Encoders

Every knob does something you can hear, and the screen shows you what it did.

Software synths usually bury the signal in a menu. This one puts the panel in front of you the way a hardware unit would, with knobs, switches, a step sequencer, and a scope that redraws while you turn things. You hear the change and watch the waveform bend at the same time, so the link between a control and a sound stops being theoretical.

You do not need to know what an oscillator is to enjoy this. Turning something and going “oh, that’s what that does” is a complete session.

Things to try

• Sweep the filter slowly and watch the scope lose its corners.
• Turn on the drone and adjust RANGE to hear the detuned voices beat against each other.
• Turn on the sequencer, select a step, and adjust DUR to hear its note shorten or stretch.
• Switch the sequencer source from VOICE to ARP and hear the same steps drive something else.

Why it’s a speck

It makes noise in a browser tab. There’s no track to finish. If you like the patch, SHARE copies a link to it.

Open Encoders