Explorable explanations for the curious musician
You already know what sounds good — you’ve spent years turning knobs, trusting your ears. These explorations let you see what’s happening underneath. How a filter curves, how tape saturates, how a room rings out. Grab a knob and listen.
Build a sound from sine waves. Hear how harmonics shape timbre.
Filters / EQLowpass, highpass, shelf, bell. What a filter actually does to your signal.
Amp / Pedal EQFender, Marshall, Tube Screamer. See the secret EQ curves inside your gear.
DelayTape warble, BBD grit, pristine digital. Hear what separates them.
ReverbRooms, halls, plates, chambers. Hear how space colors sound.
SaturationTube warmth, tape compression, transistor crunch. Watch the waveform bend.
CompressionVCA, FET, optical, vari-mu. See dynamics tamed in real time.
ModulationChorus, flanger, phaser, vibrato. Feel the wobble.
StereoPanning, Haas effect, mid/side. Explore the space between speakers.
FeedbackWhen a signal feeds back into itself. Regeneration, resonance, chaos.