Create from
the dust.
Fresh and powerful music production plugins.
Built to stay out of the way. Licensed for life.
Our practice
Plugins designed as focused extensions of your craft — not another menu of menus.
Dust Sound is the audio software division of Dustkey. We design durable, opinionated instruments for music producers — installed once, trusted for years, never gated by an account. Lifetime licenses. No subscriptions. No telemetry.
Paperboy
A persistent note canvas embedded into every track of your session. Available as VST3, AU, and Standalone for macOS universal.
Per-track session notes
A monospaced canvas attached to any track in your DAW. Capture intent, decisions, and revisions where they belong.
Timecode-aware annotations
The header reflects the live playhead. Click to insert a precise timecode marker at the cursor — context that survives every revision.
Persisted with the project
Notes are stored inside the DAW project state. No cloud, no companion files, no network calls. The project travels with its annotations.
Get Paperboy
FreeReleased under GPLv3, free indefinitely. Signed and notarized installer for macOS, delivered to your inbox.
Operating principles
Three principles we hold.
Focused interfaces
One surface, one purpose. No nested menus, no configuration wizards, no friction between idea and result.
Studio-grade processing
Every signal path is tuned to perform from -20dB through to the limit. Nothing ships without that bar.
Lifetime ownership
Purchase once, own indefinitely. All updates within a major version are included. No subscriptions, no telemetry.