Audio and VST3

Mix your sound where you cut your picture. Lay clips on the timeline, chain effects as nodes and play your own VST3 plugins.

A sound clip's card in the Nodes window wires through effects into the AudioOutput; every effect slider can be keyed or wired.

A sound into a volume effect into an output, each card with its level meter
A meter on every card
Two sound folders, one through an effect, into an output
Folders into effects
A Drums sound folder holding a kick and a snare
One folder, one mix
A sound clip whose speed follows a curve track
Speed from a curve

Wire up the mix

Put a whole drum kit through one reverb, or let a beat's loudness drive a glow.

A SoundFolder has one card for the mix of every clip inside, and Loudness turns sound into a number for any other input.

UtilityVolume, Stereo Imager
EQEQ
DynamicsCompressor, Limiter, Gate, Multiband Compressor, Transient Shaper, Clipper
ColourSaturator, Filter
SpaceReverb, Delay, Ambience, 3D Player
ModulationChorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo
DistortionDistortion, Bitcrusher
GeneratorsSine, Saw, Square, Triangle, Noise, LFO
MathAdd, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Min, Max, Abs, Clamp, Tanh, Sin, Power, Mix
MeasureLoudness, Waveform, Spectrum
PluginsAny 64-bit VST3 effect or instrument

Bring your plugins

Use the VST3 effects you own, and play your synths from notes on the timeline.

Nodes > Add > Audio > Plugins scans them the first time; right-click a card > Open plugin window. Instruments play Cook note clips. A plugin's state is saved in the project, renders sound like playback, and one that hangs never freezes the app.

Keys

SpacePlay the Cook S, M on a cardSolo, mute; only for listening Ctrl click SSolo only this one Drag a clip's top cornerFade in, out AltF12Export audio
CookSoundTrackSoundFolderSoundContentAudioEffectAudioMixAudioOutputAudioMathAudioGeneratorAudioLoudnessCookNoteTrack