Entropictron is a free software context synthesizer and audio effect.
Website: https://quamplex.com/entropictron
Entropictron can produce a variety of sound textures that can serve as background or contextual elements in music tracks. Useful for ambient music, sound effects, film and video production, game audio, and other.
License: GNU General Public License, Version 3
Version: 1.0.0
Entropictron combines and mixes several sound generators and effects, allowing to layer Noise, Crackle, and Glitch in a single patch.
A noise generator producing various noise types with an integrated filter to shape the frequency spectrum.
Parameters:
- Type (white, pink, brownian)
- Density
- Brightness
- Gain
- Stereo
- Filter type (low-pass, band-pass, high-pass)
- Filter cutoff
- Filter resonance
Generates short, irregular bursts with different shapes.
Parameters:
- Rate
- Randomness
- Amplitude
- Burst shape (exponential, linear, triangle)
- Brightness
- Duration
- Stereo spread
Simulates memory-based glitches with adjustable length, randomness, and jump parameters, creating stutters and digital artifacts.
Parameters:
- Repeats
- Probability
- Length
- Minimum jump
- Maximum jump
In order Entropictron to run and operate correctly there is a need
- GNU/Linux or Windows operating system.
- A host that supports VST3 plugin format.
In order to build Entropictron there is a need to install the following development packages:
- RapidJSON
- Cairo
On Debian, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio install:
apt-get install build-essential cmake rapidjson-dev libcairo2-dev
Clone the Entropictron code repository, compile and install.
copy the source code of the latest release
mkdir entropictron/build
cd entropictron/build
cmake -DVST3_SDK_PATH=<full system path to VST3 SDK folder> ../
make
make install
To build on Windows, there is a need to install MSYS2/UCRT64 and follow the same steps as mentioned above.