video upload by Våld Labs
“Two swarms of oscillators. Bring them together into a focused voice, or let them drift apart into beating textures, shifting harmonies and restless clouds of sound.
KURARE is a polyphonic synthesizer inspired by the Kuramoto model of collective synchronisation. Each oscillator responds to the others, creating sounds that gather, loosen and change as you play. The particles on screen follow the oscillators themselves, making that movement visible.
Four main controls shape the swarm:
• POPULATE adds oscillators, up to 32 per swarm.
• DECOUPLE moves from tightly synchronised tones to drifting clouds.
• DIVERGE spreads pitches into octave and overtone layers.
• EXCITE adds agitation and instability.
Explore five waveform collections, shape each swarm with SEM- or Polivoks-inspired filters, and add movement with three LFOs and two generative modulation lanes. The built-in sequencer brings seven VEKTE-derived algorithms, independent parts for each swarm and an arpeggiator.
16 voices. Two swarms per note. Plenty of room between order and chaos.
KURARE v0.5.0 is in public beta for macOS and Windows, free to download and use while the beta runs. #iOS soon.
Download and learn more:
https://valdlabs.com/kurare”
