Gaard Audio

Plugins that listen to how you play.

Effects that respond to your touch, the way a good amp does. Designed and built in Denmark.

New

VariBlend

Drive, cab, compressor, delay and reverb, blended by your playing level. Shape how every effect follows your touch, from subtle movement to a rig that transforms as you dig in.

VST3 for Windows and macOS · $25, lifetime licence

The VariBlend plugin window with response curves and colour-coded effect sections.
The name

Gaard

/ɡɑːrd/ noun

Sounds like guard in English. In Danish it is gård [ˈɡ̊ɒˀ]: farm.

Gaard is the last part of my surname, Nørgaard: northern farm.

Gaard Audio is run like a small farm. Nothing leaves the workshop until it feels right under my own fingers. The details get the time they need, and you deal directly with the person behind the plugins.

As a long-time software developer and musician, combining the two felt natural: I started building my own plugins, tailored to do exactly what I needed. Now I'm ready to share them with you. My first plugin, VariBlend, started with a simple wish: I wanted my effects to follow my playing instead of my feet. Every plugin from Gaard Audio is designed to react to the musician first.

Morten Nørgaard

Questions, ideas or feedback?

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