Orbinator (synth)

[kerfuffle]

Hi there, I had a lot of fun making this silly little synth for the KVR dev challenge 2026!

I've had this idea (and a crappy prototype) for a while, but the KVR challenge was a good excuse to turn it into an actual plug-in. (And also to learn how to make builds for Linux. If you're on Linux, let me know how well it works for you!)

The way this works, is that the line that goes between the dots describes a single-cycle of a waveform, like in a wavetable synth, except that the dots are constantly rotating and so the waveform is always changing.

Give it a try and leave a vote if you like it: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/orbina ... iodev-blog

[JsinOwl]

So simple and inexplicably fun to use. Great work.

[darkpalacestudios]

If you're on Linux, let me know how well it works for you!)

Works flawlessly on Ubuntu 24 in both reaper and bitwig.

I do like the idea very much and I thoroughly appreciate you going the extra mile for making that nice looking UI. The Tuning and ADSR sliders were very intuitive and the display makes it directly clear what is going on.
Orbinator can produce quite some nice sounds and I especially enjoyed building some slowly evolving pads with it.

Very solid entry!

[Aloysius]

I am glad you started a thread about it. There are so many good entries, I missed yours. Will give it a spin.

[Nug Wrangler]

This is cool