e8a94a

Something broken? Tell us. Box Of Rules · patent applications pending.

Box Of Synths Free 0.3.0 (beta)

BETA CLOSED (27 September 2026): at capacity. The beta filled its places, so new signups are off and a new address gets no code from the database. If you are already in the beta this build keeps working and you can reinstall it from here. The official release, a free Box Of Synths and a Pro one, lands in early October (date to be confirmed): sign up for the newsletter at boxofsynths.com and we email you the day it lands.

The free beta of Box Of Synths: type the sound you want and it designs the patch, from our database of measured synthesisers and famous records or from a model on your own computer through Ollama.

This was a beta, limited to the first 1,000 signups, and it is now closed. It came, with the email step that opens the database, from boxofsynths.com.

• macOS: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.0-macOS.pkg. Standalone, AU and VST3, Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. Signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.0-Windows.exe. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit, Windows 10 or later. Not code signed during the beta, so Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" box: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux: Box-Of-Synths-Free-0.3.0-Linux.tar.gz. Standalone and VST3, 64-bit. Unpack it and run ./install.sh, which needs no root.

AAX comes once the stable version is out.

File	sha256
macOS pkg	bd16990f54cf25ce574531bd01669a0984ff9f77cb53bf4fb9afea383b360b62
Windows exe	67b91788744ed22b4fe59f1b7ce5561dd8c1dde44a822ada6dc54e7ae0d44cac
Linux tar.gz	00eaf7cd7aaa64d026c2823149e3e66f981f11fd6b9e1d467834b05f7d04e55a

Something broken? Tell us. Box Of Rules · patent applications pending.