Osctet

Osctet is a music tracker with special support for unusual tunings and rhythms. Its sound engine's design is influenced by older synth/sampler hardware like the Sound Blaster and MT-32, as well as by chipmusic-adjacent software such as pxtone.

Download latest version (1.3.0)

• Windows (x64) (zip, 3.6M)
• Linux (x64) (zip, 5.0M)

These builds should work on Windows 10+ and Debian 11+ or equivalent. For other operating systems and architectures, you may need to build from source. Config files are compatible between versions. To see what changed, check the version history.

macOS builds for are available for version 1.2.1:

• macOS (x64) (zip, 3.9M)
• macOS (aarch64) (zip, 3.7M)

Features

• Alternative tunings
  • Generate octave and non-octave equal temperaments
  • Familiar key bindings and notation adapt to each tuning
  • Scala scale file support
• Rhythmic features
  • Flexible beat subdivisions
  • Rational tempo changes
  • Arbitrary tuplets
• Synthesis engine
  • Use subtractive, additive, or FM synthesis
  • Mix and modulate oscillators with PCM samples
  • Link parameters via modulation
  • Bus effects: reverb, delay, compression
• Sample loading & playback
  • Supported formats include WAV, MP3, FLAC, and more
  • Load pitch & loop start metadata from WAV files
  • Build on top of non-Osctet songs by loading them as a reference track
• MIDI input (but no recording yet)
• Single-track and multi-track WAV export
• Customizable, shareable color themes
• Supported audio hosts: WASAPI, ALSA, JACK, CoreAudio

Links

• Source code
• Issue tracker
• Osctet Hub, an experimental module/instrument sharing site
• osctet-tagged entries to Battle of the Bits
• Faunatone, Osctet's sibling project

Screenshot

Licenses & credits

• Osctet by jangler (AGPLv3 license)
• Original Dina fonts by Jørgen Ibsen (MIT license)
• Additional demo songs & pre-release testing by damifortune/HVB, agargara, and alexa sophia