SunVox

SunVox can be broken down into four main sections as shown: Module View Module view is where your instruments and effects are located; every unit of instruments and effects is represented as a rectangle called modules. These modules not only are used for generating or modifying sounds, but also give visual feedback by displaying various type of oscillation signals. Modules have three main type, which they are: Synths These are the oscillators of SunVox, acting as your sound source, including subtractive, FM, samples, drum, and a FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) based additive synthesizer. Effects SunVox also includes a handful of effects to modify the sound from your synth module, from basic module like filter, delay, echo and reverb, to something more complex like FFT, and pitch shifter. Misc Modules that do not fit into the two categories above are located in misc. They are generally used for modifying control or MIDI signal, such as MultiCtl (controller multiple controller at different module), MultiSynth (sending MIDI signal to multiple synths), Sound2Ctl (converting audio signal into control signal for controllers), and feedback (the only way for doing feedback loop in SunVox). MetaModule is notable in this category because this loads another SunVox project within the current project as a module, which is useful for loading multiple SunVox projects at once, or designing customized synth and effect modules. Controller View Located at the left side of the screen, the controller view list all the controls for the selected module at the module view; users can manipulate the controller to change the sound of a module, and one can also assign automation into a pattern by shift-clicking a controller. The controller also have options for mute, solo or bypass the module, to ignore some of the sound during sound design. If the controller list is too long, the V option can display the controller in one, two or four columns, reducing the length of controller for complex MetaModule or FMX. Pattern Editor This is where the notes are sequenced, displaying pattern data of a chosen pattern at the pattern timeline. Every patterns can support up to 32 tracks in any length. Compared with other trackers software, SunVox tracker command is based on a 16 bit numbers rather than 8 bit in other common tracker software, providing finer controls to the modules, and handling note effect and automation separately. Pattern Timeline Unlike other trackers which use a fixed length pattern slot system, the length and location of patterns in SunVox are dynamic, so patterns can be played at any time, providing a flexible timing for any instruments. Instead of using numerical ID for pattern, SunVox uses a 16x16, user editable bi-color icon (background and foreground color). Each pattern can have its own name, to provide more details. In the 2.0.0 update, SunVox also features "super track" mode, which it can be used for toggle solo or mute a single row of pattern by enabling / disabling the MIDI signal, to focus on certain instruments. This mode also have a feature for keeping any playing notes even the pattern ends. == Commentary ==