Anukari uses a physics engine to simulate the motion of the masses, springs, and other objects that make up the instrument that you build. This simulation has limits on how extreme the forces and velocities involved can get before a system can no longer be accurately simulated. When these limits are exceeded, it is called a "physics explosion," because typically the system will do something violently chaotic and noisy.

To avoid loud bursts of noise from physics explosions, Anukari automatically detects when a physics explosion has happened, and resets the voice that exploded. This is what has happened when you see a "physics explosion" notification. Anukari automatically intervened and restored the instrument to a playable state.

You can think of physics explosions as similar to what would happen if you were playing a real physical instrument and hit it with a sledgehammer instead of a felt mallet. Or imagine you were tuning a guitar, and kept tightening one of the tuners so much that the string snapped.

Physical instruments can definitely have physics explosions! But they are sometimes easier to avoid, because our intuition tells us that tightening a guitar string too much will cause it to snap, while with Anukari it's harder to have that intuition.

Physics explosions are not a big deal, but they can obviously be a little disruptive to your playing if not addressed. Typically the main way to avoid explosions is to limit the highest MIDI note that an instrument responds to. Playing higher MIDI notes is essentially like tuning a guitar string tighter and tighter. Each Anukari preset will have a different limit where it breaks. Once you find that limit, you can restrict the preset to only respond to MIDI notes below that limit, either by right clicking on the on-screen MIDI keyboard, or using the Note Range setting in the preset editor.

The most common source of physics explosions in Anukari is when very small masses are connected to very stiff springs. Sometimes this situation can happen unexpectedly due to modulation, for example if the mass of a Body is modulated by an LFO, it can be easy to bring its mass very low without realizing it. Being aware of these kinds of situations can help you to avoid physics explosions, or at least increase the playable range of the presets you build.

Yes, as of the 1.0.1 release, Anukari runs on Linux. Support for Linux is "best-effort," meaning we will try to fix obvious bugs in Anukari, but can't necessarily help with every distro-specific issue that comes up. For more info on Anukari's Linux support, please see this page.

Yes, on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 15+, if you are using Rosetta to run an old version of your DAW that does not yet support Apple Silicon (such as Ableton Live 10), Anukari will work as a VST or AudioUnit plugin. Earlier versions of macOS will not work as old versions of Rosetta do not translate AVX2 instructions.

‍However, be aware that performance will suffer somewhat in Rosetta mode. Using the Rosetta translation system to make your powerful Apple Silicon mac pretend to be an old Intel mac is not nearly as fast as running in native mode. So upgrading your DAW to a version that can run natively on Apple Silicon is strongly recommended to get the best performance out of Anukari.

Anukari has been tested and works well in the DAWs listed below. It probably works well in other DAWs, too, but if a DAW is not listed here, we haven't yet tested it ourselves.

Ableton
Audacity
AVID Pro Tools
Bitwig
Cakewalk
Cubase 14
Entonal
FL Studio
Garageband
Gig Perfromer 5
Logic Pro
Magix Sequoia Pro
MuLab 9
PreSonus Studio One
Reason
Reaper
Renoise
Waveform 13

The first thing to do if you're experiencing crashes problems is to make sure your graphics card drivers are up-to-date. Especially if you have integrated Intel or AMD Radeon graphics, this is very likely to fix the problem.

On Windows, you should update your graphics card drivers to the latest version offered on the manufacturer's website. This version is usually much newer than what comes built-in with Windows.

‍NOTE: The driver software links below are not affiliated with Anukari in any way and are provided only for your convenience.

‍NVIDIA Drivers

‍Intel Drivers

‍AMD Radeon Drivers

‍On macOS, the only way to update your graphics card drivers is to upgrade to a newer macOS version to the latest available. We know that upgrading your macOS version can be a pain, so this may not always be a good option, but it may help.

If none of this helps to solve the problem, please contact Anukari support.

This error is usually caused by an overeager antivirus program that is blocking the Anukari installer from running. You can try temporarily disabling your antivirus software, and then running the installer again. After installation succeeds, you can re-enable your antivirus software.