RAUSI
Dual-circuit distortion
The heavier drive branch: dense impact, active tone shaping, and switchable supply behavior for harder-edged parts.
Boutique-Style Overdrive
ORORON
The free entry point to the Yukar Series. Join the SoundRave Newsletter for the free license, or try ORORON first in your own setup with the 14-day trial.
Format
AU / VST3
Platform
macOS / Windows
Price
Free with SoundRave Newsletter
Plugin UI
Song Demo
Hear ORORON
Full musical examples for hearing how ORORON sits in an actual arrangement. All guitar distortion comes from ORORON.
Song Demo
ORORON Demo Song
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Playing: ORORON Demo Song
Circuit character
ORORON is the free entry point to the Yukar Series, but it is built as a fully voiced product rather than a cut-down free edition. The circuit model combines JFET, transistor, diode, op-amp behavior, and a pre-clipping AIR high-pass stage into a responsive overdrive that moves from bright edge to tighter asymmetric push without collapsing the source.
Its visual and tonal direction is tied to the feel of Hokkaido’s Ororon Line in summer: coastal air, a wide horizon, and wind turbines rising out of the grassland. The name “ORORON” refers to an onomatopoeic rendering of the uria auk call associated with that landscape.
Signal path
The drive path uses input voicing and pre-emphasis before a modeled AIR high-pass stage, then feeds a nonlinear clipping section with asymmetric character. AIR works before clipping, so it changes how much low-end energy drives the nonlinear circuit rather than simply thinning the final output. Post-drive tone shaping then keeps the response articulate instead of fuzzy. Switching between 9V and 18V changes not just output space, but the way the modeled circuit compresses and releases under different picking intensity.
Download ORORON first and use the 14-day trial in your own setup. To keep using it after the trial period, join the SoundRave newsletter and receive your free .soundravelicense file by email, along with release news, sound examples, product updates, and launch offers.
Control map
| Control | Role |
|---|---|
| Level | Sets how hard the clipping stage is fed, changing push and density before the final balance |
| Tone | Balances the low-to-high response after the main drive character is formed |
| Gain | Adjusts the drive depth across the nonlinear stages |
| Air | Sets the pre-clipping high-pass point, tightening low-end before it enters the drive stage |
| 9V / 18V | Expands headroom and changes clipping compression behavior |
| INST / LINE | Changes front-end loading, input pad behavior, and how the circuit receives instrument or line-level sources |
| x2 / x4 | Selects oversampling depth for the nonlinear stage |
Suggested starting points
- Clean push: Keep GAIN low, raise LEVEL, leave AIR low, and set TONE near noon for a forward preamp-like lift.
- Open crunch: Run 9V mode with moderate GAIN and raise AIR slightly for crisp breakup with tighter pick response.
- Denser drive: Switch to 18V, push GAIN higher, raise AIR to keep the low-end from overdriving too hard, and brighten TONE slightly for a wider, more modern rock voice.
- Bass / full-range source: Keep AIR conservative so the bottom end stays intact while TONE shapes the final brightness.
- Direct recording: Use INST mode with x4 oversampling for the most stable nonlinear response in DI work.
Sound Demo
Hear the current ORORON direction
A quick A/B listen for the current ORORON direction. Dedicated product-specific examples can be swapped in as the series updates.
Single Pedal Note
A/B Comparison
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Single Stroke
A/B Comparison
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Single Stroke (Low Gain Amp Push)
A/B Comparison
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Playing: Dry
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Why ORORON stands out
A component-level overdrive model built from discrete transistor, JFET, diode, and op-amp behavior rather than a generic waveshaper.
The AIR control adds a pre-clipping high-pass stage, letting you tighten low-end before it hits the modeled drive circuit.
9V / 18V switching changes the available headroom and how the drive opens up under your hands.
x2 / x4 oversampling keeps the nonlinear clipping stage consistent while reducing alias-heavy harshness.
Free access makes ORORON the entry point to the Yukar Series without shrinking the circuit ambition.
Component-modeled blue-circuit overdrive
ORORON is built around a refined component-model interpretation of a classic Japanese blue-circuit overdrive. Pre-emphasis, AIR high-pass filtering before the clipping stage, asymmetric clipping, post-tone shaping, and supply-voltage behavior all work together so the plug-in reacts like a driven circuit, not just a gain block with EQ attached.
Yukar Series
Yukar Series is SoundRave's character-driven pedal line: compact plug-ins shaped around vivid artwork, direct musical response, and production-ready analog behavior. ORORON is the free entry point. RAUSI covers denser distortion, REPUN adds animated modulation, and ON'NENIKUR opens the series into frozen ambience.
Next step
Like ORORON? Explore the full Yukar effects.
RAUSI, REPUN, and ON'NENIKUR are the paid branches of the same character-driven pedal line: distortion, motion, and frozen ambience.
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
Or get all three paid Yukar effects together.
The Yukar Bundle collects RAUSI, REPUN, and ON'NENIKUR into one pedal-board style collection for drive, motion, and frozen ambience.
From edge to bloom
ORORON is shaped around the feeling of a drive circuit that reacts before it shouts. Lower gain settings keep pick attack and chord detail intact, while higher gain settings lean into asymmetric compression without flattening the source.
Where the name comes from
The design image behind ORORON comes from Hokkaido's Ororon Line, a scenic coastal road known for its open summer air, long horizon, and rows of wind turbines standing across the grassland. The goal was to translate that sense of clarity and movement into a fresh overdrive character. 'ORORON' itself is taken from an onomatopoeic rendering of the uria auk's call.
Part of Yukar Series
Start with ORORON, then unlock 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. ORORON stays free through a SoundRave Newsletter license after the 14-day trial.
Launch offer
$89$69
Get the free ORORON license
Download the installer first, then join SoundRave Newsletter to receive the free .soundravelicense file for continued use after the 14-day trial, plus release news, sound examples, and future launch updates.
Changelog
v1.0.2 2026-07-07
- — Added a trial-license reminder popup.
- — Corrected the high-frequency drop.
- — Optimized the oversampling controls.
- — トライアルライセンスのリマインダーポップアップを追加。
- — 高域の落ち込みを修正。
- — オーバーサンプリング関連の操作まわりを最適化。
v1.0.1 2026-07-07
- — Refined the circuit model for a clearer top end and fuller low-end response.
- — Added the Patina macro saturation stage and smoothed the nonlinear response.
- — Set the default voltage mode to 9V.
- — Expanded the circuit-model test coverage.
- — 回路モデルを見直し、高域の明瞭さと低域の厚みを改善。
- — Patina マクロサチュレーション段を追加し、非線形応答をより滑らかに調整。
- — デフォルトの電圧モードを 9V に設定。
- — 回路モデルのテスト範囲を拡張。
v1.0.0 2026-07-04
- — Initial release.
- — Added alternate license-name compatibility for product validation.
- — 初回リリース。
- — 製品認証用に別名ライセンスの互換性を追加。