Earlier quoted context omitted.
Modular, not modulator.
But typically modular synthesis allows you to modulate almost any parameter
Give Drambo and Bitwig a try.
SunVox: Powerful Modular Synthesizer and DAW
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#13I always thought this software was weird. To me modular implies parameter modulation for sound design, but this seems to be designed around sequencing fixed sounds, or am I missing something?
There are a bunch of modules, you can connect them in various modulation configurations.
> Module is a basic element of the SunVox. There are several types of modules (...)
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#14I've been using SunVox on and off for like 15 years now. I'm not really musically inclined, but I always come back to toy around for a bit. The creator is the sort of mad genius type, he seems to have made his own programming language and cross-platform rendering toolkit to make it all work and has a number of projects based on it. Because of this, SunVox is available on basically any platform you can think, including both major mobile OSes app stores and Linux for a few dollars ($5, iirc) and is definitely worth it. If you're familiar with a sequencer workflow (other notable projects: LSDJ [^0]), it doesn't seem too "out there", though the built-in synthesizers tend to lean towards a more airey feel. Highly recommend loading up the example projects, lots of people (including the creator) have some samples in there to poke around with. It's really interesting seeing how different people use the tools provided to compose, sometimes taking wildly different approaches to get similar results.
TLDR: download it and load up the sample projects, it's really fun
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#17For the iOS version: $6, no subscription, no tracking?
Bought it before even looking at all the screenshots, if for no other reason than supporting developers like this.
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#18I always thought this software was weird. To me modular implies parameter modulation for sound design, but this seems to be designed around sequencing fixed sounds, or am I missing something?
There's almost no fixed sounds/sampling in it. It has that, but it's a relatively small part that doesn't usually get used in isolation. The sequencing is for notes and time-domain parameterization of the synthesizers.
Regardless it's modular in the software/building block sense, which was what was being referred to in the description.
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#19I used it in a few game jams and can thoroughly recommend it.
The interface might be intimidating at first, but with two wave generators and a couple of patterns you can already conjure a passable background track. A bit more complexity and it can sound pretty good.