GammaWave + FX v1.0.9 // VST3 · AU · Standalone
PonderByte / ShadowTune // Hybrid Texture Synth & Insert FX Suite · v1.0.9

GammaWave + GammaWaveFX

Industrial. Visceral. Alive.

Hybrid subtractive, FM, physical modal, and 3-layer granular texture synthesizer paired with the GammaWaveFX insert effect plugin. Built in C++ with 7-algorithm Hearth saturation (Heat, Inertia, Gravity, Singularity, Photosphere, Flux, Fold), Throat & Plasma waveguide filters, MTS-ESP / Scala / MPE microtonality, and 297 factory presets.

Official Page & Downloads: https://shadowtune.itch.io/gammawave ↗ · Free Demo + Free GammaWaveFX Beta · $1+ Patron Full Unlock
3-Osc + Sub + Modal Resonator + FM 3-Tab Real-Time Granular Cloud Engine 7 Hearth Saturation Modes + Flux Drift Throat & Plasma Waveguide Filters MTS-ESP · Scala .scl/.kbm · MPE 297 Synth Presets · 9-Slot FX Rack
Hardware-Inspired Single-Screen Workflow

Inside the GammaWave Interface

GammaWave VST3 Synthesizer Main Interface
Main Synthesizer View // 3 Oscillators + Dual Filters + Hearth + 3-Layer Granular + 32-Step Arp/Sequencer Every modulation route, real-time grain cloud, filter response curve, Hearth saturation stage, and harmonic partial visible at a glance with animated Modulation Rings and Master Spectrogram/Oscilloscope.
Raw Direct-From-Plugin Renders // Zero External Processing

GammaWave Factory Preset Audio Demos

Analog Driftier Pads // Hearth Gravity + 3-Layer Granular
Texture ARP — Euclidean Bells ARPs // Euclidean 5/8 + 2-Octave Spread
Evolving Abyss Pad Pad Drones // Deep Sub + Shimmer Cloud
Hoover Leads // Unison PWM + Legato Glide
Ghost in the Machine Pad Drones // Industrial Granular Texture
Neurofunk Reese Bass // Detuned Unison + Hearth Drive
Deep Signal Architecture // v1.0.9

Built for Sound Designers, Industrial & Film/Game Composers

01 // 3 Oscillators + Sub + Modal

Subtractive, Additive, Wavetable & Modal

3 full oscillators + dedicated Sub. Choose classic analog shapes, interactive 20-partial Harmonics editor, custom WAV/AIFF/FLAC playback, Karplus-Strong Pluck, or Physical Modal Resonator (Struck Bar, Bell, Tube, Plate, Drumhead) with 7x Unison and OSC1→OSC2 FM.

02 // Dual Filters + Throat & Plasma

Multimode SVF & Waveguide Models

Dual filters in parallel or series with LP, HP, BP, Notch, Comb, Formant, plus v1.0.9 Throat (dual-formant vocal tract waveguide with vowel morph) and Plasma (self-oscillating nonlinear resonator with pitch-tracked feedback).

03 // Hearth (7 Modes) & Flux

Warmth That Breathes & Fractures

7 Hearth saturation stages — Heat, Inertia, Gravity, Singularity, Photosphere, Flux, and Fold — paired with Flux organic per-voice pitch/cutoff instability so no two notes ever sound sterile.

04 // 3-Tab Granular Cloud Engine

3 Simultaneous Real-Time Grain Streams

Deconstruct your synth voice or external audio into 3 independent grain clouds with Tempo-Sync Density, Size, Pitch, Detune, Random Pitch, Stereo Spread, Reverse %, Feedback, and buffer Freeze.

05 // 5 Mod LFOs + 8-Slot Matrix

Chaos Lorenz, Audio Follower & Curves

5 independent modulators (Morphing Wave, Multi-node Curve Editor, Stepper, Lorenz Chaos Attractor, Audio Envelope Follower, Drunk Walk) feeding an 8-slot Mod Matrix and 4 performance Macros.

06 // 9-Processor FX Rack + GammaWaveFX

Full Master Chain + Free Insert FX Plugin

4-Band Parametric EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Ping-Pong Delay, Lush Reverb, Master Limiter, and 3-Band OTT Multiband Dynamics. Also includes GammaWaveFX VST3 insert effect beta!

Hardware Companion // Open-Source Custom Firmware & Web Studio

Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) for M-VAVE FM-1

Bring the GammaWave sound engine and visual HUD to pocket hardware! Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) is a free, open-source dual-core C/DSP replacement firmware and browser-based Web Studio for the M-VAVE FM-1 / Pocket Master (AT32F435) synthesizer—featuring a 3D Solar Hearth Wavetable Stack, 56-bin FFT Spectrogram + Biquad Filter Response HUD, 4-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck, and a 49-genre Procedural Song Generator (including Trap ATL, UK Drill, Dark Trap & Rage).

Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) Track Mixer & 5-Track Level Bars
Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) // 5-Track Mixer & Hardware HUD Runs natively at 60 FPS on the M-VAVE FM-1 320×240 LCD and in your browser via our cycle-accurate WebAssembly emulator.
Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) 3D Solar Hearth Wavetable & Wraith Ribbon
3D Solar Hearth Wavetable Stack & Wraith Voice Ribbon Isometric 5-slice wavetable renderer, 56-bin FFT spectrogram + exact RBJ biquad filter curve, and real-time Web MIDI SysEx sync.
🐙 M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware on GitHub (Source & .fwsc Release) ↗ 🌐 Launch Pocket GammaWave Web Studio & Emulator ↗ ⚡ Flash FM-1 Hardware (Web MIDI Installer) ↗

Download GammaWave & GammaWaveFX on itch.io

Try the Free Demo + Free GammaWaveFX Public Beta immediately, or unlock the full unrestricted synthesizer for $1+ Patron support on shadowtune.itch.io/gammawave (Windows & Linux VST3 / Standalone, macOS source build).

⬇ Open shadowtune.itch.io/gammawave ↗