Veneer Patches

This section features Kronos code in visual form - as Veneer patches. The patches can run directly in your browser without installation or registration.

Delay Effects

Signal memory or delay is a key building block of many musical audio effects. This patch has a plenty of them: echo, reverb and chorus. If you have ever wondered what butterflies have in common with linear algebra, check out the feedback delay network with Fast Walsh Transform. Screenshot of the tutorial

Sat Jan 2, 2021
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Generative Synth Pop

A piece of music that generates some electric synth pop grooves by using our new sequencer gadgets as well as virtual analong models. Screenshot of the patch

Sat Jan 2, 2021
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Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of Veneer and build a simple synthesizer. There is a step-by-step script that will guide you all the way. Screenshot of the tutorial

Sat Jan 2, 2021
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Sinusoids

This Veneer patch replicates the textual code examples for five methods for generating sinusoids with various tradeoffs in efficiency and accuracy. Screenshot of the tutorial

Tue Jun 9, 2020
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Compressors

This patch shows elementary techniques for building dynamics processors in Veneer, such as computing the knee response, lag circuits and analog-style nonlinearities. Screenshot of the tutorial

Tue Jun 9, 2020
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Frequency Modulation Synthesis

This tutorial features frequency modulation synthesis from the first principles. You can start from an overview of a 2-operator synthesizer with tweakable parameters, and dive into the construction of the individual operators if you feel so inclined. Screenshot of the tutorial

Tue Jun 9, 2020
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Whirlwind Tour

The tour is a Veneer patch that crams a simple music machine, built from ground up, in your browser. It features retro synthesizers, arpeggiators, autopanners and reverb. It is a good way of getting a feel of what Kronos programs in Veneer look like. Screenshot of the tour

Tue Jun 9, 2020
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Veneer Workshop

This is the material from the Veneer Workshop at the Sibelius Academy, 2020. The patches are well suited for autonomous learning as well. Extract from the granular synthesis patch

Tue Jun 9, 2020
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