Just Two Dudes Making Plugins
No corporate headquarters. No investor board meetings. Just Aaron and David—two producers who spent decades in studios and finally decided to build the tools we always wished existed.
How This Started
After decades between us of making music, mixing records, and mastering tracks, we kept running into the same frustrations. Plugins that were close to what we needed—but not quite. Workarounds that became second nature. Features we wished existed but never showed up in updates.
So we stopped waiting. Aaron dove into plugin development. David kept pushing on the business and creative vision. And somewhere along the way, we realized we weren't just building tools for ourselves—we were building them for everyone who's ever felt the same frustrations we did.
The first plugin surprised us. We set out to build an EQ and ended up with per-band saturation and dynamics living inside it, because that is how we actually wanted to work. That's when we knew we were onto something.
Why "Orra"?
"Orra" is a Scottish word meaning "odd, occasional, miscellaneous"—things that don't fit neatly into established categories.
That's exactly how we approach plugin design. We're not interested in building another version of what already exists. We ask "what hasn't been done?" and let the exploration take us somewhere unexpected. Useful answers often hide in the overlooked spaces: the orra places.
Meet Us
Aaron
Co-Founder & Lead Developer
Producer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer—and one half of the electronic duo Bronze Whale. After years of wishing plugins worked differently, I taught myself plugin development to make them myself.
I build every Orra plugin with the same question: "What would I actually want to use in a session?" If it doesn't make my own workflow better, it doesn't ship.
David Schocke
Co-Founder
Producer with decades in the studio, now focused on the business side of Orra. I keep us pointed in the right direction, handle the stuff that isn't code, and make sure we're building something that actually helps people.
Companies like ours get built with their communities, not just for them. Your feedback shapes what we build next.
How We Build
Discovery Over Iteration
We don't start with "how can we make a better version of X?" We start with "what problem hasn't been solved well?" The exploration is the point, and it tends to lead somewhere different.
We Use What We Build
Every Orra plugin gets used in real sessions before it ships. If it doesn't make our own work better, we keep iterating until it does. We're building for actual use, not spec sheets.
Community-Driven
Your feedback isn't a suggestion box we check occasionally. It directly shapes our roadmap. Join our Discord, tell us what's working and what isn't. We're building this together.
What's Next
Orra EQ was the first. Since then: Press, Space, Collider, Filter, Cream Limiter, Ducker, Deverb, Pump, Tone Zone, Link 2, and Orra Visualizer, our first app. Every one of them started as something we needed in a session and could not find.
The roadmap changes based on what we learn. What problems you're facing. What ideas come out of late-night sessions. That's the upside of being two people with no corporate overlords: we can follow the interesting threads wherever they lead.
Come Build With Us
We're just getting started, and we'd love to have you along for the ride. Join our community, share your ideas, and help shape what Orra becomes.