Stanley Studio Rack
Stanley Studio8 UNITS · MASTER RACK
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Producer

Use Studio on the device that plays the sound. Set your phone to Remote mic to talk without the music cutting out.

    Visuals

    Driven by every note, the spectrum, sections, settings and the vocoder

    Auto changes scene at each new section. Kicks pulse, snares and hats throw sparks, notes land on a circle of fifths so chords draw shapes, and the scope follows the bass. Reverb lengthens the trails, tape adds grain and the Bit crush character effect pixelates the picture. For a TV, AirPlay this device, or open the studio on another screen and choose Screen under This device.

    Patch Lab

    Cardinal-style modular · Mutable-inspired modules · own channel, clocked by the studio

    Signal-flow cheat sheet
    Clock / trigger
    A pulse that says "now". Here every module runs on the studio's 16th-note clock.
    Gate
    On while a note is held. Gate length sets how long envelopes stay open.
    CV / pitch
    A control value. Sources send pitch as scale degrees; the quantizer keeps them in key.
    S&H / random
    Sample and hold: grab a random or chaotic value on each clock and hold it (Marbles, Chaos).
    VCO
    The oscillator: the raw tone (Plaits engines, Dexter operators).
    VCF
    The filter: removes highs (low-pass) or lows (high-pass), or isolates a band. Resonance adds a peak at the cutoff.
    VCA / LPG
    The amplifier. A low-pass gate closes level and brightness together, like a plucked or struck sound.
    Envelope
    Attack and decay: how fast a note opens and how long it rings.
    LFO / Tides
    Slow cycles that move a parameter. Tides is a slope that rises fast and falls slowly.
    Random walk
    A value that drifts a little each step, like WALK. Good for slow, natural movement.
    Resonator
    Rings: a struck or bowed object whose partials ring on. Structure moves from string to bell.
    Granular
    Clouds: chops the recent sound into tiny grains and replays them, shifted and scattered.
    Ring mod / fold
    Amalgam: multiplies or folds the wave to add metallic or gritty harmonics.

    Vocoder

    eSpeak voice → 16-band vocoder · plays in key

    Recorder

    MP3 · 192 kbps · stereo

    Records whatever the studio plays

      Each take records the master MP3, a MIDI file of every note and setting change with a written recipe, (with Stems on) a pre-master MP3 per instrument, and (with Video on) the visuals at 720p with the master audio. Export packs them into one .zip; on iPhone, tap it in Files to open the folder.

      Master rack

      Every unit is a Web Audio emulation of your rig, voiced after the plugin it is named for. A web page can't host the real VST/LV2 plugins, so these are synthesised patches, and the 808 is synthesised rather than jdrummer's recorded kit. Tap a cell to write a step; melodic units are monophonic with one note per step. Your pattern saves in this browser.