Ring'X

Name: Ring'X
Price: 49 USD
Author: XILS-lab

by XILS-lab · Multi-FX · Sequenced multi-effect

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Ring'X is a multi-effect from XILS-lab with six effect slots, step and locator sequencers and four input followers that drive modulation.

Effects include self-oscillating filters, EQ, chorus, delay, phaser, reverb and distortion, for €49 on sale (about $55.64).

Best for: Sound Design, Keys & Synths, Drums, Guitars. Genres: Electronic & EDM, Ambient & Cinematic.

Keywords: hardware emulation, chorus, creative, drums, phaser, synths, 70s, 80s, cinematic, MIDI-controllable, mixing, musical, rhythmic, samples & loops, sound design, vintage, vocals.

What it does

Ring'X is an original multi-effect from XILS-lab rather than a model of hardware: six effect slots arranged in an 'Effect Ring', driven by sequencers and by followers that react to the incoming audio. The developer calls it an "inspiring and musical multi-effects plug-in."

Effect Ring: six slots, each loading any of eight effects, in the order you choose.
Analog-style filters: a 24 dB filter based on the early-1980s Elka Synthex (two low-pass, one high-pass and two band-pass types) and an 18 dB filter modelled on the EMS VCS3; both self-oscillate.
Other effects: parametric EQ, chorus, delay, phaser, reverb and distortion.
Sequencers: a standard step sequencer and a locator sequencer for modulating the effects over time.
Input followers: envelope, voice, transient and gate followers, so the level, transients or sibilance of the input can move the effect parameters; the processing runs in XILS-lab's True Stereo Dynamic Engine.
Control: every parameter can be assigned to MIDI CC.
Presets: an integrated single-window preset manager with patches by XILS-lab and sound designer Daniel Stawczyk.

The current version is 1.0.1. A full-featured 15-day demo licence is available.

Source: XILS-lab product page

When to use it

Ring'X is the pick when you want effects that react to the audio as well as to a sequence. Compared with Effectrix2, it is less of a beat-slicing performance tool and more of a modulated effect chain, with followers that let the level, transients or gating of a part drive the filters and delays. Compared with Infiltrator 2 and Multipass, its routing is simpler: a fixed ring of six slots and eight effects instead of a large modular rack. Its two modelled synth filters, from the Synthex and the VCS3, give it a more analog character than most sequenced multi-effects. It is also much cheaper than any of those when on sale.

Best for: moving, sequenced or audio-reactive filter and effect chains on synths, drums, loops and vocals.
Genres: electronic, experimental and cinematic music.
Look elsewhere if: you want stutter and slice performance effects (Effectrix2 or Stutter Edit 2), or a big modular rack with multiband splitting (Multipass).

Where to buy

PluginFox: $49 (regular $149)
AudioDeluxe: $49 (regular $149)
XILS-lab: $55.64 (regular $203.25) (Listed at €49 (regular €179); converted at €1 = $1.1355 (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))
Best Service: $149

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