Povoa :: Frogger 🐸

Frogger engaged — stream glitches, digital damage, electric dropout, and controlled signal decay.

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Frogger Plugin

Frogger is a stereo audio effect plugin for controlled signal degradation: stream-glitch repeats, digital damage, electric dropout/crackle, and end-of-chain tone shaping in one chain.

It supports low-intensity modulation through high-intensity non-linear processing and can be used on drums, synths, vocals, and full mixes.

  • Modules: Stream Glitch, Digital Damage, Top crusher, Electric, Broken Jack, and ROOM
  • Fast global controls: MIX, FILTER, IN/OUT staging, and per-module ON switches
  • Formats: AU/VST3/Standalone (macOS), VST3/Standalone (Windows)

System Compatibility

Frogger requires macOS 11+ or Windows 10+ (64-bit).

Older systems (macOS 10.x, Windows 7/8/8.1, 32-bit hosts) are not supported.

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Plugin Preview

Frogger plugin interface showing Global, Stream Glitch, Digital Damage, Top crusher, Electric, Broken Jack and ROOM modules.
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One-page layout for performance: large MIX control, fast module toggles, and visible gain staging.

Get More Info: Controls Quick Guide

Compact technical reference for each card and control. This is not the full manual, but it explains the expected function of each knob and switch in the current layout.

Note: label names and parameter ranges can change by version; this guide tracks the visible controls in the current Frogger interface.

Global Card

Control What it does
MIX Output-stage interpolation between dry input and processed path for parallel-style blending.
FILTER Post-chain spectral shaping applied to the combined wet signal before final output trim.
INPUT Pre-chain gain staging. Higher input increases module drive and threshold interaction.
OUTPUT Final gain compensation for level matching and safe headroom management.
FULL RANDOM Assigns randomized parameter states across the interface for rapid exploratory presets.
Module ON switches Per-card bypass/enable toggles that keep settings intact while excluding a module from flow.

Stream Glitch Card

Control What it does
FREQ Sets event density/rate of glitch triggering over time.
ROOM Applies room on some glitches at random; this knob controls how often it happens.
SLICE Defines the segment length captured for each glitch repeat/slice operation.
DURATION Sets how long each triggered glitch fragment remains active before release.
random hold activate randomisation of slice within the selected range
random repeats activate duration randomisation within the selected range
ON Bypasses or engages the full Stream Glitch processing block.

Digital Damage Card

Control What it does
TYPE Selects the digital degradation mode/algorithm family.
Freq Shift Applies frequency translation behavior associated with the selected TYPE mode.
GATE Defines threshold behavior for low-level material before damage is applied.
DAMAGE Scales the depth/intensity of quantization and digital artifact generation.
ON Bypasses or engages the Digital Damage processing block.

Top crusher Card

Built for crushing high-end material (rides, hats, synths). Top crusher generates a sub layer before saturation, then filters it so you get the processed result. Use DRY LOWS to keep frequencies below the filter untouched.

Control What it does
SUB FREQ Sets the sub-band operating/crossover region for low-frequency processing emphasis.
SUB LVL Adjusts contribution level of the processed sub component.
RELEASE Controls how long the generated sub takes to release.
HPF High-pass filtering amount to reduce low-end build-up before further saturation/crushing.
SAT Non-linear saturation amount in the Top crusher path.
PAN When activated, makes the panning follow the sub LFO movement.
DRY LOWS Sets how much dry signal below the filter is kept untouched.
RATE (1/16 shown) Displays the sub LFO note value on the grid (tempo-synced to BPM).
ON Bypasses or engages the Top crusher block.

Electric Card

Control What it does
DRIVE Sets non-linear drive level for the Electric texture layer.
DROPOUT Controls intermittent level-drop behavior, emulating unstable electrical continuity.
CRACKLE Adjusts amplitude and density of short crackle/transient artifacts.
NOISE Injects broadband noise floor content into the Electric path.
WIDE Makes the noise stereo.
ON Bypasses or engages the Electric block.

Broken Jack Card

Control What it does
OFF TIME Sets duration of mute/disconnect intervals during interruption events.
RATE Controls how frequently interruption events are triggered.
ON GRID Quantizes interruption timing to the rhythmic grid.
ON Bypasses or engages the Broken Jack interruption block.

ROOM Card

Control What it does
ROOM SIZE Scales the simulated room dimension to alter reflection density and perceived depth.
ON Bypasses or engages the ROOM module.

Licensing & Updates

Each Gumroad purchase gives you a personal license key that can be activated on up to two machines. Your machine is activated securely via povoasound.com; the plugin never ships any server secrets.

Claim your license key Recover by email only Update downloads (license key) (Use sale ID + checkout email when available, or email-only recovery if missing.)

Once validated, Frogger can run offline for up to 30 days before it asks to check in again. When a new version is available, the plugin will let you know and point you to the latest download.