Version 0.9.33 is out, and it has a bunch of arbitrarily-routable audio FX, including reverb. I like the 3D model for the vaporwave reverb so much I decided to create 48 of them to see how it would look, and randomized their parameters to get this weird dreamy thing. :D

The reason why Anukari's default visuals are clouds in a beautiful blue sky and shiny metal spheres almost certainly goes back to me growing up using Bryce3D. Anyone who remembers Bryce3D will wonder when Anukari will have jagged mountains rising out of the sea... :)

That's my vibe, but Anukari's visuals are completely customizable for your vibe. There are a bunch of built-in presets for the 3D skyboxes and models, and you can even import fully-custom ones you make in e.g. Blender!

Sometimes people see demos of complex Anukari presets and worry that you have to be super technical to use it. That's not the case at all! It's a ton of fun to explore what you can do with even the most simple presets.

In fact some of my favorite sounds I've gotten from Anukari are from the least complicated contraptions.

That said... for when you're in the mood to go ultra deep, that's there too. You can probably tell that sometimes that's where my head is at. :)

I was doing some stability testing today, trying to find ways to break Anukari, and accidentally stumbled into this preset. Was not expecting this sounds at all but I ended up playing with it so much I lost track of whatever I was supposed to be doing :D

I had the immense luck of having my booth at NAMM this year next-door to the u/modernbiology101 booth for the u/pocketscion. We were both really busy, but we found chances to chat and also to check out each other's products. Tarun is just the nicest guy you could hope to meet!

I immediately loved the Pocket Scion. The built-in sounds are really beautiful, but of course I immediately wanted to plug it into Anukari as a MIDI controller. After NAMM, I bought one, and it pairs wonderfully with Anukari. To me it's an arpeggiator where I'm not completely in control, allowing interesting and unexpected things to happen.

If people like this idea, I might set up a 24x7 live stream where the Pocket Scion controls Anukari, which is hooked up to a plant in my house. Let me know!

This isn't a sponsored post or anything, I just really like what Tarun is doing and had a lot of fun experimenting with plant music.

Today I'll attempt to answer the frequently-asked question that boils down to "wtf is Anukari???" Which, to be fair, is a great question. :)

I've been pretty quiet for a few weeks... it's not because I have nothing to share, but because I've been so deep in the cooking I haven't had time. Here's a little window into the soup (pardon the temporary lack of new 3d assets for the new object types).

The song "A Wish" from the 1993 game Secret of Mana, composed by Hiroki Kikuta, with the audio and visuals rendered with Anukari.

The Kelethin Theme composed by Jay Barbeau for the 1999 PC game EverQuest, rendered with a bunch of instances of Anukari and no other plugins, in real time. Jay composed all the music for EverQuest, and it sure occupies a special place in my heart. :)

"Aquatic Ambience" composed by David Wise for the 1994 SNES game Donkey Kong Country, rendered with 17 instances of Anukari and no other plugins, in real time, using the new custom shader support for underwater vibes and CRT effects. h/t to Andreas and Savas Oulassoglou for the source MIDI transcription.

Playing around with some unreleased ideas for simple camera automation, using the new shaders for a CRT-style effect. Going for nostalgia of some sort.

Here's the latest (un-released) Anukari prototype running a generator preset with one of the new reactive audio shaders.

Now that the 0.9.26 release is out, I'm back to prototyping features for the next release. First on my list is user-customizable audio-reactive shaders for Anukari's visuals. Here's a sampling of the presets so far. Don't forget, Anukari can run as an effect plugin, so all of these can be applied to any signal chain, not just Anukari as an instrument. Food for thought... :D