A monophonic West Coast complex synth with wavefolding, fast LPG shaping, melody capture, WORN texture, vintage stereo delay, 8-bit frequency shifting, slow chorus, and soft pre-FX saturation for raw, unstable, musical tones.
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Description
WestCoastComplexSynth V0.4.10 is a monophonic West Coast instrument built around a complex oscillator, musical FM/PM, multi-stage wavefolding and a fast resonant LPG.
It starts on the oscillator layer with both oscillator controls fully left, giving a clean and gentle starting point before modulation or folding is added.
Knob 1 selects one of ten control layers, while Knobs 2 and 3 change the two parameters assigned to the selected layer.
The final layer combines the original stereo tempo delay with a separate 8-bit Frequency Shifter and very slow stereo Chorus, while soft saturation protects the effects section from excessive WORN peaks.
A short footswitch press selects the next factory melody, or accepts a Melody Capture when recording is active.
A long press starts Melody Capture with a full one-bar count-in, recording monophonic pitch on an eighth-note grid while sustained notes are stored as ties instead of being retriggered.
Knob Layers
| Layer | Function | Knob 2 | Knob 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMPLEX OSC | Principal Wave / Shape, including the five special waves at the far right | Wavefold / Timbre |
| 2 | MOD OSC | Modulator frequency ratio | FM / PM Depth |
| 3 | ENVELOPE | Attack | Release |
| 4 | FILTER | Filter Model, LPG as default | Cutoff |
| 5 | FILTER CHARACTER | Resonance | Bipolar Filter Envelope |
| 6 | MELODY | Factory Melodies / captured User Melody | Gate Length |
| 7 | SCALE | Scale | Root Note |
| 8 | RHYTHM | Tempo, approximately 40–160 BPM | Rhythm / Gate behaviour |
| 9 | WORN | WORN character / preset, far left = bypass | WORN Intensity |
| 10 | SPACE / SPECTRAL FX | Left half: original Stereo Delay divisions · Right half: Frequency Shifter / Chorus Character | Effect Wet / Intensity |
Footswitch
| Action | Function |
|---|---|
| Short Press | Select next factory melody |
| Short Press during Capture | Finish recording and use the captured melody |
| Long Press while idle | Arm Melody Capture and begin a one-bar count-in |
| Long Press during Count-In / Recording | Cancel the capture and return to a factory melody |
Melody Capture
The audio input is monitored directly while its monophonic pitch is analysed for Melody Capture.
Recording begins only after the complete one-bar count-in and uses an eighth-note timing grid.
A newly detected pitch is stored as a NOTE, silence becomes a REST, and a note that continues across several steps is stored as TIE events so the envelope is not retriggered.
Captured melodies can contain up to 64 steps and are played back through the same oscillator, LPG, WORN and effects architecture as the factory melodies.