Retro-future plugins,
built with obsession.
Meet Gaurav Dayal — Founder & CEO, BeatSkillz
From engineering beats in India to crafting plugins in Irvine, California — a journey that's spanned Oscar-winning soundtracks, a residency at Motown Records in the Capitol Building, Bollywood hit records, and over 10 million records sold. Every BeatSkillz plugin carries the DNA of that story: vintage obsession, retro-future aesthetics, and the unshakeable belief that great tools should feel as good as they sound.
A boutique house
obsessed with one thing.
BeatSkillz isn't a corporation and it isn't a startup. It's a small, obsessive plugin house that exists because its founder couldn't find the retro-future sounds he needed — so he built them. Every plugin ships with the same care a luthier puts into a handmade guitar: the sound has to be right, the visual aesthetic has to match, and the workflow has to disappear so the music can happen. Neural captures, hand-tuned DSP algorithms, and real hardware sampling — we use whichever approach each plugin demands, never the one that's cheapest or fastest.
Two decades of sound.
Bollywood Sounds
Launched India's first beats-and-loops brand. Pioneered the market for production-ready Indian percussion and Bollywood drum kits — years before anyone else saw the opportunity.
The Beatfactory Academy
Founded one of India's first dedicated music production schools. Hundreds of graduates now work across Bollywood, advertising, and independent music.
Oscar-winning soundtrack
Music featured in the Academy Award-winning film "Gravity." A career milestone that validated the obsessive approach to sound quality that later defined BeatSkillz.
Motown Records residency
Resident producer at Motown Records in the legendary Capitol Records Building, LA. Working alongside the heritage that built popular music — and absorbing the vintage gear that would inspire every future plugin.
BeatSkillz is born
Launched the plugin house from Irvine, California. First release: the original Slam compressor. The mission from day one — retro-future plugins that sound like the hardware and look like nothing else on the market.
18 plugins & growing
A full catalogue of drum machines, samplers, synths, and finishing tools — trusted by 25,000+ producers worldwide. Still boutique. Still obsessive. Still shipping one labour of love at a time.
Small team. Big sound.
A tiny, focused crew that ships plugins with the care of a studio, not a factory.
Navneet Bhatia
Web Manager
15+ year partnership. Runs the digital storefront and keeps the customer experience seamless.
Abhishek Midwal
Operations Manager
Keeps the gears turning — from builds to releases to support, nothing ships without his sign-off.
Rohit Kakade
UI / UX Designer
3D Blender + Figma specialist. The person behind the retro-future visual identity that makes every plugin look as good as it sounds.
Built on three beliefs.
Sound is everything
If it doesn't sound like the hardware, it doesn't ship. Every plugin goes through hundreds of A/B tests against the original gear before release. No shortcuts, no "close enough."
Aesthetics are not optional
The GUI is half the experience. Every knob, every glow, every pixel is hand-designed to evoke the retro-future era the plugin captures. A BeatSkillz plugin should look as inspiring as it sounds.
Producers first
We price for working musicians, not corporate budgets. We answer support emails personally. We build features that real sessions demand, not features that look good on a spec sheet.
Hear the obsession
for yourself.
18 plugins. Every one a labour of love. Retro-future sound, boutique craft, and the visual aesthetic to match — browse the full catalogue and find the one that belongs in your session.
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