TX Modular system for Mac OS X (Release 081 - August 2010)
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 (supercollider.sourceforge.net),
for building interactive audio systems such as: live instruments, interactive
generative compositions, sound design tools, live audio processing tools, group
improvisation instruments, and loop-mixing tools.
This latest release includes many enhancements plus various new modules (see Release Notes for more details). There have also been lots of behind the scenes improvements to SuperCollider, which make the screen feel faster and smoother.
Intro to the TX Modular system
The TX Modular system includes
many of the modules found in synths and samplers, such as: sample & loop
players, envelope generators, LFOs, filters, and step sequencers, plus more
- see List of All Modules.
The user can choose which modules to use, as well as samples and loops, and
build these into a "system".
Audio and modulation signals can be sent around the system allowing for all
kinds of ways to link and control modules.
Visual compositions
built with Quartz Composer
(a free tool that comes with OS X) can be displayed and used interactively within
the TX Modular system.
Help files are provided for every module as well as tutorials on how to use the software.
A user-designed GUI interface,
with up to 20 linked screens is included.
The user 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
different modules together on one screen. Or have a single button start several
sequencers, or a single slider modify multiple filters.
Up to 99 "snapshots" of the system can be saved, and you can easily create presets for any module, and export them for use in other TX systems.
You can control the system live with a keyboard, mouse, midi or OSC controllers, a Wii, or using other software - on the same computer or across a network.
It is also possible to record the digital output straight to disk to create audio files that can then be used in a 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.
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.