Long ShotDistance simulator · make any sound far away, on one knob
The only distance simulator you'll ever need to make any sound far away.
Move a voice or an instrument from right at the mic to across the room, down the hall or across the street, on one knob. Every distance cue moves together, so it sounds further away, not just quieter or wetter: push a backing vocal behind the lead, place an ad lib off-mic, give a voice-over a far-off shout, or give your whole mix front-to-back depth.
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- VST3, AU and AAX, Windows and macOS
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Formats and DAWs
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit): VST3 and AAX
macOS 11 or later: VST3, AU and AAX
Works in any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins.
Licence
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy. Yours for good, no subscription. Unlock it with your email and a six-digit code, no dongle and no password. It checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Delivery
Download links by email within about five minutes, and always in your account under Downloads.
Hear the difference
The same sound, near and far.
A lead vocal, stepped back behind the mix
A dry female lead vocal · Behind The Lead (ROOM, DISTANCE 35 %, 8 m)
A voice shouting from far off
A dry spoken line · Video / Far Shout (OUTDOORS, DISTANCE 80 %, 50 m)
Drums at the bottom of a stairwell
A dry soul drum groove · Drums / Stairwell Drums (HALL, DISTANCE 60 %, SPACE 70 %)
Music from across the street
A full R&B mix · Video / Across The Street (OUTDOORS, DISTANCE 80 %, LEVEL LOCK off)
A singer walking away
A dry vocal phrase, DISTANCE walked from 0 to 100 % over 18 s · Behind The Lead
Every clip is level-matched, so the difference you hear is tone, not volume.
Long Shot in action
Why Long Shot
Distance, not just reverb
Turn DISTANCE and every cue your ear uses moves together: duller top, thinner lows, softer attack, narrower image and more of the place. It sounds further away, not just wetter.
Placed by ear, at the same level
LEVEL LOCK keeps the loudness while the sound moves back, so you hear the distance rather than a fader. Switch it off for the real drop.
Indoors or out
A ROOM, a HALL or OUTDOORS, with SPACE for how reflective the place is: from a dead booth to a stairwell, a courtyard or an open field.
Distance. Space.
Two big knobs: how far away the sound is, in metres, and how reflective the place is.
- VST3 · AU · AAX
- Windows and macOS
- 0 latency
- 14 presets
The distance simulator plugin
- Real distance. Every cue together, from 0.5 to 100 metres.
- Indoors or out. Room, hall or outdoors with the ground.
- Same loudness. LEVEL LOCK, or the real drop when you want it.
- Zero latency. Your track stays on the grid.
- DISTANCE (in metres) and SPACE; TYPE (ROOM, HALL, OUTDOORS).
- LEVEL LOCK, FOLLOW (louder is farther) and DISTANCE NOW.
- IN, MIX and OUT with meters, and ENGAGE.
- 14 factory presets and your own preset files; A/B, undo and redo, MIDI Learn on every control; a window from 75 to 200 %; the full manual.
THE LAMPS
See how far it is.
The lamp standing where the sound is lights up and glows with it, all the way to 100 metres down the pier.
What Long Shot does
Every control has one job: the right distance, faster.
DISTANCE
Half a metre to 100 metres
One knob moves the sound away, with the metres under it: 8 m at the default, 50 m at 80 %.
Every cue together
Real distance, not a fader
The lows thin, the presence dips, the attack softens, the image narrows and the place comes in, as the distance says.
Air
The top end falls away
Fitted to the real loss of high frequencies in air, so tens of metres sound like tens of metres.
SPACE
How reflective the place is
From no room to a very live one; outdoors, from grass to paving.
TYPE
Room, hall or outdoors
A small room, a large hall, or the open air with a reflection off the ground.
LEVEL LOCK
Same loudness, further away
Holds the output at the input's loudness while it moves back. Off adds the real drop in level.
FOLLOW
Louder is farther
Loud words and hits push the sound further back, so a singer leaning in steps back in the mix.
DISTANCE NOW
See the distance in use
The footer shows the metres in use, with FOLLOW's push.
MIX
Blend in the dry
The whole effect against the dry, 100 % by default.
Zero latency
Nothing moves in time
The room's gap is part of the sound, not a delay: your track stays on the grid.
14 sourced presets
Start from the right distance
Behind the lead, off-mic ad libs, the back of the room, stairwell drums, a far shout, across the street, the middle and back rows of a mix.
A face that moves
Watch it walk away
A pier running into the fog: the lamp standing where the sound is lights up and glows with it.
Inside the plugin
The Long Shot window: two big knobs, three places and the lamps on the pier.
Every feature
Everything in Long Shot, down to the smallest switch.
37 features
The distance
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DISTANCE
Half a metre to 100 metres, with the metres shown
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SPACE
How reflective the place is
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TYPE
ROOM, HALL or OUTDOORS
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Every cue together
Top, lows, attack, width and the place
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Air absorption
The real loss of top end over distance
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Ground reflection
Outdoors, a reflection off the ground
Level and control
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LEVEL LOCK
The same loudness at every distance
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Real drop
LEVEL LOCK off: quieter as it moves away
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FOLLOW
Louder words step further back
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DISTANCE NOW
The distance in use, in metres
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MIX
The effect against the dry
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Safety stage
The output held under -1 dBFS
Workflow and control
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A/B compare and A>B
Two complete settings, switch in one click
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Undo and redo
Step back and forward, or press Ctrl+Z
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MIDI Learn
Take complete control of your workflow: right-click any control, move a knob
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Host automation
Automate every control from your DAW
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ENGAGE
Click-free bypass, to hear the before and after
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IN and OUT meters
See the level going in and coming out at a glance
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Tooltips
Every control explains itself as you point at it
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Resizable window
75 to 200 %, and the size you pick is remembered
Presets
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14 factory presets
Starting points built from real settings producers use
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Previous and next arrows
Audition presets one click at a time
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Save your own
Keep your settings as .distancesimulatorpreset preset files
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Open presets folder
Back up or share your presets in one click
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Reset to default
Back to a clean start in one step
Performance
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Zero latency
Your track stays on the grid
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CPU
About 4 to 5 % of one core
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Any material
Vocals, voice-overs, drums, guitars and full mixes
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Moving face
The lamp where the sound is lights up
Licence and compatibility
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VST3 and AAX, Windows 7 SP1 or later
Loads in any 64-bit Windows DAW with VST3 or AAX
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VST3, AU and AAX, macOS 10.13 or later
Loads in any Mac DAW with VST3, AU or AAX, Intel or ARM
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5 computers per copy
Studio, laptop and more on one licence
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Email and code unlock
No dongle, no password, no extra app
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Works offline
No internet needed between check-ins
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Check for updates
From the plugin's menu; nothing installs without asking
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Lifetime updates
Every future update included
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Platinum priority support
Questions answered by the people who build it
How Long Shot compares
Real distance on one knob, against a reverb and a fader.
| Long Shot | Typical reverb plugins | |
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| Distance | Every cue moves together on one knob, in metres | A reverb send and a fader, set by guesswork |
| Level | LEVEL LOCK keeps the loudness while it moves back | Further means quieter, so you chase the fader |
| Places | Room, hall or outdoors with the ground | A room, or nothing outdoors |
| Dynamics | FOLLOW: louder words step back | Static |
| Latency | None | Often a pre-delay to compensate |
| Try-and-compare | A/B, A>B, undo and redo | Often missing |
| Hardware control | MIDI Learn on every control | Often host automation only |
| Licence | 5 computers per copy, no dongle, works offline | Often fewer activations, or a dongle |
| Updates | Lifetime updates included | Often paid upgrades |
"Typical" describes what we commonly see in this category; it does not describe any particular product. Long Shot facts are from the plugin and its manual, October 2026.
What you get
Vox Samples
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Specs and system requirements
- Formats
- VST3 and AAX on Windows; VST3, AU and AAX on macOS
- Operating system
- Windows 7 SP1 or later, 64-bit; macOS 10.13 or later, universal (Intel and ARM)
- Host
- Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins
- Channels
- Mono or stereo
- Sample rates
- Whatever your session runs at
- Latency
- None: 0 samples at every setting and sample rate
- Distance
- 0.5 m to 100 m (8 m at the default 35 %)
- Places
- ROOM, HALL or OUTDOORS (a ground reflection)
- Level
- LEVEL LOCK holds the dry's loudness; off, up to 24 dB of real drop
- Presets
- 14 factory presets; your own as .distancesimulatorpreset files
- Window
- 960 x 600 at 100 %, resizable from 75 to 200 %
- MIDI
- MIDI Learn from any controller routed to the track
- Licence
- 5 computers per copy you buy. Unlock with your email and a code we email you. Checks in now and then and works offline in between.
- Internet
- Needed once to unlock, then for the occasional check-in
90Day money-back guarantee
Our guarantee
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90-day money-back guarantee
Not for you? Email contact@voxsamples.com within 90 days for a full refund.
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5 computers per copy
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy, and move it yourself from the plugin's Licence menu.
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Lifetime updates
Every future update and upgrade of Long Shot, included.
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Platinum priority support
A real person at contact@voxsamples.com, first in line.
Try Long Shot free
The whole plugin, with the same sound as the full version and no time limit. It goes silent for a moment every few seconds; the full version never does.
Windows and macOS installers in one download. Like what you hear? Get the full version on this page, with a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
How do I make a vocal sound far away?
Insert Long Shot on it and turn DISTANCE up. The default, Behind The Lead, already sets a backing vocal 8 metres back; Video / Far Shout puts a voice fifty metres away outdoors.
Is it just a reverb?
No. A reverb adds a room. Long Shot moves the sound away inside it: the top dulls, the lows thin, the attack softens, the image narrows and the room grows, all together as the distance says.
Why doesn't it get quieter as it moves away?
LEVEL LOCK keeps the loudness so you can place the sound by ear. Switch LEVEL LOCK off for the real drop in level.
Does it add latency?
No. Your track stays on the grid at every setting.
What should I use it on?
Backing vocals, ad libs, voice-overs for video, drums, guitars, or whole parts of a mix you want further back.
Does it work in my DAW?
Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins, on Windows 7 SP1 or later or macOS 10.13 or later. There is no standalone app.
How many computers can I use it on?
Up to five of your own for each copy you buy. To move it, deactivate it in the plugin on the old computer and unlock it on the new one.
Does it need the internet?
Once, to unlock it with the code we email you. After that it checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Is there a manual?
Yes. The full manual explains every control, every preset and the menus, with tips. It opens from the help key (?) in the plugin's top bar, and lives at https://voxsamples.com/long-shot-distance-simulator-effect-manual.
What if it's not for me?
Request a refund from your account within 90 days.
Founder's Story
"When COVID hit, I finally had time to dive into music production—only to discover I was missing the right tools. The plugins I tried were clunky, overloaded with unnecessary features, and killed my vibe with endless tweaking. I knew there had to be a better way.
So, with my engineering background, I started making free and simple audio plugins for my producer friends. They loved them! That’s when I set out on a mission to create plugins that save you time, streamline your workflow, and keep your creativity flowing."
- Ryan Svensson (Founder & CEO)
Move it back. Hear the distance.
Any sound from right at the mic to a hundred metres away, indoors or out, at the same loudness, on one knob.
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- 90-day money back
- Five computers
- Lifetime updates
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