Baby Audio HyperWarp Granular Multi-Effect ESD

Baby Audio HyperWarp is a time-warping granular multi-effect plug-in that turns any loop, stem or performance into a playground of glitches, stutters and evolving textures. Powered by an advanced granular engine and a hands-on graph interface, it lets you draw in movement, bend time and sculpt hypermodern soundscapes in seconds.

Whether you want subtle rhythmic modulation, virtuosic glitch edits or full-on experimental sound design, HyperWarp gives you the tools to completely reshape your audio. Seven distinct effect profiles, deep per-grain controls and powerful randomisation options make it a compact box of endless inspiration for producers, beatmakers and sound designers alike.

Time-Twisting Granular Engine

At the core of HyperWarp is Baby Audio's granular engine, which slices the incoming signal into microscopic grains and reassembles them according to your graph. This lets you slow down, speed up or reverse time without traditional time-stretch artefacts, opening up everything from classic stutter edits to lush, stretched-out ambiences. Because the processing happens at grain level, you can achieve intricate motion and detail that would be impossible with conventional delay or modulation effects.

Draw Your Own Rhythms

HyperWarp's graph interface is your canvas for bending time. Simply draw in speed shifts, stutter steps and direction changes to create anything from precise half-time chops to sloping stutters, vinyl-style scratches and deep tape-stop style moves. The visual workflow makes complex rhythmic edits feel immediate and intuitive, so you can stay creative instead of getting lost in menus and automation lanes.

Seven Profiles, Infinite Colours

To keep you inspired, HyperWarp offers seven distinct sound profiles, each with four dedicated macro controls. From clean, hi-fi warping and tight flanging to lo-fi degradation, granular filtering, harmonic enhancement, faux vocoding and digital downsampling, each profile brings its own flavour. You can quickly switch character without rebuilding your graph, making it easy to audition radically different treatments on the same source material.

Happy Accidents on Tap

HyperWarp is built to reward experimentation. Dedicated graph randomisers can generate stepped or smooth shapes in an instant, while parameter randomisation lets you shuffle any combination of controls to discover new ideas. Lock in the elements you like, then keep pushing the rest until you land on something unique. With 190 ready-to-use presets from top sound designers, you can either start from curated patches or dive straight into controlled chaos.

Transform Any Loop or Stem

If you work with samples, HyperWarp is a powerful way to make loops your own. Rebuild beats into glitchy rhythmic chops, melt melodies into evolving textures or turn full stems into shimmering, time-bent atmospheres. The global wet/dry mix and band-narrowing filters on the effect signal let you dial in anything from subtle ear candy to extreme transformations, always with precise control over how the processed sound blends with the original.

• Advanced Granular Time Manipulation - HyperWarp's granular engine breaks audio into tiny grains and reassembles them in real time, letting you slow, speed up or reverse your material with remarkable control. This gives you everything from classic stutters to fluid, time-warped motion without needing complex editing.
• Intuitive Graph-Based Sequencing - Draw speed changes, stutters and direction shifts directly on the graph to build intricate rhythmic patterns or smooth time curves. The visual workflow makes it easy to design precise edits like half-time drops, tape-stop style effects and scratch-like moves in seconds.
• Seven Distinct Effect Profiles with Macros - Switch between Clean Warp, Flange Warp, Degrade Warp, Filter Spam, Harmo-Nicer, Fauxcoder and Lo-Fizzly to instantly change the character of your processing. Each profile includes four purpose-built macro controls, so you can dial in complex, profile-specific behaviour with just a few knobs.
• Creative Randomisation and Presets - Use graph randomisers and parameter randomisation to generate new ideas on the fly, then lock in the parts you like and keep exploring. With 190 global and graph-specific presets curated by professional sound designers, you are never short of starting points for everything from chaotic glitches to blissful granular delays.

Plugin Formats

• VST
• VST3
• AU
• AAX (64-bit)

Platform Support

• macOS 10.13 and up (including native Apple Silicon support)
• Windows 10 and newer

DAW Compatibility

• Compatible with all major DAWs, including:
  • Ableton Live
  • Pro Tools
  • Logic Pro
  • FL Studio
  • Cubase
  • Studio One
  • Bitwig

Content

• 190 ready-to-use presets (global and graph-specific)
• Seven effect profiles:
  • Clean Warp
  • Flange Warp
  • Degrade Warp
  • Filter Spam
  • Harmo-Nicer
  • Fauxcoder
  • Lo-Fizzly