Producer & instrument designer Tim Exile has announced Modular, a new modular system, based on Reaktor 6, for Mac & Windows.

Here’s what he has to say about it:

“Modular is one of the most creatively alive ways to make sound. The dialogue you get into with a patch — hearing what it wants, responding, shaping it back — is part of what makes it so good.

But there’s always been a gap between building a patch and performing with it. Once you’ve got dozens of interacting parameters, mapping them into something you can actually play in real time is a whole separate project. Flow breaks. You stop patching and start wiring up control schemes.

This system is designed to collapse that gap. Every instrument you build is playable the moment it exists. A controller module is the bridge: drop one in, and your instrument is instantly mapped to a keyboard, a hardware controller, or an automatic process that plays it for you. Swap controllers and the same sounds become a totally different instrument.

The goal is flow — one continuous creative state that runs from the first patch cable all the way to the live show.”

The intro video, embedded above, offers an in-depth overview of Modular.

Pricing and Availability:

Modular is available now, as a working prototype, for £49 (normally £69).