Minimal Audio Launches Standalone Plugin for Eprom Presets

Minimal Audio has launched Current Expansion Player, a new plugin format that delivers artist-designed sound packs as standalone instruments. The debut release, Memory Rites, features 60 patches built by Eprom and runs independently of the company's flagship Current synthesizer.

How the Expansion Player Works

Current Expansion Player breaks artist expansions out of the full Current ecosystem. Producers can buy Memory Rites as a $29 standalone plugin or, if they already own Current, as a $19 preset pack that loads directly into the synth. The plugin format gives users access to Eprom's sounds and performance controls without requiring the underlying synthesizer license.

A plugin is a self-contained instrument that runs inside a DAW, the software producers use to make music. Presets are saved sound configurations, and macros condense multiple parameters into single knobs for real-time control. The Expansion Player delivers all three: the sounds, the macros, and the playable interface.

What's Inside Memory Rites

Eprom contributed 60 hand-designed patches to the collection: 25 basses, 14 leads, 9 pads, 6 keys, and 6 SFX. Each patch includes custom macros mapped by the producer, so a single knob controls the expressive range of the sound rather than forcing users into manual modulation routing. Mod and pitch-bend controls are built into every patch, with movement baked in so textures shift during performance.

Distribution Strategy and Compatibility

The Expansion Player format gives collaborators like Eprom a distribution mechanism for their sound-design work that functions as a standalone instrument. Whether Minimal Audio expands the format to other artists remains to be seen.

Memory Rites runs on macOS 10.11 or later, including native Apple silicon, and Windows 10 or later, in any 64-bit DAW that supports VST, VST3, AU, or AAX. The plugin is available now through Minimal Audio.