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

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The Making of the Modulosphere: Behind the Springs

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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.

I-710 Long Beach to CA 47 San Pedro | Complete Drive

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"We continue our exploration of Terminal Island and its surroundings with a trip along Interstate 710 (Seaside Freeway) and California Highway 47. We start in Long Beach, and follow I-710 over the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge onto Terminal Island. We are treated to wide-open views of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles on the island. I-710 ends at a junction with CA 47 and the Terminal Island Freeway (CA 47 & CA 103). We follow CA 47 east over the scenic Vincent Thomas Bridge into the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles. CA 47 ends and transitions into I-110 north (the Harbor Freeway), which will feature in a future video.

Original music by Amanda Chaudhary, featuring a solo by our cat Big Merp!
Synthesizers and instruments used:
BFD3 Drums
Vintage Minimoog
Kenton USB Solo mk2
Audio Modeling SWAM Trumpet
Arturia Augmented Persia, CP-70 V, LX-24 reverb, Mix DRUMS
Cherry Audio Filtomika, Novachord, Chroma, Stardust tape delay
Dawesome KULT
Anukari 3D physics modeling synthesizer
Qu-bit Prism module (Eurorack)
EastWest Ministry of Rock 2, Hollywood Orchestral Percussion"

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0:00 Introduction
0:10 Heading south in I-710 in Long Beach
1:19 Crossing the Long Beach International Gateway bridge
1:50 Terminal Island
2:13 Transitioning from I-710 to CA 47
2:57 Crossing the Vincent Thomas Bridge
3:20 Entering San Pedro
4:04 Conclusion

The Terminal Island Freeway (CA 47 & 103) | Synthesizer soundtrack

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"We return to Terminal Island to explore its freeways anew after several major construction projects, starting with California highways 103 and 47, which form the Terminal Island Freeway. The island and its surroundings are at the southern end of Los Angeles, and host the massive ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This gives the drive an industrial, surreal, and delightfully dystopian vibe. The music, which combines metallic sounds with a sense of solitude, reflects the experience.

The Terminal Island Freeway begins at an intersection near the southern terminus of Interstate 710 and heads north, crossing the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge onto the mainland, where 47 and 103 split. We stick with CA 103 and the freeway, passing by some large industrial facilities and CA 1, and ending at modest intersection with Willow Street in Long Beach.

Synthesizers used:
Arturia Augmented Persia and CMI V
Yamaha RX5 vintage drum machine
Anukari 3D physics modeling synth
Cherry Audio DS-2, Spirit, and Filtomika
AudioThing Wires
EastWest Fab Four, Stormdrum 3, and Orchestral Percussion"

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Starting out on Terminal Island
0:29 The start of the Terminal Island Freeway (CA 47 and CA 103)
0:54 CA 47 leaves the freeway, which continues with CA 103
1:42 Crossing CA 1 and entering Long Beach
2:22 The freeway and CA 103 end at Willow Street in Long Beach

Anukari: A 3D Physics-modeling synthesizer

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"We take a deep dive into the world of 3D physics-modeling synthesis with Anukari, which we first discovered at #NAMM earlier this year. This instrument allows you to manipulate masses, springs, various excitation sources (including external audio) and pick up the vibrations of the objects with microphones. It's a very different way of creating sounds than the typical software synthesizer, and presents unique possibilities. This approach also has unique challenges, and takes a while to learn and longer to master. Fortunately, there are a lot of great presets and templates to get you started.

To find out more, please visit https://anukari.com

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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview
01:34 A demo with the Tuned Resonator Bank preset
03:00 Bodies and springs
04:46 Exciters
10:10 Microphones
12:18 Macros and modulators
17:41 Building systems with multiple bodies
26:35 Factory Presets
33:44 Audio input - using Anukari as an effects processor
34:35 The default effects preset
36:33 More effects presets
39:37 Conclusion"

NAMM 2026 for Keyboard Players - The Best New Gear Revealed

video upload by Arthur Dobrucki

"Join me for a keyboard walk-around at NAMM 2026, where I explore some of the most interesting new keyboards, synthesizers, and music technology on the show floor.

In this video, I take a closer look at standout instruments from Spectrasonics, Kurzweil, Expressive E, Nord, Moog, Korg, Mellotron, and more—highlighting what makes each one unique and why keyboard players should care.

Whether you’re a pianist, synth player, composer, or producer, NAMM is where the future of music gear takes shape, and this walk-around gives you a firsthand look at what’s coming next.

#namm2026 #nammshow #namm

📖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Viscount
01:26 Hammond organs
02:46 Kawai
03:20 Kurzweil SP8
04:51 Nord Electro 7
06:16 Expressive-E Osmose
06:54 Mellotron
07:13 ARP Foundation
07:42 Moog
07:56 Roland
08:12 Yamaha
08:41 VMU Sonics
09:53 ASM Leviasynth
10:56 Casio Dimension Shifter
11:44 Black Panther Keyboard Stands
12:19 Spectrasonics
12:43 Acoustic pianos
13:05 Demon Box - Eternal Research
13:32 Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer
13:59 Pocket Scion
14:15 Stylophone Theremin
14:36 Korg Phase 8
15:14 Conclusion"

#NAMM 2026: Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer

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"We get a tour of the intriguing Anukari 3D physical modeling synthesizer. It is an instrument where one designs sounds by placing objects like masses, springs, microphones, and speakers in a 3D space, and using the physical interaction among the objects to generate the sound.

To find out more, please visit https://anukari.com/"

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