RND synth
firmware 1.4

Release note

  • 6 usb audio channels
  • patch types on midi cc 14
  • one scale per midi cc 9 value
  • settings kept through patches
  • sound kept through power cycles
  • portamento and note hold probabilities
  • works with RND pixels

and more…

update to v1.4

new with firmware 1.4

RND synth opens up to RND pixels, its visual companion.
12 generative visuals move with its midi notes and its sound.

control RND synth’s tempo, levels and reverb, choose the patch type, the scale, the tonic, the number of active tracks and the engines.

save and share your musical ideas using seeds.

explore RND pixels

6 usb audio channels

RND synth now sends 6 usb audio channels instead of 4.

channels 1 and 2: the stereo master, post panning and post reverb, the same as the jack output.

channels 3 to 6: the four tracks, one per channel, dry and mono.

Patch types

choose the type of patch with midi cc 14, on channel 1. your choice stays when you press the button for a new patch.

jingles and drones now restart when RND synth receives a midi note on midi channel 1, transposed by the note.

0 = random
1 = looping sequences
2 = drones
3 = jingles
4 to 127 = random

Scale selection

midi cc 9 now takes whole numbers instead of ranges: one value, one scale.

  1. 0random
  2. 1major
  3. 2minor
  4. 3harmonic minor
  5. 4blues
  6. 5major pentatonic
  7. 6minor pentatonic
  8. 7dorian
  9. 8phrygian
  10. 9lydian
  11. 10mixolydian
  12. 11locrian
  13. 12whole tone
  14. 13double harmonic
  15. 14hungarian minor
  16. 15phrygian dominant
  17. 16hirajoshi
  18. 17in sen
  19. 18prometheus
  20. 19octatonic
  21. 20persian
  22. 21–127random

Saved, even unplugged

all midi cc and parameter values are kept through patches, when you press the button.

the sound is kept through power cycles: unplug RND synth and plug it back in, it sounds the same, with the same patch and the same cc values. only master volume and master reverb are not kept.

worth remembering:

to go back to random values, hold the button down while powering RND synth on.

And a few other things

  • portamento probability, in the internal sequencers
  • note hold probability, in the internal sequencers
  • compatible with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate (set it in your daw)

update to v1.4