Synthesizers and effects for Logic Pro, VST3 and iPad
Tonwerk
An instrument collection of its own for everyone who makes music. Tonwerk is meant to offer synthesizers and effects that sound good, cost nothing and run wherever music is made, from Logic Pro and the iPad to Eurorack.
Features
14 instruments
The right kind of synthesis for every sound idea, instead of one synthesizer that does a little of everything.
- Analog, FM, DX with six operators, wavetable, granular, physical modelling, additive and phase distortion.
- A sampler, acid bass, neuro bass, a seventies-style expander and the Groovebox drum machine.
- Rig plays an instrument with up to six effects as one sound.
17 effects
From creative effects to tools for the mix.
- For voices and sound design Robovox, vocoder, Wobble, Tape and Shimmer.
- For the mix a bus compressor, multiband and dynamic EQ.
- An oscilloscope with a tuner.
2 MIDI effects
Bring movement into notes and sounds.
- An arpeggiator with a step sequencer.
- An LFO that moves any control of a Tonwerk instrument.
Factory sounds of its own
Ready to play, without hunting for presets or matching their levels.
- Every sound is made from scratch, none copied from other preset banks.
- All are matched in loudness.
On the Mac
In Logic Pro and any DAW with VST3.
- Audio Unit and VST3, signed and notarised.
- For Apple Silicon and Intel.
On the iPad
The same sounds on the go.
- The Tonwerk app on the App Store brings every plugin as an AUv3.
- Runs in Logic Pro for iPad, GarageBand and AUM.
Linux and Windows
Not tied to one platform.
- VST3 and standalone apps.
In Eurorack
An instrument to touch.
- Tonwerk Wavetable as a 14 HP module with an ESP32-S3, with build instructions.
Roadmap
What comes next. A plan, not a promise.
Next
- Localisation: apps and plugins in more languages
Technology
C++ with JUCE for plugins and apps, the sound engines as plain C++ without dependencies, built and tested with GitHub Actions for macOS, Linux, Windows and iPad. The module's firmware runs on ESP-IDF.
Fact sheet
- Technology
- C++, JUCE, DSP, AUv3, VST3
- Platform
- macOS, Linux, Windows, iPad, Eurorack
- Price
- free
- Licence
- PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0