SynthMaker 1.0 (187)

A new lesson, Controls 3: a groovebox you render in Blender, and it plays. Ned builds one face with a Start button, launch pads, chord pads, drum pads and a melody row, and wires each pad to what it plays.

Pads, as in SwiftUI: every Button on a face is a Pad module in the Patch. A Button sends its action when you let go. Add a long-press gesture with a minimum duration of zero and it plays while you hold it, for drums, chords and melodies.

Green message wires: presses, triggers and on/off travel on their own green wire, into Note, Chord, Track and Transport modules.

Play full screen: only the pads, edge to edge. Escape, or the little cross, brings the Patch back. Pads size themselves with frame and aspect ratio, shown in the Patch as a purple chain of modifiers.

Launch in time: a launch pad starts its track on the next bar, the next beat or right away, and Start can begin with the tracks silent.

Big patches read: the modules a face plays are laid out in rows like the face itself, and lessons zoom to the part they are talking about.