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Play.

Synths, samples, effects, MIDI and plugins. Then let the sound move the picture.

Starts on the canvasSound and picture in one patch
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SynthsBuild synths.SamplingRecord and play samples.EffectsAdd audio effects.AnalysisTurn sound into numbers.MIDIPlay and sequence MIDI.PluginsUse your audio plugins.Ableton LiveWork with Ableton Live.Sound editingEdit sound.Sound to pictureTurn sound into visuals.
Play · Synths

Synths

Oscillators you patch by hand: wavetables, FM, formants, additive and sync.

Wavetable2D wavetableFMFormantAdditiveWaveshaperOscillator bankHard syncADSRLFONoise

adds AudioWavetable · Audio2DWavetable · AudioFormantOsc · AudioAdditiveOsc · AudioADSR

Learn more about synths →
A keyboard synth panel with knobs, a scope, a spectrum and a level meter
a keyboard synth on a panel: waveform, cutoff, attack and release, with a live scope and spectrum
The spectrum of an FM bass
an FM bass: sidebands stacked above a low carrier
Play · Sampling

Sampling

Record, loop, stretch and slice. Grains from anything.

File playbackRecorderLooperGranularTime stretchPitch shiftReverseTakes

adds AudioGranular · AudioLooper · AudioTimeStretch · AudioPitchShift · AudioRecorder

Learn more about sampling →
a voice take, the same voice scattered into grains, and a creak turned into a swell
The waveform of a voice scattered into grains
a voice scattered into a dense cloud of grains
Play · Effects

Effects

Filters, delays, reverbs and dirt, in any order you like.

Filter bankLow pass gateParametric EQDelayPlate reverbSpring reverbChorusFlangerPhaserDistortionBitcrusherCompressorSidechain

adds AudioFilterBank · AudioLowPassGate · AudioSpringReverb · AudioCompressor · AudioSidechain

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a low pass filter swept live: its resonant peak rises and falls
The folding curve of a wave folder
a wave folder's shape: every peak past the edge folds back down
Play · Analysis

Analysis

Turn sound into numbers: spectrum, onsets, beats, pitch, loudness and chords.

FFTOnsetsBeat dividerEnvelope followerPitchLoudnessSpectral envelopeBeats and chordsTranscription

adds AudioFFT · AudioOnsetDetect · AudioEnvelopeFollower · AudioLoudness · LocalAIAudioToChords

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chord names read from a song as it plays
Three crossover filters splitting a song into bands
a song split into bass, mids and treble, the two crossover points as handles
Play · MIDI

MIDI

Notes, CC and clock in and out. Sequence with euclidean rhythms, chords and a piano roll.

Notes and CCNRPNMIDI 2.0 filesClock in and outMIDI learnEuclidean sequencerChord generatorArpeggiatorPiano rollController profiles

adds MidiEuclideanSequencer · MidiChordGen · ArpeggiatorOper · MidiClipPlayer · MidiLearn

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A melody in the piano roll with five colored CC lanes under it
a melody in the piano roll, with the filter sweep and four more lanes drawn underneath
Arpeggiated notes rising and falling in the piano roll
a held four note chord, arpeggiated up and down across two octaves
Play · Plugins

Plugins

Host your CLAP and VST3 plugins, LV2 on Linux. Run the ones you don't trust in their own process.

CLAPVST3LV2 on LinuxPlugin managerSandboxed hostingPlugin parameters on the canvas

adds PluginHost

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The spectrum of a voice run through two plugin effects
a voice through two plugin effects in a row, with the dry voice mixed back in
Play · Ableton Live

Ableton Live

Fire clips and scenes, follow the tempo, ride device knobs from the graph.

Clip and scene launchClip matrixTransport and tempoDevice parametersCue pointsGroove amount

adds AbletonClipFire · AbletonSceneFire · AbletonDeviceParameter · AbletonLiveControl

Learn more about Ableton Live →
two clips cutting on the downbeat, one cut per bar
Clip pads and four dials on a panel
dials on a panel; Filter and Resonance are wired to a device knob in Live
Play · Sound editing

Sound editing

Trim, fade, EQ and clean a clip right in the viewport. Every edit stays a node.

Trim and cutFadesVolume rideEQDenoiseNormalizeMarkersTakes

adds AudioTake · AudioEditRange · AudioGainEnvelope · AudioDenoise

Learn more about sound editing →
drips over a low hum, then the same recording with the hum turned down
Play · Sound to picture

Sound to picture

An envelope bends a mesh. A beat fires a light cue. A hand plays the chord.

Sound to geometryBeats to DMXHands to notesSpectrum to shadersChannels as MIDI

adds 3DGeoDisplaceByChannelData · DmxBeatGate · LocalAIImageToHandKeypoints · ChannelDataToMidi

Learn more about sound to picture →
a shape swelling and twisting with a voice
a dancer's left wrist setting how many mirrors the kaleidoscope has
Live

Play something.

A rhythm sequencer into a small synth, drawn and played in your browser. Sound starts when you press Sound on.

MidiEuclideanSequencer → AudioWavetable Live
5 of 16 · 112 bpma sketch drawn in your browser

Turn it while it plays

Coming from Reaktor

Build the instrument. Then light it.

See what carries over, what you gain, and where Reaktor is still ahead.

Kinematic for Reaktor builders →
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KinematicReaktor
Price$0$199
Hosts your pluginsCLAP, VST3, LV2no
Picture in the patch3D, video, lightspanels
Linuxyesno
Other ways in
Createmodel, sculpt, rig, render → Editphotos, color, video → Simulateliquids, fire, cloth → Performprojectors, lights, cameras →

Free and open. Yours, forever.

No account, no license key. macOS, Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

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