Make it. Play it. Bend it. Break it.
The studio that performs.
A full studio, a DJ rig and a live performance instrument in one program. Make a track, mix it live and play it in front of a crowd, without ever switching software.
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Your studio and your stage shouldn’t be two different programs.
Most musicians write in one app, DJ in another and rebuild everything for the gig. Circuit Bender was built from salvage for one job: taking your music all the way from the first idea to the crowd.
Studio to stage
One project. From the first note to the last track of the night.
Record, write, mix and master in a complete studio. Then press one button and the same project becomes a live rig. Nothing to export, nothing to rebuild.
- Multitrack recording with takes, punch-in, headphone mixes and a full audio editor
- MIDI with a piano roll, sheet music, step input and capture of what you just played
- Mixing and mastering: sends, a console-style master bus, a mastering chain, 5.1 and 7.1 surround
- Your VST3 plugins, each in its own safe space, so one crash never takes the set down
Built for the stage
Stop playing back. Start performing.
Mix your tracks on real DJ decks while your own synths, drums and effects play live over them, locked to the beat.
DJ decks
2 or 4 decks with sync, key lock, hot cues, loops and rolls, a DJ mixer with EQ kills and filters, headphone cueing and waveforms coloured by frequency.
The Performance Core
Launch patterns and scenes in time, build drops, fire effects and morph sounds live. PANIC and stage-safety tools make sure the set never stops by accident.
Your controller, your rig
Ready-made setups for over a dozen popular DJ controllers; any MIDI controller learns by pressing its buttons. Record the whole set, with a separate track for every channel.
Only in Circuit Bender
The Corruption Module
Infect your music. Watch it spread.
Press Corrupt on any device, ours or any VST3 you own. Techno-organic vines creep across the panel, joints pulse with sickly light, and a hidden sequencer starts to play.
- It starts with one note and grows stranger as the infection spreads, always in key and on the beat
- Its own effects rotate from delay to reverb to distortion as it deepens
- Let it spread from device to device until it plays your whole rack
- Hands-off mode: give it control and it reinvents itself, within limits you set
You stay in charge: every device starts clean, and PANIC cures everything at once.
Over 100 devices
Salvaged hardware. Studio-grade sound.
Synths (wavetable, FM, granular, additive, semi-modular, west-coast modular), samplers and drum machines, physically modelled instruments and a full set of effects, each with a hands-on panel you can rearrange.
Every device starts clean. Turn up its Condition and Chaos for crackle, drift and happy accidents.
83 of the devices also work as VST3 plugins in your other music software, unlocked by your Circuit Bender license.
Own it. No subscription.
Try everything free. Keep it for good.
$399
$299
Launch price until December 31, 2026
- ✓Circuit Bender with over 100 devices and the Corruption Module
- ✓83 VST3 plugins for your other music software
- ✓One license, 2 computers
- ✓Free updates for all of version 1
- ✓Works offline; it never interrupts a set
The trial: everything works except saving, exporting and recording. Buy any time; saving unlocks the moment you enter your key.
Questions
I already have DJ software and a studio program.
Keep them. Circuit Bender’s strength is doing both in one project, live. And its 83 plugins work inside the music software you already use.
Is it stable enough for a gig?
It was built for the stage: third-party plugins run in their own safe space, PANIC stops everything at once, stage-safety tools prevent accidents, and the license never interrupts a set.
Will it work with my controller?
There are ready-made setups for over a dozen popular DJ controllers, and any MIDI controller can be learned by pressing its buttons. Try yours free for 30 days.
Windows says the installer is unknown. Is that normal?
Yes. Windows warns about every new program at first. Click More info, then Run anyway.
What happens when the trial ends?
The program stops until you enter a license key. Buy Circuit Bender, paste your key under File > License…, and saving, exporting and recording unlock at once, with no reinstalling. Tip: the trial cannot save, so if you have made something you want to keep, buy and enter your key before you close the program, and you can save it straight away.
Is there a Mac version?
Not yet: Circuit Bender runs on Windows 10 and 11. Tell us you want one at support@nowadmedia.com.
Is it a subscription?
No. One payment, one license for 2 computers, and free updates for all of version 1.
Make it. Play it. Bend it. Break it.
Every feature, free for 30 days. No card needed.
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