QTSynth is an experimental digital modular synth playground. Built by a solo newbie dev over 3 years(on/off), it boasts a variety of features and modules built with not-quite-right DSP that’ll really clean your ears out.
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It was designed mostly from first principles, from both SWE and DSP standpoints.(Check my list of DSP resources that I used [here]) Doing so instead of relying on many libraries for computation and UI has allowed me to get things slightly “wrong”(in the best way possible) and explore illegal but funky sounding noise-scapes.
With QTSynth you can make music, noise and everything in between. There are a variety of sound source and sequencing modules to choose from. It also supports loading and manipulating .wav samples, and has full MIDI input capabilities. (polyphonic MIDI input is supported, but very few modules are polyphony-capable at the moment). Use with your favourite faders, keys and sequencing hardware!
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Here is an album I recorded with QTSynth, over various stages in its development. You can make all these sounds, and so much more!! [QTSTT album link here]
Drag modules from the sidebar onto the workspace, connect cables and tweak knob/button/parameters to make noise. Pressing the ‘H’ key will expand the help menu, where you can see all controls/hotkeys. Hovering over a module with the help menu expanded will show a short description of the module.
Try loading a few of the patches that come packaged with the program!
Tutorial/Patch idea videos coming soon. [youtube channel/tutorial link]
The trial version is fully featured! It just has uh.. a little extra quirk that needs to be managed a certain way.. you’ll figure it out, I’m sure. The goal is not to gimp your experience, but to show you that the project is worth supporting.
Absolutely! I have a ton of features/optimizations planned. I do not have a specific roadmap, but be assured that this is the only project on my plate at the moment, so I WILL put any free time I have into it. This is my first release, and I hope to figure out Mac/Linux builds soon and have a sane release system going forward.
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