Patches | Vulpus Labs

Patches describes a graph of oscillators, filters, envelopes, sequencers, and effects in a plain-text .patches file, then runs it in real time — as a CLAP plugin in your DAW, as a standalone instrument, or as a self-contained sequenced piece.

Edit and save the file while audio is playing. The engine re-plans the graph and swaps it in without interrupting the audio stream or resetting module state.

patch {
    module kbd : PolyMidiToCv
    module osc : PolyOsc
    module env : PolyAdsr {
        attack: 0.005, decay: 0.1, sustain: 0.7, release: 0.3
    }
    module vca : PolyVca
    module mix : PolyToMono
    module out : AudioOut

    kbd.trigger -> env.trigger
    kbd.gate    -> env.gate
    kbd.voct    -> osc.voct

    osc.sine    -> vca.in
    env.out     -> vca.cv
    vca.out     -> mix.in
    mix.out -[0.2]-> out.in
}

Three surfaces

CLAP plugin — load Patches in any CLAP-compatible DAW.
Standalone player — patch_player hello.patches. The player watches the file and hot-reloads on save without interrupting audio.
VS Code extension — syntax highlighting and tooling for .patches files.

Documentation

The full manual covers the DSL, the module library, and OS-specific install steps: https://vulpus-labs.github.io/patches/.

The VS Code extension is distributed through GitHub releases:

code --install-extension patches-vscode-<platform>-<arch>-<ver>.vsix

Three surfaces

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