Astral Mental generates sound as clouds of microscopic grains rather than as notes. Every parameter of every grain — size, density, position, spread, pitch, jitter — is a probability distribution rather than a fixed value, which is why the instrument is alive even when you leave it alone.
Eight consciousness modes — Human, Dream, Hypnosis, Astral, Ritual, Alien, Machine, Singularity — morph the engine, the visuals and the behaviour together. They are not presets; each one changes how the probability system itself behaves.
A neural filter bank treats filters as connectable neurons, each with independent cutoff and resonance LFO automation. A 128-step probability sequencer can drive any parameter rhythmically. Play it from a MIDI keyboard, or run a live input straight through the granular engine.
At a glance
- Version
- 1.0
- Synthesis
- Probabilistic granular
- Sequencer
- 128 steps
- Input
- MIDI keyboard, live audio
What it does
8 consciousness modes
Human, Dream, Hypnosis, Astral, Ritual, Alien, Machine, Singularity — each reshapes engine, visuals and behaviour.
Granular engine
Microscopic control over every grain: size, density, position, spread, pitch and jitter.
Neural filter bank
Filters as connectable neurons with independent cutoff and resonance LFO automation.
128-step probability sequencer
Forward, backward or random — driving any parameter you point it at.
MIDI and live input
Play from a keyboard, or send a live signal through the filters, effects and granular engine.
30 banks
Ready-made banks you can flip through, save over, and export whole to a file.