Kalimba vs WEAR Texture Processor

Kalimba: Pocket Synth is a touch-first musical instrument that transforms the character of the kalimba into expressive plucks, evolving sustain textures and rhythmic performances. Combine physical-inspired E-Kalimba synthesis, sampled kalimba sounds and wavetable engines. Play directly from the configurable strips, explore different keys and scales, and shape each performance with motion, arpeggiation and effects. Create anything from natural kalimba patterns and soft melodic sequences to atmospheric pads and animated experimental textures. Features: - Expressive touch-based performance strips - E-Kalimba physical-inspired pluck and sustain engines - Sample-based kalimba engine - Wavetable pluck and sustain voices - Four assignable LFOs with editable modulation areas - Per-strip LFO assignment and visual feedback - Built-in ARP with musical patterns and timing controls - Auto Strum and Repeat performance tools - Looper with count-in, quantisation and metronome - Reverb, delay, distortion and performance effects - Configurable keys, scales and number of strips - Factory presets for acoustic, ambient and experimental sounds - MIDI In and MIDI Out - AUv3 Instrument and AUv3 MIDI Processor - Standalone operation on iPhone and iPad The LFO system lets you draw a modulation area directly onto each assigned strip. Use it to animate wavetable movement or reshape sustained E-Kalimba tones while keeping the instrument immediate and playable. The built-in looper, ARP, Repeat and Auto Strum tools make it easy to create evolving phrases without interrupting your performance. In compatible AUv3 hosts, Kalimba: Pocket Synth can work as an instrument or as a MIDI processor controlling another instrument. Designed for musicians, producers and sound explorers looking for an immediate acoustic-electronic instrument that can move naturally between melodic playing, rhythm and ambient sound design.

WEAR is an AUv3 texture processor designed for making audio feel uncertain. WEAR makes no sound on its own—it is an audio effect designed to be loaded inside a compatible AUv3 host. Place it after pianos, guitars, vocals, drums, synthesizers, field recordings, or other audio sources to introduce filtered, warbled movement and texture. Built around instability, movement, and degradation, WEAR reshapes incoming audio through a collection of processes designed to add character. RATE and DEPTH introduce pitch modulation. GATE responds dynamically to the incoming signal, allowing quieter material to become increasingly unstable while louder sounds push through. FILTER reshapes the frequency range, while GRIME, WASH, and ROOM introduce different forms of texture, space, and degradation. The result can range from subtle movement to extreme transformation depending on what you dial in. WEAR intentionally includes no presets. Its behavior depends heavily on the material being passed through it, so it is designed to be adjusted by ear for each sound rather than treated as a collection of fixed effects. Exploration is encouraged.