ORORON
Free overdrive entry point
The open starting point of the series, built around touch-sensitive breakup, AIR shaping, and 9V / 18V response.
Boutique-Style Overdrive
ORORON
The free entry point to the Yukar Series. A component-modeled overdrive with switchable 9V / 18V headroom, input voicing, pre-clipping AIR high-pass shaping, and oversampled nonlinear response.
Format
AU / VST3
Platform
macOS / Windows
Price
Free with SoundRave Newsletter
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.
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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
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Single Stroke (Low Gain Amp Push)
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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.
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.
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 here, then upgrade 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. ORORON remains the free entry point for SoundRave Newsletter subscribers.
Launch offer
$89$69
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