TX Modular system for Mac OS X (Release 074 - December 2007)
Currently, this website
is a download site for the TX Modular system (for Mac OS X).
This is a standalone audio engine, written in SuperCollider, that allows you
to build fully interactive audio systems such as: live instruments, interactive
generative compositions, sound design tools, live audio processing tools, group
improvisation instruments, and loop-mixing tools.
I originally designed this system for myself, then gave it to some friends, and eventually decided to release it in case it is useful to other musicians, sonic artists, programmers and other sonic experimenters.
This latest release includes a full set of help files for all the modules, plus lots of new modules (see Release Notes for more details).
In the future, I plan to add more complex modules with specialized functions to extend the possibilities even further. I'm open to any ideas or code for new modules.
Free Software License
The TX Modular system is free software released under the GNU General Public License (version 2), created by the Free Software Foundation (see www.gnu.org). A copy of the license is included with the download.
Intro to the TX Modular system
The TX Modular system includes
some of the basic modules that you might find in synths and samplers, such as:
sample & loop players, envelope generators, filters, and step sequencers,
etc. (See List of All Modules for more details).
You can choose which modules to use, as well as samples and loops, and build
these into a "system" which can then be saved.
Audio and modulation signals can be sent around the system allowing for all
kinds of ways to link and control modules.
Help files are provided for every module as well as basic tutorials on how to use the software.
It has a front interface,
with up to 20 linked screens which the user can design.
This means you can add buttons, sliders, labels boxes, etc. of any size, colour,
or font, and decide how they control modules in the system.
This is useful for example when you want to show certain details of various
modules on one screen. You only need to display the things you want rather than
everything in the whole system.
You can also have a single button to start several sequencers, or a single slider
to modify multiple filters.
Up to 99 "snapshots"
of the system can be saved.
This means that if you want to keep a particular combination of settings giving
you a certain sound, you can save a snapshot which you can recall easily later.
You can play the system live with midi controllers or from an external sequencer. It is also possible to record the digital output straight to disk to create audio files that can then be edited in another sequencer or audio editor.
About The Software
The TX Modular system is a modular software synth which is written in the SuperCollider 3/Server language for Mac OS X (10.4 or higher). This version won't work with Windows or Mac OS 9 or Linux.
You don't need to know how to program in SuperCollider to use this system. If you can program in SuperCollider, you could build your own synths using these modules, or create new modules.