Instruments

33 instruments.

Every kind of synthesizer, from a bass line in a box to a full drum machine.

Each one plays in your music software on the Mac, $25. Behind them is Legendary: forty-three studies after the instruments of all time — the synths and drum machines we may build next.

Modulr 1.0: Mock UI, redrawn from the Modulr synth prototype.

Mock UI, redrawn from the Modulr synth prototype.

Modulr 1.0Modular synthesiser

One monophonic modular synthesiser, in eight modules, with ten cables in its opening patch and eight factory patches.

Modulr Acid: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr AcidBass line synthesizer

A bass line in a box: sixteen steps, one oscillator, and a filter that sings when you ask it to.

Modulr Cell: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr CellSynthesizer voice

One voice: two oscillators, a filter that sweeps from low-pass to notch to high-pass, and two envelopes.

Modulr Chorus: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ChorusPolyphonic synthesizer

A polyphonic synthesizer after the Juno-106, with its chorus.

Modulr Click: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ClickDrum machine

Sixteen drum buttons, a pattern you click in while it runs, and sixteen patches that each load a whole kit.

Modulr Clav: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ClavAdditive synthesizer

Twenty-four partials set by level and phase, a large display, and rows of numbered keys.

Modulr Horn: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr HornPolyphonic synthesizer

Two oscillators a voice, a filter that switches between two and four poles, and an upper and a lower part, over fifty patches that each load the whole sound.

Modulr Console: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ConsoleDrum machine

Twelve membrane pads, a parameter matrix and four sliders for the selected voice, with twenty-eight kits that each load the whole sound.

Modulr Eight: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr EightHybrid synthesizer

Eight voices of analogue-style oscillators, a resonant filter and an eight-bit digital path, all edited from one backlit screen.

Modulr Mini: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr MiniMonophonic synthesizer

Three oscillators, a mixer and a four-pole ladder filter, with every section boxed and titled on the panel, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Octet: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr OctetPolyphonic synthesizer

Eight voices of two oscillators each, a split and a dual mode, and an upper and a lower part, over fifty-four patches that each load the whole sound.

Modulr Operator: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr OperatorPolyphonic FM synthesizer

Six operators, thirty-two algorithms and four-rate envelopes, edited from a slider and a membrane panel, over fifty patches.

Modulr Pilot: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr PilotPerformance monosynthesizer

Three oscillators, two filters with a spacing control, and a touch surface with an X and a Y, over forty-two patches that each load the whole sound.

Modulr Mono: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr MonoBass and lead synthesizer

One control per function: two oscillators, a sub and noise, a resonant filter, an envelope each for the filter and the level, a glide and a sixteen-step sequencer, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Plate: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr PlateTouch-plate patchable synthesizer

A touch-plate rack you can patch: five panels, forty-four live sockets and fifty-three controls, with eleven patches.

Modulr Pin: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr PinPatch-pin synthesizer

A pin matrix of sixteen by sixteen sockets, three oscillators, a ring modulator and a joystick, as a plug-in.

Modulr Quint: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr QuintFive-voice polysynth

Five voices of two oscillators each, a hard sync, poly-mod and wheel-mod, and a filter envelope and an amplifier envelope of their own, with forty-nine patches.

Modulr Pocket: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr PocketPocket synthesizer voice

Four encoders in four colours and one small screen, drawn over a single synth voice with nine patches.

Modulr Scream: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ScreamSemi-modular synthesizer

Two oscillators, a high-pass and a low-pass filter each with a peak that screams, and a patch panel you can patch.

Modulr Stack: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr StackSupersaw synthesizer

Eight voices of seven saws each, a filter with three types, a trance gate and three effects, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Sextet: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr SextetPolyphonic synthesizer

Six voices of two oscillators with a shape and a hard sync, a sub, a resonant low-pass and high-pass, poly mod, one effect, an arpeggiator and a sequencer.

Modulr Strain: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr StrainVirtual-analog synthesizer

Two oscillators and a sub, two filters with four routings, a five-slot modulation matrix, three LFOs and twelve voices.

Modulr Slider: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr SliderSemi-modular synthesizer

Three oscillators, a ring modulator and a spring reverb, every control a slider over a patch bay of live cables.

Modulr Strap: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr StrapMonosynthesizer

One oscillator with a sub and noise, a resonant filter, a key sequencer and an arpeggiator, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Station: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr StationWorkstation

Eight parts, thirty-two waves, a display with a data slider, and a fader or key for every control, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Table: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr TableWavetable synth

Sixty-four waves on a table, one large knob to sweep them, and a resonant filter with envelopes of its own.

Modulr Twin: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr TwinPolyphonic synthesizer

Two groups of four voices, a resonant filter with its own envelope, a chorus and a digital reverb and delay, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Wave: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr WaveWavetable synth

Sixty-four waves in each of thirty-two tables, a knob to sweep them, and a resonant low-pass with envelopes of its own.

Modulr Vector: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr VectorVector synthesizer

Four waves mixed around a square by a vector joystick, and a five-point vector envelope that moves the stick by itself, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Scarlet: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr ScarletVirtual-analog synthesizer

Four morph groups, two oscillators with wave lists and a filter that changes type, played from your keyboard as a VST3 and Audio Unit.

Modulr Dust: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr DustSampling Drum machine

A floppy of twelve-bit samples, a start, a tune, a level and a decay for each, and a phone amplifier for the trigger.

Modulr Spark: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr SparkDrum machine

Four trigger buttons, three sliders and a wooden case: the first of them, and the one every later machine answers to.

Modulr Touch: The plug-in playing a patch.

The plug-in playing a patch.

Modulr TouchDrum Synthesizer

Three touch plates for the low, the middle and the high of a drum sound, with no buttons and no keyboard at all.

All 33 are built.On saleThe Modulr synth’s picture is a mock-up redrawn from its prototype; the other 32 are captures of the plug-in playing.