MechanOdd

MechanOdd is a polyphonic physical-modelling synthesizer plugin (VST3/AU) built with JUCE. It synthesizes sound by exciting simulated mechanical resonators (strings, plates, membranes, and beams) and routing the results through a feedback matrix, effects chains, and a modulation engine.

CONCEPT

MechanOdd is built around the idea that interesting timbres arise from the interaction between excitation signals and resonant structures, rather than from either alone.

A typical path through the synth:

1. Sources generate raw signals (noise bursts, wavetable oscillators, crackling textures).
2. Resonators shape those signals using models of physical objects: a vibrating string, a struck plate, a drum membrane, a stiff beam.
3. A feedback matrix lets resonators feed back into each other and into the sources, creating coupled systems with complex emergent behaviour.
4. Effects polish the result (reverb, delay, EQ, saturation, cabinet simulation).
5. A modulation engine (LFOs + per-voice ADSRs) animates any parameter over time.

The synth is fully polyphonic (up to 8 voices). Each voice runs its own set of sources, per-voice resonators, and a modulation engine. A second tier of global resonators receives the summed output of all voices and processes it once per audio block, suitable for room-scale resonances shared across notes.

Full info on the github page of the project:

https://github.com/odoare/Mechanodd