Fanan Team has released a portable standalone modular audio plugin host for Windows and macOS that provides a node-based graph for routing plugins.
A modern modular audio playground, each plugin in Colosseum gets per-plugin MIDI channel filtering, bypass, freeze, and crash isolation. The graph supports fan-out splits, sidechain auto-detection, and multi-channel I/O routing up to 64 channels. 16 switchable workspaces let you store independent rigs and jump between them mid-performance.
Colosseum is a lightweight, standalone audio host that puts your entire plugin collection at your fingertips. No DAW timeline, no arrangement view, no clutter. Just a clean, visual graph where you wire things up, experiment, and play. Colosseum runs as a native desktop application with rock-solid ASIO support on Windows and CoreAudio on macOS (only ASIO and CoreAudio drivers are supported). It’s designed for live performance, jam sessions, plugin auditioning, and anyone who wants to run their plugins without the overhead of a full DAW and with minimal system requirements.
Colosseum features
- ASIO and CoreAudio support.
- Full preset system with XML-based patch files.
- 16 switchable workspaces per session.
- VST3, Audio Unit, and VST2 plugin hosting.
- Real-time CPU and RAM monitoring in the header bar.
- Custom dark theme designed for low-light environments.
- Persistent settings — audio device, MIDI masks, plugin library, recording folder, and window state all saved as part of the session file.
- Multi-MIDI routing through MIDI channels — everything connects to everything. One hardware instrument controls many plugins, a bunch of hardware instruments control a single plugin. Everything is possible.
Colosseum is available for Windows and macOS, priced $20 USD.
More information: Fanan Team
