Firing up on short circuit last few weeks now that the six sines release is out and i have a bit of bandwidth. Loads of work on file export, modulators, ui, the browser, and much more. It can even do basic gigasampler loads now! Surge discord is where the action is but I'll post here time to time.

Happy to release v1.1.0 of Six sines today, with many new features, fixes, and improvements. The release is here: github.com/baconpaul/si... and change log is github.com/baconpaul/si... Enjoy!

Release Release v1.1.0 · baconpaul/six-sines

The 1.1.0 release was released Tue Mar 18 13:57:50 UTC 2025 You can read changes from 1.0 here Enjoy!

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Hey a bit more technical but we released v0.12.0 of the clap wrapper today which lets you write a clap and get a vst3 auv2 and standalone for free. Thanks to all the six sines users who didn’t know they were testers. Chuckle. Changelog here github.com/free-audio/c...

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Wrappers for using CLAP in other plugin environments - free-audio/clap-wrapper

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Pushed a bunch of performance improvements to six sines for core cases this weekend and early this week. Things like "if your attack parameter hasn't changed you don't need to recalculate dphase in the envelope" and "if you don't use the lfo dont run the lfo". But makes a big difference often!

Loads of great suggestions from the KVR One Synth challenge on Six Sines. But the feature I'm most excited about came from someone asking what type of FM it does (the answer is: it did PM). And then I added this to each node. If you want to understand PM vs AM vs Lin or Exp FM, it's really handy!

Wow loads of great feedback and bug reports from first five days of one synth challenge. Can’t wait to see the tracks!

My band, leeward, released a new 2 song ep today, “all we know”. A contemplative pair of songs written last November and December. Hope you enjoy if you choose to listen! open.spotify.com/album/4s0NIh...

All We Know

Leeward. · EP · 2025 · 2 songs

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Oh exciting! Six sines is the February one synth challenge synth. You can actually win prizes by making a track with six sines! Rules and details here www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewto...

KVR Forum: One Synth Challenge #192: Six Sines by BaconPaul - Instruments Forum

KVR Audio Forum - One Synth Challenge #192: Six Sines by BaconPaul - Instruments Forum

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Six Sines 1.0.4. github.com/baconpaul/si... Fixes a problem where VST3 hosts with note id support could, in some cases, result in stuck notes on unison legato patches in the synth. Recommend all cubase and S1 users upgrade, and all bitwig users continue to prefer CLAP version.

BaconPaul Six Sines, free open-source TX81Z-style MPE FM Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux and Windows synthanatomy.com/2025/01/baco... #baconpaulsixsines #synthesizer #synth #synthesizers #freeplugin #vstplugin #musicproduction #synthanatomy

BaconPaul Six Sines, free open-source TX81Z-style MPE FM Synthesizer plugin

BaconPaul Six Sines is a new, impressive, free, open-source Yamaha-style TX81Z MPE FM Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

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Six Sines 1.0.3 is out, with a bug fix that could in some circumstances cause the host to not refresh parameters on a patch load. Recommend all users upgrade to 1.0.3 or the latest nightly. github.com/baconpaul/si...

Release Release v1.0.3 · baconpaul/six-sines

Release updated Sat Jan 25 17:55:34 UTC 2025 c6dbb43 : Stage for 1.0.3 3f7df19 : Notify clap host to rescan values on patch load c087dd7 : Move cmakelists to 1.0.2 0bc5b34 : Dockerize (#155) 55ea...

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Exciting new port of the vcv rack sapphire modules to a daw environment, using many of the lessons learned in making six sines. Have fun with these crazy physical modeling effects community.vcvrack.com/t/sapphire-f...

Sapphire for the DAW in beta test

Paul (@baconpaul) and I are pleased to release an open source DAW plugin using four of my Sapphire modules. This project takes Elastika, Tube Unit, Gravy and Galaxy from Sapphire and makes them avail...

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Another fun different thing will be ready I think in next 24 hours…. Stay tuned

Six Sines 1.0.2 is out. It is identical to 1.0.1 except the Linux build is built in an docker container so an annoying glibc issue (that makes Linux generally infuriating) goes away, and the macOS minimum goes up to 10.14 rather than 10.13 for a couple of reasons. github.com/baconpaul/si...

Six Sines 1.0.1 out. This fixes a bug where, in rare cases, envelopes could get some envelope times wrong. It also brings macOS minimum version to 10.13, back from 10.15. Nightly still has new stuff, but 1.0.1 is stable github.com/baconpaul/si...

Release Release v1.0.1 · baconpaul/six-sines

Release updated Wed Jan 22 14:45:53 UTC 2025 55ea1fe : Mark CMakeLists as 1.0.1 eb5d6f7 : Remove thread_local ADSRSHaped LUT storage 4c1fc95 : Move the MacOS minimum back to 10.13 (#153) 8621243 ...

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Six Sines is the audio-rate-modulation synth I've been working on for the last 40 days. After some great feedback and content from early users, I'm very happy to release 1.0.0 tonight. Have fun making music with the synth! Bugs and Ideas to github/surge-discord please github.com/baconpaul/si...

Release Release v1.0.0 · baconpaul/six-sines

Release updated Mon Jan 20 00:13:51 UTC 2025 8621243 : Final commit for 1.0; Metamyther patches; updated doc (#143) 5675775 : Add a menu item to the acknowldgements page (#142) 20eeb5b : fix typo...

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Six Sines came together in Dec and early Jan. A '30 day sprint' was a core part of my goal. Using the super cute "gource" visualizer i can see the activity in a neat little video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffb-...

The Six Sines Git Log

YouTube video by Baconpaul

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Before I ship a synth, I usually try and pull it into logic and make a dumb test track with it. Tonight I did that with six sines. This track uses only six sines as a sound source. Some valhalla and logic mastering stuff downstream of the synth of course. soundcloud.com/baconpaul/si...

Six Sines Test Track

Before I release a synth I kinda have the habit of bring it into logic and run it through its paces. This is my test track for six sines a day or so before we plan to tag it 1.0. All sounds including

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Six sines is super close to ready for 1.0 - just a delay while we give @kinseydulcet.bsky.social enough time to qa her (amazing) patches and me a to do a last review on some code and issues. Grab the nightly github.com/baconpaul/si... for the almost-1.0 version!

Release Nightly · baconpaul/six-sines

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Sound designer and composer kinsey dulcet designed many of the patches for six sines. Here’s a demo track she put together where all the non drum sounds are from the 0.9999 version of the synth - and all those presets are included in the download! soundcloud.com/kinseydulcet...

Retrocade Nights (Six Sines Demo)

This is a demo track I made for BaconPaul's new Six Sines FM synth! Turn on that Outrun radio and ride Falcor into the sunset! Here's the presets I made and used in order of appearance: Bass/Better L

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Ooh, checking this one out now! thanks @airwindows.com !

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New year, new synth! I'm happy to release the 0.99 version of 'Six Sines', a result of a 3 week sprint to generate a new audio-rate-modulation synth. It's loads of fun. github.com/baconpaul/si...

Delightful break from the tire changing deathmarch: Baconpaul has got an update that makes the standalone app work on my older MacOS! Immediately put it in the dock as it has become an insta-fave for this FM enthusiast github.com/baconpaul/si...

Release Nightly · baconpaul/six-sines

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New year, new synth! I'm happy to release the 0.99 version of 'Six Sines', a result of a 3 week sprint to generate a new audio-rate-modulation synth. It's loads of fun. github.com/baconpaul/si...

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Gabbo is coming! Probably around 2pm.

My Jan 1 ship-a-surprise-todo list is shrinking rapidly. Definitely going to have *something* new to give to everyone new years day

Looking more likely I will indeed have something new, free, fun, and moderately confusing to ship on new years day! Stay tuned.....

Might have a fun new free audio plugin toy for everyone before the new year…..

Oooh loads of work on lua for wavetables in surge this week … and some really fascinating new sounds coming out of the synth as a result. Look for 1.4 in the new year

OK @newfangledaudio.bsky.social obliterate plus a good wurli (in my case modarrt pianotec 8) is just .... wow. that really does obliterate the sound. what fun!

Having fun getting the Lua engine in surge to make wavetables. It’s been a half finished feature turned off in release forever and now we are getting it wrapped up…. Could be an exciting 1.4 in early 25