Overview

Welcome to Anukari#

Thank you for purchasing Anukari, a groundbreaking new 3D physics synthesizer for macOS and Windows. Anukari allows you to build and interact with virtual instruments and effects in real-time 3D space, using intuitive tools and drag-and-drop objects to create radically new sounds.

Features#

Interactive Real-world Physics#

Anukari's unique physics playground utilizes Newtonian mechanics to accurately simulate how objects react to forces such as spring tension and mallet strikes.

Anukari lets you build your own 3D instruments made up of physics-controlled masses and springs, which can then be "played" using virtual exciters, mouse gestures, keyboard commands, external audio devices, or even your own voice. You can keep it simple, or architect sprawling systems of hundreds of interactive masses. And because you can precisely control and modify every object, each virtual instrument is totally customizable.

If you're interested in the nitty-gritty details of how Anukari's physics simulation works, check out this interactive explainer.

Versatile MIDI & MPE Support#

Anukari works with both "legacy" MIDI and MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE), so you can use a regular MIDI keyboard or an MPE controller such as a Linnstrument, Roli Seaboard, or Haken Continuum.

Use your MIDI controller to trigger virtual mallets, plectrums, oscillators, bows, and LFOs to play your 3D instrument. You can also map a MIDI device to modulate playback parameters in real time.

Creative Effects Processing#

Anukari can accept audio input signals as a sidechain input alongside MIDI, or as the primary input. Anukari lets you visualize audio inputs as 3D objects, connect those objects to your physics-based virtual instrument, play that instrument, and then pick up the resulting sounds with virtual microphones. Throw in a few dozen delay lines for reverb or feedback effects. Or, why not use LFOs to modulate the spring stiffness? Whatever you can dream up, you can build.

Limitless Modulation#

In addition to basic physics objects, Anukari offers many options for modulation: sample-accurate LFOs capable of FM audio frequencies, MIDI-triggered envelopes, envelope followers, MIDI control sources, DAW automation parameters, and more. The modulation matrix is simple to understand: it's displayed via physical connections in Anukari's 3D world, and nearly every parameter can be modulated.

Multichannel Audio#

Anukari supports up to 50 input and 50 output audio channels when used with audio interfaces and/or DAWs that support this. Hook things up to an ambisonic dome to build interactive ambient 3D soundscapes, or send each Anukari microphone to its own effects bus in your DAW for complete control.

Plugin and Standalone Options#

You can run Anukari as a VST3, AU, AAX, or LV2 plugin in your favorite DAW on macOS, Windows, or Linux. Or, run Anukari in standalone mode to play it as a MIDI instrument without the complexity of a DAW. Anukari only uses a fraction of your machine's resources, so you can run multiple instances of the plugin in your DAW, using it as both a synthesizer and an effects processor, for example.

Real-Time, Customizable 3D Interface#

Anukari isn't just another stylized faceplate covered in knobs. You create the instrument's physics layout in an intuitive 3D editor (kind of like a video game), and then see how it vibrates, flexes, spins, and moves in real time as you play it. Drag and release a mass with the mouse to discover what happens! Or, project fully customizable 3D visuals during a show so the audience can see and hear the 3D instrument in action using Cinematic Mode.

Anukari ships with a wide variety of built-in skyboxes, 3D models, skins, and visual effect options, so you can fine-tune the look that's right for you. Anukari also supports importing custom skyboxes and 3D models. Using 3D modeling software like Blender, advanced users can completely transform the 3D visuals and animations.

Anukari User Guide#

This user guide provides a detailed explanation of Anukari's operational features and how to use them. We recommend that you take the time to read through the user guide thoroughly, whether you're new to software synthesizers or a more experienced user, as Anukari has many unique functions and use cases.