Pattern Forge v1.0d-beta

Pattern Forge 1.0d (beta) — for Windows

The third 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:

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 fixed since 1.0c

• The keyboard popout works in the Windows build. In 1.0c, clicking ⧉ on the piano dock
  could do nothing at all here: the app asked for a browser-style Picture-in-Picture window, and
  this shell's PiP path resolves a window that never actually materialises. The app now uses the
  shell's own window route — the keyboard opens in its own always-on-top window, remembers its
  size, and ⧉ BACK (or its own ✕) docks it home. The desktop check now drives a real click and
  demands the window stays up, and the in-browser build still gets true document
  Picture-in-Picture.

In this release

• PatternForge-Setup-1.0d.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-1.0d.exe.zip — the same installer as a zip, byte for byte: the exact file
  moddys.net/moddys-downloads.html serves.
• PatternForge-1.0d-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 50-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 (bd3d9cdc).
• This is a beta — if something breaks, tell me: modtech@gmail.com.

sha256

468e553ff93d6b17a4c588a6b73e8ddda439b2cf68e2574c369ab1cbad52aeb3 PatternForge-Setup-1.0d.exe
e86da98612ca1b6e000ed3919bd70f333b822b3d86b9471ac8d3bd45f6e643fe PatternForge-Setup-1.0d.exe.zip
2ebc5dedc93a1dff492226d635f764a3ef083c1921f8293d4004ad6e501da78c PatternForge-1.0d-source.zip

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

Cheers Moddy !