Synaptic Resonance

Input Gain sets the main carrier level entering the resonant filterbank. It does not change how strongly the neural model is excited.

Model In sets the level feeding the neural detector, whether that source is the main input or the sidechain.

SC Stim replaces the main-input detector signal with the sidechain. The main input remains the audio being filtered.

Dry/Wet crossfades between the original main input and the resonator output.

Output Gain sets final level after the Dry/Wet mix and output protection.

With no meaningful detector input, the neural field decays toward rest and the wet resonator becomes nearly silent.

Stimulus sets how strongly detected audio excites cells along the Stim plane.

Excitability sets the firing threshold. Lower values let cells fire more easily; higher values require more accumulated charge.

Spread sets how broadly stimulation and activity influence nearby areas of the lattice.

Charge sets the amount and fast electrical response added by incoming stimulation.

Imbalance increases slower chemical buildup and bias after activity.

Recovery sets how quickly charge, fatigue, and inhibition return toward rest.

Inhibition makes firing cells suppress and fatigue activity around them more strongly.

Memory sets how long the slower chemical state persists after stimulation.

Simulation Random randomizes the simulation and character controls as one group.

Stim Plane / Read Plane move each line across its own perpendicular axis. The lines can also be dragged directly on the neural display.

Stim Angle / Read Angle rotate the fixed orientation through a full turn.

Stim Spin / Read Spin rotate continuously. Center is stationary; turning either direction changes direction and speed.

Stim Tilt weights the detector spectrum along the Stim plane. Left favors low bands; right favors high bands.

Read Tilt weights neural activity along the Read plane before it opens the output bands. Left favors low bands; right favors high bands.

Stim Range / Read Range set how far the corresponding sine LFO sweeps its plane around the manually selected position.

Stim Rate / Read Rate set the free-running LFO speed.

Planes Random randomizes both planes and their movement controls without changing the simulation controls.

Transfer sets how strongly read charge opens the resonant bands and therefore the overall neural-to-audio transfer depth.

Conductance adds slower chemical influence and raises the minimum and active gain of the resonant terrain.

Discharge accentuates firing spikes, producing sharper and more forceful band openings.

Homeostasis restrains electrical instability. Lower values allow more irregular response; higher values make the system more controlled.

The forty centers are fixed to repeated notes of C minor pentatonic rather than continuously retuning the filters.

Low-frequency protection remains permanently enabled to keep the bottom end more stable.

Node brightness and intensity follow charge and firing; lingering glow follows slower chemical state and the visual trail.

Darkening reflects inhibition and fatigue, while small position movement reflects local instability and activity.

Connections show the lattice across which activity spreads.

The Stim line brightens where detector energy enters the field. The Read line brightens where active cells are being translated into resonator bands.

Both lines fade toward their ends and become faint when there is no relevant activity.

1-8 select a slot and show its stored neural and plane state.

Copy / Paste copies or pastes the complete selected slot state.

Random creates randomized content for the selected slot.

CLK OFF stops automatic stepping while leaving manual slot selection available.

CLK INT runs from the internal clock, with Rate displayed in Hz.

CLK HOST runs from DAW transport and changes Rate to musical divisions.

Slew interpolates every included parameter independently between slot states.

Rate sets internal speed or host-clock division, depending on clock source.

Holding a parameter while slots advance writes only that parameter into every incoming slot and keeps its control from jumping. Other parameters continue their existing slew.

Preset arrows step through available presets and wrap between the first and last entries.

Preset name opens the preset browser.

Name generates a preset name.

Save writes the complete state. Saving without first generating a name creates one automatically.

Factory / User / Starting Points / Favorites filter the preset browser.

Versioned Save writes a numbered copy when the current preset has changed.

Folder opens the preset directory for external renaming or deletion.

Refresh reloads externally renamed or deleted preset files.