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Patch Engine preview 2 (bolder songs, smooth on Steam Deck)

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@dexterlabs1 dexterlabs1 released this 17 Oct 22:24
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Patch Engine preview 2: bolder songs, smooth on Steam Deck

Songs

  • Real structure: intro → build (riser, drum fill, kick cut) → drop → breakdown → second drop → outro. Dub Techno, Techno and Ambient grow over four 16-bar sections instead.
  • Genre harmony: pedals for Techno and Dub, two-chord shell vamps for Deep House and UK Garage, full progressions for Lo-fi, Downtempo and Synthwave, voiced lower and warmer. Key changes only where they belong.
  • Call-and-answer hooks, bell figures, a sliding "rubbery" bass, a kick tuned to the key, tighter pad detune, darker hats.

Steam Deck

  • About 2× lighter DSP, built for the Deck's Zen 2 CPU, and a Light mode (on by default) that keeps every song inside one Deck core.
  • Keys: F1 Patch Engine · PageUp/PageDown zoom · Home view · F11 full screen · arrows pan / pick words. The panel opens at launch on small screens, and after a build the view jumps to the new patch.

Also included: Codex's latest instruments (Tidal Functions, Frame Scene, Segment Garden, Event Fork).

Install / update on Steam Deck

Already installed: run openpatch-update. Fresh install:

curl -L -o ~/openpatch.tar.gz https://github.com/dexterlabs1/openpatch/releases/download/patch-engine-preview-2/OpenPatch-PatchEngine-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf ~/openpatch.tar.gz -C ~ && ~/OpenPatch-PatchEngine-linux-x86_64/install.sh

Built from work/patch-engine.

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