ADC26: Animated Instruments - Animated East

Eric from Animated Instruments gave us a look at Animated East, the company's first instrument, following his Audio Dev 26 talk on WebGPU in plug-ins. The current version moves from a WebView-based UI to a native WebGPU rendering engine, using Google's C/C++ implementation so audio developers can work in C and C++ while accessing GPU-based graphics.

Animated East is a 3D subtractive synthesizer. Its interface is a navigable tunnel containing oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs and global controls. Navigation works with a trackpad, mouse or arrow keys, and a legend jumps directly between sections. The UI scales in real time, and audio parameters update the 3D visuals as the synth engine runs.

Workflow features include drag-and-drop modulation orbs for every parameter, audio-rate LFO modulation, drift on many parameters, fine tuning, preset access, and parameter randomisation for generating patches. Animated East is available now from Animated Instruments for $59, with regular updates in development.

More Info: https://animatedinstruments.com