Tangle v0.1.0

Tangle v0.1.0

First release of Tangle, a spectral smear for Linux (CLAP and VST3), made with fingerstyle guitar in mind. It splits the spectrum into bands and tangles them together through a small simulated quantum circuit.

Sound

• The bands are mixed by the unitary matrix of a simulated N-qubit circuit, so energy moves between them with interference but the level can't blow up
• Amount (exactly transparent at 0%), Mix, and Width: narrow bands for a blur (default 20%), wide bands for metallic frequency-shifted jumps
• Qubits (8, 16 or 32 bands) and Layers (1-4) set the size and depth of the circuit
• Twist reshapes the circuit, Coupling sets how strongly the qubits entangle, and Drift (0.01-2 Hz) keeps it moving
• Transient Preserve pulls the effect back on pick attacks so the transient stays intact
• Reports 43 ms of latency at 48 kHz (2048 samples), which hosts compensate for

GUI

• nih-plug's generic sliders for now

Install
Unzip, copy Tangle.clap to ~/.clap/ (or Tangle.vst3 to ~/.vst3/), and rescan plug-ins in your DAW.