Forever 89 Topos

Topos Is Here: An All-Terrain Tone Explorer From  Forever 89 .

Forever 89 has launched Topos, a powerful and intuitive VST/AU plugin for saturation and speaker design. Combining the warmth of classic studio gear with speaker simulations, Topos allows musicians and producers to creatively shape their sound's tone, depth, and spatial presence like never before.

Discover Your Signature Sound 

At the heart of Topos are two interactive Map Views — one for amps and one for speakers — that provide an intuitive, visual way to blend multiple models seamlessly. Instead of toggling presets, musicians navigate a continuous space of tonal possibilities, quickly crafting uniquely personal sounds. 

The saturation section features a diverse palette of sound based on beloved studio preamps, vintage tube amplifiers, tape machines, and distortion pedals, making Topos suitable for everything from subtle mixing tasks to dynamic, expressive sound design. 

For deeper creative exploration, each section includes a Designer View that reveals advanced controls typically hidden from the user. In the Amp section, this includes parameters such as Emphasis, Rectify, Smoothing, and more — allowing for precise shaping of the saturation’s character and response. 

Full Spatial Control 

Topos goes beyond traditional tone shaping by allowing musicians to sculpt the perceived size and spatial presence of their sound. It uses physical modeling to simulate how various speaker designs influence the character and projection of the audio. This makes it possible to shape not just how something sounds but also how big or present it feels in a mix. 

The Speaker Map lets users explore and smoothly blend various speaker models, surpassing traditional cabinet simulations. For meticulous sound crafting, the Speaker Designer includes adjustable parameters such as speaker size, internal reflection, venting, scatter, leak, and damping, enabling musicians to precisely tailor the speaker’s characteristics to their creative vision. 

Tone In, Character Out 

Topos provides versatile signal-shaping tools at both the input and output stages, maximizing creative flexibility. The Input Filter offers a low/high-pass filtering with adjustable slopes, letting users tailor the tonal range before amplification. At the output stage, Flux and Dynamics controls enable detailed refinement of signal evolution, from tightening transients to subtly smoothing peaks — reducing the need for additional external processing. 

Features

• Saturating Amplifier Section  – Detailed emulations of classic pedals, tape machines, and tube amplifiers, with Drive and Auto-Gain 
• Amp Map  – Interactive visual blending between different amp models. 
• Amp Designer  – Precise adjustments with Emphasis, Rectify, Smoothing, and more. 
• Speaker Simulation Section  – Shape tone and perceived space with Fidelity, Size, and Presence adjustments. 
• Speaker Map  – Visual blending of diverse speaker models for custom configurations. 
• Speaker Designer  – Fine-tune speaker characteristics with venting, scatter, leak, and damping parameters. 
• Input Filter  – Adjustable low/high-pass filtering before amplification. 
• Flux & Dynamics Controls  – Sculpt signal movement and response at the output stage. 
• CPU-friendly, zero-latency anti-aliased orocessing  – Ideal for real-time performance 
• without system strain. 
• Easy Licensing  – No iLok, and no online authorization is required.

Compatibility

 MAC OSX    WINDOWS

 Windows Requirements

• Host application compatible with:
  • VST3 plugins

• Windows 10 or 11 
• X86 processor with SSE3support
• 64-bit only

 Mac Requirements

• Host application compatible with:
  • Audio-Unit plugins
  • VST3 plugins

• Mac OS X 10.13 or higher
• Apple Silicon M1 or Intel 2.0 GHz processor
  
• 64-bit only