What’s new

2026-11-01

New 3D mode: the 3D button opens an evening studio, with two large black cherry cases, a 61-key keyboard, four speakers and records. Same patch, same sound: switch back and forth whenever you like.
Everything is hands-on: plug in cables (they hang, rest on each other and light up as the signal flows), turn knobs, drag a module to move it, add new ones from the Modules drawer, play the keyboard and the wheels.
The sound comes from the room’s four speakers and follows your gaze: turn your head and it turns with you. Move towards the screen edges to look around; the wheel brings you closer to the modules.
Cinematic: the camera wanders around the studio, along the rows and above the cables, for your eyes’ and ears’ delight.
3D mode needs a computer with graphics acceleration; the Learn exercises stay in 2D.

2026-11-01

Two real wheels left of the keyboard: pitch bend, which springs back to the centre, and modulation, which stays where you leave it. You can play notes and wheels at the same time.
Modulated knobs show what is really playing: when an envelope, an LFO or the wheel moves a setting, its arc lights up to the value being played, with a glowing trail. On hover: “setting · playing”.
The VCA level lights up like a level meter while the note plays.
Several MIDI keyboards: each MIDI→CV picks its keyboard (or the computer) and its channel, and the pitch bend range (2, 12 or 24 semitones).
Presets played from the keyboard give the mod wheel a role, explained on their card and in a Memo.

2026-10-31

New Spatial module: place each sound around you (in front, behind, above, close by or far away), and make it circle with an LFO; its top view shows where it is.
Three outputs in ⚙ Settings: stereo for speakers, binaural for headphones (real head measurements, University of York), 5.1 / 7.1 if your hardware supports it.
Two presets: “Circling pads”, three pads crossing around you, and “La sortie”, a real track in three scenes.
The AI knows the Sampler kit and your own sounds, and can also build drums out of modules.
Note Grid: switching the Step keeps the pattern’s tempo; the Step can also be set in the editor.
The welcome guide grows and gains a clickable table of contents.

2026-10-31

Note Grid: new Step setting, 1/16 or 1/32. At 1/32, each clock pulse plays two steps: thirty-second notes for rolls and ornaments, with no rewiring.
The editor and mini grid follow: a beat every 8 steps, snapping to 1/32; swing works on the half step.

2026-10-31

The AI builds a real song: it saves scenes (intro, verse, chorus, break), arranges them in the Song, then plays it.
It writes into all four Note Grid pages, for longer melodies.
It shows you what it’s talking about: a module, a knob or a jack lights up, and the cable to plug is drawn as a dotted line.
For a real saxophone or a voice, it suggests the Sampler (drop in a recording) or the Audio input.

2026-10-31

New AI button: Claude or another AI builds and plays a patch with you (modules, cables, knobs, sequences, notes), and each of its moves can be undone with Ctrl+Z.
MCP server: an extension to install in Claude Desktop, or npx modularsynth-mcp for Claude Code and other apps. Everything stays on your device.
WebMCP (experimental): in Chrome 149 and later, browser AI assistants can control the synth directly.
A small loader at startup, instead of text flashing before the rack.

2026-10-31

New Learn chapter 2: six small experiments on a ready-made instrument that plays by itself.
Everything is voltage, scaling and inverting modulation, when modulation becomes sound, the shape of a note, notes that always fit, waveforms.
Do the experiments in any order; the song in the following chapters picks up where chapter 1 left off.

2026-10-30

All four Learn chapters rewritten: each step tells you what you’re about to hear (“Listen”), and every move can be heard right away.
You sweep knobs from end to end to understand what they do; “Hold a note” keeps the sound going while you turn.
Notes to trace as dotted cells in the Note Grid, and music that always fits: the bass belongs to every chord.
A sequencer plugged into a running clock locks onto the current bar by itself.

2026-10-30

Clock: a MIDI switch to follow the clock from Ableton, Logic or a drum machine. The host’s tempo shows up, Start goes back to the first beat, Stop stops, Continue resumes.
To play along with an app: send its MIDI to the browser (loopMIDI on Windows, IAC bus on Mac), then turn on Sync for that output in its preferences.

2026-10-30

All your MIDI Learn links at a glance: click « MIDI » at the bottom right, one ✕ per link or « Forget all » (Ctrl+Z brings them back).
Presets in tune: the FM bell plays the key you press, and the « Bass and drums » chords fit the bass line.
« Phased pad » is truly polyphonic (a released note stops), and « Sidechain pump » plays chords.

2026-10-30

Note Grid and Trigger Seq: four pages A to D per module, to move from one pattern to another (verse, chorus, break).
The chosen page starts at the end of the current loop, so you stay in time. With the clock stopped, it switches right away.
In the Note Grid editor: one tab per page, and « Copy the page to… » to start from a variation.
Scenes remember the chosen page; an empty page plays silence.

2026-10-30

ModularSynth has its own address: modularsynth.app.
Wavetable: an oscillator that glides from one waveform to the next, five banks (including Voice and Lo-fi).
On phones and tablets: drawers, ☰ menu, the rack under your finger (move, pinch to zoom, long press), on-screen keyboard.
Library: presets as illustrated cards, and My library to keep your patches, with their picture.
Memo: a scrap of paper taped in the rack to take notes.
Settings explained, optional simplified rendering, and nothing leaves your browser: no account, no cookies, no analytics.

2026-10-29

Learn: four chapters of guided lessons, from your first sound to a real track.
Sampler and starter kit, with your own sounds kept in the browser.
Scenes and song mode: patch states recalled on the beat, chained into a song.
Audio input (mic, sound card, guitar), MIDI learn, WAV recording, three-band EQ.
Getting-started guide, cables coloured by signal, and the interface in English.

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