Unusable Engineering has introduced a new neural vocoder-style effect where the input signal excites a 2D simulation that drives a 40-band resonant filter bank.
Synaptic Resonance can be used as a vocoder-like transformer, an animated resonant filter instrument, or a more unstable biological-circuit texture effect.
Incoming audio, or optional sidechain input, excites a two-dimensional neural simulation. A separate read plane then samples that activity and maps it to a bank of forty steep resonant bandpass filters.
The input does not directly drive output bands. It stimulates a lattice that carries charge, excitation, inhibition, fatigue, memory-like imbalance, and recovery. Planes for stimulation and readout can be positioned, rotated, and modulated over time, so the resonator responds with movement that is connected to the source but not rigidly spectral.
Priced €29 EUR, Synaptic Resonance is available for Windows and macOS in VST3 and AU plugin formats. It is also part of the Scientist Suite and Full Suite bundles. Additionally, the full 10-plugin lineup now supports Windows (VST3).
More information: Unusable Engineering
