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@ModdySwag ModdySwag released this 28 Sep 01:55
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Pattern Forge 1.0c (beta) — for Windows

The second beta of Pattern Forge for Windows.

Pattern Forge is a live-coding music workstation you can actually play: Strudel patterns in the
code drawer, a step sequencer, a 61-key piano dock with a real synth engine behind it, 80 genre
styles, a pack store, a mixer and recorder that export WAV, Opus, stems, MIDI and a DAW kit, and a
3D dancer that moves with the music. It is the same app as the free in-browser version at
moddys.net/forge — this is that app in its own window, by itself.

A look at the Windows build — the full gallery is at https://moddys.net/forge/shots.html:

The workstation — tracks, steps, live code, the desk and the dock
The SOUND desk opened on SYNTH — voice, patch, performance mix, scenes, tuning, hardware, the mod matrix
The desk's MIX blend — the pattern and the live synth over it
The desk closed to its bar
The dancer, in its own window

More — the mixer, the recorder, export, packs, Kody and the piano dock — plus captions, in the gallery: https://moddys.net/forge/shots.html

What's new since 1.0b

  • The SOUND desk detaches. The ⧉ OUT button on the desk's bar pops it into its own window —
    the bar stays behind as the rail, and the window keeps its size. A popouts tray in the topbar
    (KEYBOARD / SOUND DESK / DANCER chips) tracks whatever is out: send one home or pop it back out,
    bring it to the front, or close it. The popped desk now fills its window properly, too — at some
    window heights it used to clamp down to a sliver.
  • A 12-pad drum kit for the drum voices, with its own DRUMS level. Every drum voice runs
    through the kit's gain before it reaches the synth bus, so you can sit the kit under the synth
    without touching anything else — the level sticks across reloads.
  • Blend chips on the dock rail — BEATS / MIX / SYNTH / SPLIT from the strudel dock itself on
    both desks (Alt+1–4). The MIX split is now opt-in, so a fresh session starts whole.
  • Paste & play. FILE → Paste & play takes a Strudel pattern straight from your clipboard into
    a new session: the track is that code, the drawer opens with it, and the LCD reminds you that
    E or REGEN rebuilds the GUI from it. If the session already has something in it, it asks before
    replacing.

In this release

  • PatternForge-Setup-1.0c.exe — the installer. Per-user (no admin prompt), Start Menu entry and
    desktop shortcut, upgrades install straight over the top, clean uninstall from Add/Remove.
    It is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will say it hasn't seen this app before — More info,
    then Run anyway.
  • PatternForge-Setup-1.0c.exe.zip — the same installer as a zip, byte for byte: the exact file
    moddys.net/moddys-downloads.html serves.
  • PatternForge-1.0c-source.zip — the corresponding source for this build (AGPL-3.0-or-later): the
    app build frozen into the installer, the src/ tree it is assembled from, the Electron shell, the
    installer script, the build and verification tools, and every third-party manifest. The vendor
    blobs themselves come from their own upstream URLs — VENDOR.json carries the url and sha256 of
    each.

Good to know

  • Windows 10/11, 64-bit. The app opens with no network at all — the engine, the 3D rigs and the
    sample maps are inside the install. Sample audio still streams from its own CDNs, so a
    sample-based drum machine or soundfont wants a connection; the built-in synth, your installed
    packs and everything you record work offline.
  • Your projects, takes, installed packs and settings live in %APPDATA%\PatternForge. The installer
    never touches that folder and the uninstaller keeps it by default — installing again picks up
    where you left off. Nothing is sent anywhere.
  • Verified on this exact payload: the 48-check desktop suite on the installed program, 22 checks
    with every non-local request blocked, and a silent install → upgrade → uninstall journey that
    leaves your data intact. The web build inside the installer is byte-identical to the one live
    at moddys.net/forge (73e0b390).
  • This is a beta — if something breaks, tell me: modtech@gmail.com.

sha256

c70a88929c0b014620fbe46c7ababa91567ef4fd371441e69d07d7696094c390 PatternForge-Setup-1.0c.exe
03e89a5104fa1cd65f8efc4a8fcefe03594c860feb50bb47cd7f64504136323d PatternForge-Setup-1.0c.exe.zip
85e28432ef2224f68a598a7ddae57c092815707f6a9430c9cd78ffc9d7537097 PatternForge-1.0c-source.zip

The download page is also https://moddys.net/moddys-downloads.html.

Cheers Moddy !

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