TrackWerk 0.9 — One Jazz Find, Two Grooves | Hip-Hop & Drum and Bass

video upload by Kid Bunka

Formerly Pocket Tracker Extreme

"One archive find. Two grooves. A handheld tracker built for making music.

Follow a complete jazz phrase from TrackWerk’s Source Sampler into a laid-back hip-hop arrangement and a rolling drum & bass flip. Hear the original bass and harmony breathe while newly programmed drums give the same passage two different rhythmic roles.

The film follows search, preview, IN/OUT, WAV import and phrase audition, then visits the synth controls, categorized presets, FX rack, Punch banks, Drumlab and internal resampling. The two arrangements play through TrackWerk’s native engine. The workflow is edited for clarity; the gentle, pitch-preserving 85-to-86 BPM sample preparation was done outside the app. Studio browsing is separate from the continuous musical playback.

TrackWerk 0.9 beta is free and open source. The illustrated English guide covers supported Android handhelds, Trimui Brick with KNULLI, Miyoo Mini and Miyoo Mini Plus with Onion OS. The normal Mini is offline; Mini Plus uses the separate online build. See device notes for tested behavior and remaining checks.

DOWNLOADS, TUTORIAL AND COMPATIBILITY
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/Track...

SOURCE CODE / RELEASE
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/Trac...

SUPPORT THIS FREE PROJECT
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...

CHAPTERS
00:00 Archive to instrument
00:27 Keep the musical phrase
00:40 The hip-hop groove
00:56 Studio presets and FX
01:18 Drumlab and double time
01:36 Ghost notes and another engine
01:52 Performance tools and resampling
02:04 Save the take

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Anukari 1.1: Strings, Tubes, Wind, and 1,000+ New Presets

video upload by Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer

The Making of the Modulosphere: Behind the Springs

video upload by Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer

Press release follows:

Anukari 1.1 Brings Strings, Tubes, Breath, and Over 1,000 New Sounds to the 3D Physics Synthesizer

The first major update since launch is built almost entirely from user requests, and it's free for every existing owner

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 10, 2026 -- Anukari, the synthesizer that makes sound from a real-time 3D physics simulation, today released version 1.1, its first major update since leaving beta in June. Where Anukari 1.0 let musicians build instruments from masses, springs, and mallets, 1.1 adds resonating strings, bars, plates, membranes, tubes, bells, a mouthpiece that lets players blow into their creations like a wind instrument, more than 1,000 new factory presets, and dozens of other additions. The update is free for everyone who already owns Anukari.

Almost everything in the release started as a request from someone playing Anukari. Resonators were the most-asked-for feature by far.

“After 1.0, I read every message people sent me, and the same ideas kept coming up,” says Evan Mezeske, Anukari’s founder and creator. “Version 1.1 is basically that list. Resonators were at the top of it, but nearly every feature in this release exists because a user asked for it.”

Resonators are virtual objects that ring like real ones do: a string that can be plucked or bowed, a metal bar, a plate, a drum membrane, a tube, a bell. Each one can be struck, rubbed, or blown, and each can be wired into the mass-and-spring contraptions Anukari users were already building. So, a bouncing weight can drum on a plate, or a swinging structure can vibrate a string.

“The palette of sounds in Anukari just got dramatically bigger,” says Mezeske. “Between the resonators and the mouthpiece, there are so many kinds of sounds and crazy ideas you can explore now that simply weren’t possible before. And because resonators connect to the mass-spring systems people already know how to build, it isn’t additive, it’s multiplicative. Every old idea suddenly has a hundred new versions.”

The new mouthpiece exciter brings breath into the picture, letting players drive tubes and other resonators with air, the way a player’s breath drives a clarinet or a trumpet. New spring types let objects collide and bounce off one another or hold rigid shapes, which opens the door to things like wind chimes, rattles, and clattering machines. The bow, mallet, and plectrum all gained new, much richer physical models as well.

Mezeske’s own favorite addition is the Modulosphere, a sphere that can float through the scene and change whatever it touches. “Anukari has this whole 3D space, and the Modulosphere is the perfect expression of that,” he says. “It’s a way of shaping sound that only makes sense in three dimensions. It really takes advantage of Anukari’s virtual 3D world in a unique way.”

Big ideas in Anukari can mean big structures, and building them by hand can be painstaking. Version 1.1 adds tools that generate whole shapes and duplicate pieces in patterns. It also lets musicians bring their own AI assistant. Anukari has no AI built in, but anyone who already uses an AI assistant on their computer, such as Claude or ChatGPT, can now connect it to Anukari, describe the contraption they have in mind, let the assistant build it, and then see and hear the result in a fraction of the time.

“Some of the most fun things to make in Anukari are huge and complicated, and that can be incredibly involved,” Mezeske says. “If you already use an AI assistant, you can now point it at Anukari, describe whatever you’ve dreamt up, and hear how it sounds much sooner. There’s no AI inside Anukari; it just gives your assistant the controls. It’s a tool for exploring crazy ideas faster. And if you’re not a fan of AI, I completely respect that. You don’t need to use it. The new pattern duplication is super powerful on its own.”

To show off the new possibilities, 1.1 ships with more than 1,000 new factory presets across four new banks, including a collection of orchestral instruments built entirely from physics, along with a redesigned preset browser with search, filters, and favorites to make them easy to find. Playing has improved too, with legato and glide, editable envelope and velocity curves, and steady, incremental reductions in CPU use.

Since 1.0, Anukari has also arrived on Linux, fully supported alongside macOS and Windows, and gained gravity and turbulence controls that let structures fall, sway, and drift.

Anukari 1.1 is available now from anukari.com as a VST3, AU, AAX, and LV2 plugin, and as a standalone app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It is a free update for all existing owners. To celebrate the release alongside Black Friday, Anukari is 50% off through December 4. The free 7-day demo has also been reopened for everyone, including people who already used up their trial on an earlier version, so anyone curious about what’s changed can try it again.

MTRX-1K – Oberheim Matrix-1000 Emulation | VST3 Synth

video upload by Synth Cloud

MTRX-1K – Complete Walkthrough | Matrix-1000 Emulation & Features

video upload by Synth Cloud

▬▬▬ Download Link ▬▬▬▬
🚀 MTRX-1K: https://www.synthonia.com...
"Explore MTRX-1K in detail with GPR Music Project: a complete walkthrough of its synthesizer architecture, sound editing capabilities, modulation system and integrated effects.

MTRX-1K is a VST3 synthesizer and standalone Windows application that recreates the classic Oberheim Matrix-1000 (1987) through firmware-based emulation.

In this extended presentation, the developer introduces the software's features, explains its synthesis architecture and demonstrates how MTRX-1K can be used for detailed sound programming and electronic music production.

Firmware-Based Synthesizer Emulation

MTRX-1K runs the original Matrix-1000 firmware version 1.20 on an emulated Motorola 6809 processor board, controlling six modeled CEM3396 voice chips.

The software reproduces the instrument's synthesis behaviour while offering selectable 6, 12 or 24-voice polyphony, stereo spread, voice detuning and polyphonic unison.

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UVI Introduces Twin 88 Keys

video uploads by UVI

"Twin 88 Keys - Acoustic and Electric Piano, Together

Twin 88 Keys blends two pianos you know by heart on one keyboard, with deep creative controls to shape every nuance. Play a chord, and the pristine strings of a concert grand and the iconic tines of a vintage electric piano answer together. The sound that rises between them is one you’ve never heard, yet it feels familiar from the very first note.

Discover a new instrument that brings a pristine concert grand and an iconic vintage electric piano together on a single keyboard."

https://www.uvi.net/twin-88-keys
Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Playlist:

1. UVI Twin 88 Keys - Performance by Mattia Vlad Morleo

Hear “Stitches” by Italian composer and pianist Mattia Vlad Morleo performed with the new Twin 88 Keys, which brings a pristine concert grand and an iconic vintage electric piano together on a single keyboard.

2. UVI Twin 88 Keys | Preset Showcase

Discover a new instrument that brings a pristine concert grand and an iconic vintage electric piano together on a single keyboard.

00:00 - Cinematic Full 00:15 - Kaleidoscopic 00:24 - Radio Compact 00:34 - Octave Dream 00:41 - Autopan Two 00:53 - Space Dyno 01:02 - Steady Tines 1 01:14 - Twintasia 01:22 - Small Movements 01:33 - Reactor 01:44 - Complex Numbers 01:54 - Still Seventh 02:04 - A Point 02:12 - Raccoon City 02:18 - Lullaby 02:31 - Vill Hamelin

3. UVI Twin 88 Keys | Overview - Video credits: Venus Theory



Built from two pianos you know by heart blended on one keyboard, with deep creative controls to shape every nuance. Play a chord, and the pristine strings of a concert grand and the iconic tines of a vintage electric piano answer together. The sound that rises between them in Twin 88 Keys is one you’ve never heard, yet it feels familiar from the very first note.

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Tropica Nova: The 8-Bit Island Synth 🌴🎮 (Official Trailer)

video upload by Slime Green Beats

"🌴 Get Tropica Nova: https://slimegreenbeats.com/products/...

The 8-bit island synth by Slime Green Beats. Two pulse waves, a triangle bass and a noise channel, straight from a classic game console, plus the tools modern producers need.

🎮 In the trailer:
• Twin pulse waves with 4 duty cycles
• Triangle bass in the Authentic 8-bit engine
• Tracker-style chord arps: hold one key, get a full chord
• Noise drums + Metal mode
• Pitch sweeps for lasers and kicks
• Starlight Echo wide stereo delay

128 presets · Clean + Authentic engines · VST3 + Standalone · Windows 10/11"

"Turn any beat into a retro video game soundtrack in seconds.

Remember the music from the old game consoles? The hero theme you hummed for days, the coin sound and the boss battle music? Tropica Nova puts that whole sound in your DAW. Load a preset, press a key, and your track sounds like a game cartridge from the golden age of gaming.

It's built from the four voices of a classic 8-bit console: two pulse waves, a triangle and a noise channel. Then it adds the tools today's producers want, so your chip sounds are ready for a real mix.

Play a Whole Chord With One Finger

The old game composers faked chords by flipping through notes super fast. Tropica Nova does that for you. Pick a chord type, hold one key, and you get that shimmering chiptune chord right away. You don't need any music theory.

128 Presets, Ready to Drop In

You don't have to build anything from scratch. Pick a sound and start making music. There are 8 categories with 16 presets each:

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Audio Damage Introduces Sandbender FM Performance Synth

via Audio Damage

"FM synthesis has always had a bit of an image problem. Everybody loves the sound, but nobody wants to program it, which is why most of the FM you've heard in your life was a factory preset that nobody dared to touch. (Touching it was a fast way to turn an electric piano in to a fax machine.) With Sandbender, the four operators are where a sound starts. They're all here, in ten factory algorithms or any routing you feel like drawing, but every operator has a wave shaper of its own, there's a wavefolder, a sub oscillator, and six flavors of noise alongside them, and the whole lot runs through a proper filter and a low pass gate. If all you want is a nice FM bell, I'm happy to report that Sandbender makes a very nice FM bell. It just seems a shame to stop there.

We also tried to make the programming part less of a chore, since that was the whole problem in the first place. Modulation is drag-and-drop: grab a source off the rail (envelopes, LFOs, a couple of function generators, a step sequencer, the macros, and all the MIDI and MPE stuff) and drop it on pretty much any knob. And if you'd rather not program at all, nobody's going to blame you. The GENETICS page breeds new patches out of whatever you're playing, and PERFORM gives you two nodes to shove around the screen, plus a gesture recorder for when you stumble on something good. Six of our effects sit at the end of the chain, in whatever order you like, and there are 260-odd presets in the box to get you going.

Same as the rest of our catalog: Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS. No DRM, no subscriptions, no dongles, perpetual license."

ANAMORPH - THIS YAMAHA AN1X FREE VST EMULATION IS OUTSTANDING !!

video upload by Sergio Frias

ANAMORPH Analog Physical Modeling Control Synthesizer. Not to be mixed with Isla Electronics' recently revealed VAN1X.

"ANAMORPH is a FREE vst EMULATION of the AMAZING Yamaha AN1X

sounds demonstration at 3:05"

No link or additional details at this point.

Update: word is this emulation vibe coded, required the AN1X ROM, but was abandoned by the developer.

ADC26: Open University - Additive Synthesis Supercomputer

video upload by sonicstate

"We spoke to Alan at Audio Dev 26 about an Additive Synthesis Supercomputer, a research project focused on high-partial-count synthesis and a more practical way to describe complex evolving sounds.

The project is at an early stage and now produces musical material rather than only test tones. It is not a real-time synth. Instead, it uses a distributed systems approach, where many computers can share the calculations needed for additive synthesis. Current simulations already handle a few thousand partials on a basic laptop.

The system uses the Hertz L language to define sounds. Code changes can be reflected on the next loop, depending on complexity. Rendering can also start from an arbitrary point in the audio, rather than requiring a full piece to render from the beginning.

Features include polyphonic operation, partial-by-partial morphing between harmonic, noisy and percussive material, and spatial placement for individual partials. Playback is effectively sample playback, while the rendering stage handles the main computation. CPU cores, GPUs, Apple silicon, x64 systems and local compute clusters are all relevant to the project's direction.

More Info: https://musiclab.stem.open.ac.uk/"

Keysolutions Sounds - Traveler - MPE Arps are so much more expressive! #osmose #traveler #MPE

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds and KeySolutions Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

© Scott McAuley. All rights reserved.
#custom #sounds"

Synth Show - Ep244 - Obsession Vol 2 - OB-X8 Release

video upload by GEOSynths

"To celebrate the release of my follow up Bank for the OB-X8 - Obsession Vol 2, I’ll be dedicating the Show to it, playing some sounds, updating you on GEOSpace Plugin and some general Synth Chat.

https://github.com/GEOSynths/GEOSpace.... (Select 'Releases' on the right)"

Obsession Vol 2 posts

GForce Oberheim Matrix-12 - All Factory Presets Playthrough (No Talking)

video upload by Abel Mendoza Productions and Abel Mendoza

"Took some time to sit down with GForce Oberheim Matrix-12 and play through every factory patches. Hope you enjoy!

Get GForce Oberheim Matrix-12 here!
https://www.gforcesoftware.com/produc...

Check out my sound store.
http://thatworshipsound.com"

VAN1x - Yamaha AN1x Emulation from Isla Electronics Incoming

via Isla Electronics

"Looking for AN1x CURRENT OWNERS for beta testing.. apply by support ticket.."

Isla Electronics of course brought us the well recieved Asyx Alesis Andromeda A6 emulation.

Squark Box - Free 16 neuron feedback synthesizer

video upload by e y l v y

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/squark-...


Squark Box is a sixteen-neuron feedback network you can play, built in the spirit of the analog neural-network synthesizers of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

It is a small cybernetic system where every neuron listens to the others and answers back. Think pulses, drones, chirps and slowly shifting rhythms, held somewhere between equilibrium and chaos. You don't tell it what to play; you steer it, and it steers itself.

• 16 neurons on a live round screen. Tap to rewire them, or turn the seeds for a new network.

• Feedback everywhere: neurons pulse, resonate and pull each other into step or out of it.

• A rungler: a shift-register pattern generator, for patterns that repeat or wander.

• Twin resonant filter peaks that sing.

• Modulation: any neuron can move any knob, so the network can turn its own controls.

• Rest, to break chatter into clusters, and STRIKE, to jolt the whole network.

• A spring tank and a blur, for space.

• Four memory slots.

• Mutate nudges a few knobs; Dice randomizes the whole box, cables and all.

• AUv3 for AUM, GarageBand, Logic and Live, as well as a standalone app.

Free, with no ads, no account and no data collected.

FX AID VCV

video upload by Happy Nerding

"FX AID is now available as a VCV rack plugin."

ImpulseDie – Patchable Drum Synth & Looper | Out Now (inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23)

video upload by Diego Capoccitti

"ImpulseDie is out: a drum synthesizer you patch with cables, inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. In this video: the hardware that inspired it, a quick look around, and a techno groove built from an empty panel, one cable at a time.

Four voices (kick, bass, snare, hi-hat), four tape-style loopers with a piano-roll view, a clock divider, the SHAOS random generator, an LFO, delay, reverb, distortion and 122 pins: any output can go into any input.

▶ Desktop plugin – €9.99
macOS and Windows · VST3, AU, AAX
Pay once, use on 2 computers · Free 15-day demo, all features
https://www.diegocapoccitti.it/shop.p...

▶ iPad + iPhone – €5.99
Standalone app + AUv3 instrument and AUv3 effect · Pay once, no subscription
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impulse...


Manual (PDF): https://www.diegocapoccitti.it/INSTAL...
Chapters
0:00 Inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23
0:20 A look around
1:07 Build a patch from scratch
2:35 Out now: prices and links

The patch in this video
CLOCK 4 → BD TRIG · BD ENV → BD MOD (AMT up a little)
CLOCK 16 → HHT TRIG
CLOCK 2 → INV → PULSE CONVERTER 1 → SD TRIG
CLOCK 16 → SHAOS CLK · SHAOS 2BIT DIR → ATTENUATOR 2 (about 0.48) → BASS CV IN
BASS in CV mode · CLOCK 16 → BASS TRIG · BASS ENV → BASS MOD (LPF)
LFO triangle → HHT MOD (HPF) · SD and HHT FX sends into the delay, parallel distortion
Then flip SHAOS to 16 when you hear a phrase you like.


Pulsar-23 photos: SOMA Laboratory.
ImpulseDie is an independent product inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. It is not affiliated with, licensed by or endorsed by SOMA Laboratory. SOMA, SOMA Laboratory and Pulsar-23 are trademarks of their owner. Algorithms, code and graphics are property of Diego Capoccitti / 34Audiovisuals."

ImpulseDie // SOMA Pulsar-23-inspired drum machine, desktop & iOS, Diego Capoccitti // Walkthrough
video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"This is a walkthrough of the ImpulseDie plugin for iOS and desktop by Diego Capoccitti, a four-voice drum synth (kick, bass, snare, hi-hat) with a tape-style looper and a set of small utility modules that you connect with virtual cables. This is an unofficial emulation of the Soma Labs Pulsar-23 hardware. Soma Labs know about this release and have no issue with it, btw. This video explains most of ImpulseDie’s important controls, and will teach you how to use the app much faster than going through the manual will.

You can go very experimental here, but you can also make much more conventional drum grooves, and early in the video I demo both styles.

Note that although you can go very deep with your cable patching, you can also use ImpulseDie in a much simpler way, focusing on dialing in the sounds of the main voices and recording your drums manually, as in the hardware, or using the looper page of this app which even allows you to draw your hits in, something that is not possible with the hardware but which is very very useful indeed.

Thanks to Diego for sponsoring this video. Sponsorships pay for my time, not my opinions, and I only do sponsored videos on apps that I like.

iOS price: €5.99 / $4,99
Desktop price: €9.99 / $9.99

Requirements: iOS 15 / macOS 12.0 Monterey / Windows 10 (64-bit)

AppStore Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impulse...

Desktop link:
www.diegocapoccitti.it/shop.php

ImpulseDie is an independent product, inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. It is not affiliated with, licensed by or endorsed by SOMA Laboratory, and contains no code, circuit designs or samples from SOMA Laboratory. SOMA, SOMA Laboratory and Pulsar-23 are trademarks of their owner. All algorithms, code and artwork are the property of Diego Capoccitti / 34Audiovisuals."

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TED-8 1.5 - New Sequencer Editor Tour

video upload by discoDSP

https://www.discodsp.com/ted8/

MPE Explorations with TRAVELER

video upload by KeySolutions Sounds

"Continuing our journey and developing sounds and features for the next version of Traveler."

GFORCE MATRIX 12 VST IS AMAZING!! | Presets Preview

video upload by Sergio Frias

"THE BEST VST EMULATION EVER OF THE MATRIX 12
sit back and enjoy !!"

See the announcement post here for addtiional demos and details.

Oberheim Matrix 12 by Gforce - Presets Preview

video upload by Simon Le Grec

"Oberheim Matrix 12 by Gforce - Presets Preview
'The most ambitious analogue synthesiser Oberheim ever made'

Over 570 patches, including 380+ new patches and 190+ original Matrix-12 and Xpander patches.

Created in collaboration with Oberheim and Marcus Ryle, one of the original designers, who worked alongside the team throughout, GForce modelled the oscillators, filter, and envelope shapes against the hardware.

Get the Product here: https://www.gforcesoftware.com/produc..." Sounds 00:00 Intro 00:05 AR 00:08 Danger 02:04 Silent Heights 02:38 Deep Water 03:13 Cosmic Drops 03:30 Cosmic Energy 04:11 Flying Rhythm 05:33 Metallic Colors 06:09 Reso Filter 06:21 Agressive OSC´s 07:29 Ambient Vibes 07:42 Cosmic Lights 09:00 Cosmic Flow 10:00 TranceNation 10:30 Kronos 12:22 Dancing Noise 13:35 BASS 13:40 ResoNation 15:00 Escape from New York 16:00 Hard Bass 17:03 Hard Sync 17:13 Classic Bass 17:47 80´s Bass 18:20 Dance Bass 18:45 Hypnotic Bass 19:19 AcidNation 19:38 SH Modulation 20:28 Lost in Time 21:25 Loveparade 22:00 HITS 22:25 KEYS 22:30 Legends 23:39 Radioactivity 24:17 Crystal Lake 24:40 Dreamy Pads 25:06 Memories 25:45 Deep Thoughts 26:51 Oceans 27:44 Deep House 28:04 China 1984 28:52 LEADS 29:06 Electric Lead 29:25 Digital Mellow 29:53 Phased Modulators 31:00 Falling 31:35 Laser 32:18 Underwater Lights 32:39 PADS 32:52 Stratosphere 33:51 Analog Brass 34:10 Vergangenheit 34:49 Old Lake House 35:45 Romantique 36:17 Flying Melodies 37:12 TEXTURES 37:31 Danger Zone

Schmidt Vi Plugin Coming November 10

video upload by Schmidt-Synthesizer

"The Schmidt-Vi plugin is a virtual recreation of our legendary Schmidt Eight Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer.
Available starting November 10 in our shop and at Waldorf Music."

Additional posts

GROND by TJB Audio | Cinematic Impact Sound Design in VCV Rack

video upload by SATURATA MODULAR

"Exploring GROND by TJB Audio, a sample-based impact design environment for VCV Rack 2.

GROND allows you to combine, layer, and transform samples into complex cinematic sound events. Featuring sample banks, randomisation, timing and alignment controls, Doppler processing, Disperser, distortion, spectral delay, and multiband processing, it offers plenty of possibilities for experimental sound design.

Download this patch: / grond-by-tjb-in-174443581

For this demonstration, I'm using MONOLITH — PART 01, my original cinematic sound library featuring 10 massive braams and 10 dramatic piano hits.

MONOLITH is designed for cinematic titles, film trailers, sci-fi productions, dramatic transitions, and atmospheric compositions.

MONOLITH — PART 01 is available on my Patreon, included with all subscription tiers or as an individual purchase.

🎧Get MONOLITH: / monolith-1-piano-174368683

GROND by TJB Audio:
https://github.com/tjbaudiodesign/TJB...
https://library.vcvrack.com/TJBAudio/..."