Orra Link 2
Drop it, name it, pick it in any compatible Orra plugin, in any DAW.
Orra Link 2 is a sender. It sits on a track, passes the audio through untouched, and broadcasts a copy (with the track's name and color) onto a shared bus that every compatible Orra plugin in the session can read. No DAW routing, no bus sends, no fighting hosts whose sidechain support stops at one input.
A sender, and nothing in the way
Orra Link 2 passes your track through bit-untouched and broadcasts a copy of it, tagged with the track's name and color, onto a small shared region of memory that lives outside any single DAW's routing graph. Every Orra receiver in the session can read it. No sends, no aux buses, no wrestling with a host that only offers one sidechain input.
It passes through
The track’s own audio always leaves the plugin exactly as it came in. Orra Link 2 only reads and broadcasts; it never colors or delays the signal you can hear.
It broadcasts a copy
A copy of the audio goes onto the shared bus with the track’s name and color attached, so receivers can list it as itself instead of as a channel number.
Receivers just read it
Orra EQ, Press, Space, and Ducker open the same bus and pick the track from a by-name menu. Because the bus sits outside the host, it works across plugin formats.
Name-first. Drop and forget.
Where the original Orra Link asked you to co-ordinate numbered channels, Link 2 defaults to Auto. Drop it on a track and the track simply appears, by name, in every receiver's sidechain menu. No number to remember, no routing to document.
A large pool of slots
Auto silently claims a free slot from a pool that holds well over a hundred per session, and publishes the track’s name and color with the audio. You never see the slot number, because you never need it.
Crash-safe reclaim
If a slot is orphaned by a force-quit host, Link 2 reclaims it automatically instead of leaking it until reboot. The pool stays clean across a long session.
Remembered by name
Receivers remember their picks by name, so they reconnect after session reloads even though Auto slots don’t keep stable numbers. Reopen the project and the wiring is still there.
Type your own name
The track name is filled from the host automatically where supported (VST3 / AAX). Double-click the name plate to type your own; the override is saved with the session.
Every Orra receiver
Drop Orra Link 2 on the source track, then open a receiver's sidechain menu and pick the track by name. The picker tints in the track's color while it is live and flags the name if the source disappears.
Orra EQ
Per-band sidechain sources for dynamic bands, plus source-spectrum and masking overlays drawn in the track’s color.
Explore Orra EQOrra Press
A per-slot SIDECHAIN picker with the same by-name list, plus LISTEN to audition the key signal and a source meter.
Explore Orra PressOrra Space
Duck the wet signal from any track. Pick your key sources by name and keep the reverb clear of the vocal or the kick.
Explore Orra SpaceOrra Ducker
The source picker on the SIDECHAIN card lists live tracks by name, tinted in each track’s color while it is broadcasting.
Explore Orra DuckerNothing about your old sessions breaks
The numbered Link 1 to 36 channels are still here for the classic workflow, and they are mirrored onto the original Orra Link bus as well. A receiver that has not been updated (an older Orra Press, for instance) keeps seeing those manual channels exactly as before, right alongside Link 2.
Pick a numbered channel only when an older Orra receiver needs to see it, or when you want a fixed, documented routing in a template. New-generation receivers prefer the Link 2 copy of a channel and fall back to the old bus automatically, so old and new plugins coexist on the same machine without stepping on each other.
Meters and analysis, when something is listening
Every broadcasting sender publishes lightweight meters continuously: level, loudness, stereo correlation, and clip events, a few numbers per block. On top of that, a pull-based 48-band spectrum powers receiver overlays like Orra EQ's masking view. That extra analysis only runs while something is actually attached and asking for it, so an idle session pays zero extra CPU.
Live meters
RMS, sample peak, true peak, momentary and short-term loudness, stereo correlation, and clip events, published continuously and effectively free.
Pull-based spectrum
A 48-band spectrum for masking analysis is published on demand. Senders only run it while a receiver feature or dashboard is attached and requesting it.
Idle costs nothing
When nothing is listening, the extra work stops. A session full of senders that no one is analyzing pays no extra CPU for the telemetry tier.
Zero latency, always
Orra Link 2 reports no latency and never delays the track it sits on. The bus transit costs up to one audio block, and receivers that need sample accuracy account for it on their side and report it to the host, so everything lines up after delay compensation. The track you can hear is never held back.
Already in the installer
Link 2 is bundled in the installer of each compatible product (Orra EQ, Orra Press, Orra Space, Orra Ducker). No separate download. Install or update any compatible Orra plugin and Link 2 installs with it.