I'd like to invite Tweakbench forum viewers to test my new DAW i'm developing. Full documentation, and free alphas for Mac, Windows, and Linux are available. It also hosts AU & VST3 plugins currently. It's a bit out there, but would love any feedback people have. The full theory and implementation is in the PDF doc linked on the page.. and please report bugs/comments/puns to the email or discord listed on the page!
Noemi - A non deterministic composition machine.
https://www.tweakbench.com/alpha
With Noemi you can:
- have a euclidian form generator train a markov chain to play your synths.
- modulate just about everything with lfo's envelopes noise and step sequencers.
- have a fibonacci l-system make up chord progressions.
- have every midi clip genetically mutate each time it loops.
- rip random audio from youtube to a sampler via keywords or urls.
- play a single wave or midi file 4 times in various speeds and directions.
- save entire scenes of the entire app and tween them across beat lengths.
- play with all 63,050,394,783,186,944-128 frequencies of full microtuning.
- explore very rare world scales applied to your normal western brained notation.
Happy accidenting!
Noemi - A non-deterministic composition machine - BETA TEST
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- KVRist
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
Noemi 0.8.0 - https://www.tweakbench.com/alpha
Signal flow visualization: animated particles on cables, MIDI activity pulse, mod waveform preview
Spectrum analyzer: 96-band logarithmic display merged into mixer panel
Color themes: Dark, Light, High Contrast, Midnight with full UI theming
SimSim wavetable synth: dual oscillators, 8 morph stacks, SVF filter, 12 presets
7 internal effects: Reverb, Delay, EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Phaser, Filter with 8 presets each + randomizer
MPE per-note expression: pressure, slide, pitch bend in Patterns/Generators/MIDI Output
Granular generator: free-running and MIDI-triggered modes
Signal flow visualization: animated particles on cables, MIDI activity pulse, mod waveform preview
Spectrum analyzer: 96-band logarithmic display merged into mixer panel
Color themes: Dark, Light, High Contrast, Midnight with full UI theming
SimSim wavetable synth: dual oscillators, 8 morph stacks, SVF filter, 12 presets
7 internal effects: Reverb, Delay, EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Phaser, Filter with 8 presets each + randomizer
MPE per-note expression: pressure, slide, pitch bend in Patterns/Generators/MIDI Output
Granular generator: free-running and MIDI-triggered modes
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- KVRAF
- 7005 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Very interesting!! Thank you for supporting Linux!! Could you also wrap it as a VST plugin, and not just standalone?tweakbench wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 7:04 am I'd like to invite Tweakbench forum viewers to test my new DAW i'm developing. Full documentation, and free alphas for Mac, Windows, and Linux are available. It also hosts AU & VST3 plugins currently. It's a bit out there, but would love any feedback people have. The full theory and implementation is in the PDF doc linked on the page.. and please report bugs/comments/puns to the email or discord listed on the page!
Noemi - A non deterministic composition machine.
noemi_050.png
https://www.tweakbench.com/alpha
With Noemi you can:
- have a euclidian form generator train a markov chain to play your synths.
- modulate just about everything with lfo's envelopes noise and step sequencers.
- have a fibonacci l-system make up chord progressions.
- have every midi clip genetically mutate each time it loops.
- rip random audio from youtube to a sampler via keywords or urls.
- play a single wave or midi file 4 times in various speeds and directions.
- save entire scenes of the entire app and tween them across beat lengths.
- play with all 63,050,394,783,186,944-128 frequencies of full microtuning.
- explore very rare world scales applied to your normal western brained notation.
Happy accidenting!
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
Noemi 0.9.1 ALPHA - https://www.tweakbench.com/alpha
- MIDI effect plugin support — host MIDI-in/MIDI-out plugins (arpeggiators, chord generators, step sequencers)
- Auto-detection — AU aumf and VST3 zero-channel plugins identified as MIDI effects, shown in Instruments menu with "(MIDI Effect)" suffix
- Manual toggle — "Use as MIDI Effect" in plugin editor for plugins like Stochas that mis-register as instruments
- VoiceOver accessibility — accessible titles/descriptions on all controls across every panel
- VoiceOver accessibility - custom accessibility handlers on nodes and canvas, VoiceOver announcements for all key actions
- Audio input recording — record button on Waveform and Slicer panels
- Keyboard shortcuts — C to connect selected node, D to disconnect
- Audio Settings dialog — escape closes, native title bar, resizable
- Fix — Generate Song now uses correct internal instrument names
- Fix — MiniNotation octave convention matches standard middle C = C3
- Fix — Bug where key commands would not be enabled
- MIDI effect plugin support — host MIDI-in/MIDI-out plugins (arpeggiators, chord generators, step sequencers)
- Auto-detection — AU aumf and VST3 zero-channel plugins identified as MIDI effects, shown in Instruments menu with "(MIDI Effect)" suffix
- Manual toggle — "Use as MIDI Effect" in plugin editor for plugins like Stochas that mis-register as instruments
- VoiceOver accessibility — accessible titles/descriptions on all controls across every panel
- VoiceOver accessibility - custom accessibility handlers on nodes and canvas, VoiceOver announcements for all key actions
- Audio input recording — record button on Waveform and Slicer panels
- Keyboard shortcuts — C to connect selected node, D to disconnect
- Audio Settings dialog — escape closes, native title bar, resizable
- Fix — Generate Song now uses correct internal instrument names
- Fix — MiniNotation octave convention matches standard middle C = C3
- Fix — Bug where key commands would not be enabled
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
Noemi 0.9.2 ALPHA - https://www.tweakbench.com/alpha
Plugin versions! VST3/AU/CLAP plugins - for now, install manually
Audio source recording: Waveform and Slicer modules accept audio input connections from any audio-producing module for recording
Momentary Rec button: hold to record from connected source, release to stop
10 embedded demo projects
Randomize Project: generates a random composition with random instruments, scales, and effects
App starts with a blank project for faster startup
File menu redesigned with better ordering
Project Details dialog text editor shows on project open
Fix Linux segfault: bypass PipeWire ALSA shim that crashes during audio initialization
Fix crash when toggling mono on Audio Input
Fix mixer VU meters not animating for Audio Input, Slicer, and Granular nodes
Plugin versions! VST3/AU/CLAP plugins - for now, install manually
Audio source recording: Waveform and Slicer modules accept audio input connections from any audio-producing module for recording
Momentary Rec button: hold to record from connected source, release to stop
10 embedded demo projects
Randomize Project: generates a random composition with random instruments, scales, and effects
App starts with a blank project for faster startup
File menu redesigned with better ordering
Project Details dialog text editor shows on project open
Fix Linux segfault: bypass PipeWire ALSA shim that crashes during audio initialization
Fix crash when toggling mono on Audio Input
Fix mixer VU meters not animating for Audio Input, Slicer, and Granular nodes
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 416 posts since 1 Feb, 2003 from Los Angeles, CA