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DSP and synth design

For people who design their own synths and effects, try them out, and hand the result to a client as a plugin, a link or a box.

writing and inspecting DSP

You write the sound processing yourself in Koda and check what each part of it does to the signal.

You build a patch by placing chips and wiring them together, and the text of the patch changes as you do.

A patch gets a front panel a player can reach mid-set, with settings that come back the next time.

Also for: stage ops

A finished patch goes to someone else as a plugin, a link that plays in the browser, or a box they plug in.

A patch runs on a computer with no screen or keyboard, and the rest of the rig is checked from another machine.