Here are some more advanced tips you might appreciate if working in Sine Machine for more than a few hours.

Double clicking a control sets it to its default value

Editing the json gives you even more possibilities

Sine Machine’s user presets are very hackable, opening up per-harmonic options that aren’t limited to shapes that aren’t currently found in Sine Machine’s UI. Learn more.

Optimizing Performance

If you find some particular patches are heavy on your CPU, here are some tips:

  • The lower the note -> the more harmonics -> the heavier the load is on the CPU. For that reason, I’d recommend reducing the number of bass notes that are active at once. Switch the synth into MONO if you don’t need polyphony. Alternatively, turn Release down so there’s not a bunch of overlapping tails.
  • Each additional unison voice is a full stack of processing. So 2 unison voices is twice the work of the synth with just 1 unison voice. Reducing Unison Voices down to 2 or 3 will save CPU.
  • The additive reverb is pretty expensive, as it always emits 2000 sine waves. Turning Additive Verb Mix to OFF saves CPU.

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