reFX Nexus 5 with All Expansions

reFX Nexus 5 with all expansions is the complete edition of reFX’s preset-based synthesizer plugin (written NEXUS5 by reFX), with more than 200 expansions and over 34,000 presets. It is for producers who want a very large library of ready-made sounds they can also tweak and build on. It runs as a VST2, VST3, AU or AAX plugin on Windows 10 or 11 and on macOS 10.13 or later, including Apple Silicon, and needs over 300 GB of free disk space.

What is the reFX Nexus 5 VST?

Nexus 5 is the current version of reFX’s Nexus synth. It combines sample playback with eight sound generators, effects, an arpeggiator and a trancegate. Its open architecture lets you build presets, load your own samples and create routings, with a built-in sample editor that slices and loops samples automatically.

What’s new in Nexus 5

• More than 1,100 new factory presets compared with Nexus 4
• New effects: Bucket Brigade Delay, Particle Reverb, Vowel Filter, Rotary and Pusher
• A retro skin that recreates the NEXUS2 interface
• Works with your existing Nexus projects and libraries

Key features

• Eight generators: Virtual Analog, Sampler, Wavetable, Time Stretcher, Retro Sampler, Grain, Cloud and FM
• Built-in sample editor with automatic slicing and looping
• Arpeggiator and trancegate

What’s included with all expansions

• More than 200 expansions: the complete set from reFX
• Over 34,000 presets
• Over 300 GB of samples
• Factory content with over 6,800 multi-samples, over 200 impulse responses, over 100 arpeggiator presets and around 50 trancegate presets

Which version to choose: Nexus 4 or Nexus 5

Nexus 5 is the current version, with the new presets, effects and retro skin listed above, and it opens existing Nexus projects and libraries. reFX does not publish a full comparison. reFX Nexus 4 is the previous version.

System requirements

• Windows: Windows 10 or 11; 2.0 GHz CPU with SSE 4.2 (Intel/AMD from 2010 or newer)
• macOS: macOS 10.13 or later, including Tahoe; Apple Silicon M1 (native) or Intel 2.0 GHz with SSE 4.2
• RAM: 8 GB minimum, 16 GB or more recommended
• Disk: over 300 GB of free space for the plugin with all expansions
• A 64-bit host and a 1024×768 display or higher

reFX lists FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Pro Tools, Bitwig Studio and Reaper as compatible hosts. See more synth plugins or everything from reFX.