ORORON
Free overdrive entry point
The open starting point of the series, built around touch-sensitive breakup, AIR shaping, and 9V / 18V response.
Dream Octave Reverb
ON'NENIKUR
An octave freeze reverb shaped for dense held ambience, blurred decay, pitch-shifted space, and the suspended feeling at the center of shoegaze-scale atmosphere.
Format
AU / VST3
Platform
macOS / Windows
Price
$39
Octave freeze reverb
ON’NENIKUR is the most atmospheric branch of the Yukar Series. It treats sustained space as an instrument in itself, where the tail is something to shape, hold, and lean into rather than simply leave behind.
By feeding pitch-shifted material into the reverb field and letting modulation, envelope behavior, and freeze interact, ON’NENIKUR can move from blurred ambience to more deliberate drone-building. It is meant for shoegaze, post-rock, ambient, and any arrangement where the reverb needs to become part of the composition.
Control map
| Control | Role |
|---|---|
| Filter | Darkens the reverb return and shapes how bright the space remains |
| Decay | Sets the reverb length and, in RISE mode, also influences swell time |
| Mix | Balances dry and wet signal |
| Oct Lv | Sets how much pitch-shifted material is fed into the reverb field |
| Depth | Controls modulation depth |
| Rate | Controls modulation speed |
| Output | Adjusts the final output level |
| FIR / OAK | Switches between two modulation characters: chorus-like or phase-like |
| RISE / FALL | Changes the envelope direction of how the space blooms |
| INST / LINE | Adapts the front end for instrument or line-level sources |
| DARK / LIGHT | Switches the pitch-shift direction for the reverb feed |
| x2 / x4 | Selects processing depth for the pitch / reverb path |
| Freeze | Holds the reverb tail as a sustained texture |
Suggested starting points
- Ambient drone: Push DECAY and MIX, choose DARK, and use FREEZE to build a low suspended bed.
- Shoegaze wall: Raise OCT LV, choose LIGHT, and add modulation depth for a brighter, smeared field.
- Swell pad: Use RISE mode with moderate DECAY so notes bloom gradually into the reverb space.
- Frozen texture layer: Capture a phrase with FREEZE and play new material over the sustained tail.
Sound Demo
Hear the current ON'NENIKUR direction
A quick A/B listen for the current ON'NENIKUR direction. Dedicated product-specific examples can be swapped in as the series updates.
Octave Down
A/B Comparison
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FIR vs OAK
A/B Comparison
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Playing: FIR Mod
Pure Reverb
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Playing: Dry
ShortShimmerReverb + Mod
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Playing: Dry
Why ON'NENIKUR stands out
Dual-space octave reverb behavior lets the dry and pitch-shifted layers bloom into a more dimensional ambient field.
DARK / LIGHT shifts the reverb feed by an octave, making the space feel heavier below or more luminous above.
FIR / OAK modulation and RISE / FALL envelope behavior shape whether the reverb breathes, swells, or suspends.
FREEZE turns the tail into a playable texture so drones, shoegaze walls, and held harmonic beds can stay alive under new input.
Held space with pitch inside it
ON'NENIKUR is not just a long reverb. It is built around the idea of pitch-shifted ambience being folded into the reverb input itself, so the space becomes part shimmer, part drone instrument, and part sustained harmonic smear.
Held space, not just decay
ON'NENIKUR focuses on the feeling of a reverb that can be sustained and inhabited. Instead of staying polite or purely cinematic, it leans toward dense layers, blurred edges, and the emotional drag that shoegaze spaces can create.
Where the name comes from
ON'NENIKUR draws from the stark landscape of Todowara and Narawara on the Notsuke Peninsula, where the scenery feels both dreamlike and desolate at the same time. That mix of ghostly beauty and slow ruin informs the plug-in's atmosphere, with FIR and OAK taking their character cues from those two different landscapes.
Yukar Series
ON'NENIKUR stands with RAUSI, REPUN, and ORORON inside the Yukar Series. The shared frame is character-first design, but this entry is aimed at suspended ambience rather than drive or modulation.
RAUSI
Dual-circuit distortion
The heavier drive branch: dense impact, active tone shaping, and switchable supply behavior for harder-edged parts.
REPUN
Chorus / tremolo motion
The movement branch: chorus, vibrato, tremolo-like motion, and analog-style instability for animated parts.
ON'NENIKUR
Dream octave reverb
The atmosphere branch: frozen tails, reverb walls, suspended ambience, and texture-first spatial design.
Yukar Bundle
Upgrade from ORORON to the full paid chain.
The Yukar Bundle collects RAUSI, REPUN, and ON'NENIKUR into one pedal-board style collection for drive, motion, and frozen ambience.
Part of Yukar Series
Get ON'NENIKUR in the Yukar Bundle.
The Yukar Bundle collects RAUSI, REPUN, and ON'NENIKUR into one pedal-board style collection for drive, motion, and frozen ambience. ORORON remains the free entry point for SoundRave Newsletter subscribers.
Launch offer
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