Jack's Timbre Library for ChucK

Leads

Shining Fuzz

A mild-mannered saw lead that gets gritty and distorted when you play more than one note at once.

Try Shining Fuzz » or download shiningfuzz.ck

• sawtooth, 27% mix
• rect, 44% mix, -3 cents
• rect, 27% mix, -2 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• highpass envelope
• unison: 3 voices
• distortion

Saw Flute

A delicate sound that works equally well for staccato notes and pads.

Try Saw Flute » or download sawflute.ck

• sawtooth, 60% mix
• triangle, 40% mix, up the octave + 6 cents
• pitch lfo, ramped-in
• exceptionally lowpassed

Detuned Fuzz

A nasty sound with a short shelf life. Try it as a bass too!

Try Detuned Fuzz » or download detunedfuzz.ck

• rect, 90% width
• rect, 80% width, +38 cents
• rect, 60% width, -2 cents
• lowpass envelope
• pitch lfo, ramped-in

Hard-pluck Saw

Bring on the hard cheese.

Try Hard-pluck Saw » or download hardplucksawlead.ck

• sawtooth, 40% mix
• triangle, 40% mix, +33 cents
• sawtooth, 20% mix, -33 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• rapid pitch envelope
• unison: 5 voices
• stereo spread

Retro

A cheesy synth with a wide vibrato for all your spaceship needs.

Try Retro » or download retro.ck

• sawtooth
• sine root, 10% mix
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• pitch lfo, ramped-in
• chorus

Saw Brass

Sawtooth with a wide range in cutoffs that sounds good for chords, too.

Try Saw Brass » or download sawbrass.ck

• sawtooth, 34% mix
• sawtooth, 34% mix, +3 cents
• sine root, 20% mix
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• pitch + cutoff lfo, ramped-in
• unison: 2 voices

Brightest Fuzz

Shining Fuzz's brighter, cleaner cousin.

Try Brightest Fuzz » or download brightestfuzz.ck

• sawtooth, 27% mix
• rect, 44% mix, -3 cents
• rect, 27% mix, -2 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• highpass envelope
• rapid pitch envelope
• unison: 3 voices
• distortion

Supersaw

The good old "supersaw". Also works great as a pad with a lowpass filter! Also works great as a phat bass! Use supersaws for everything always.

Try Supersaw » or download supersaw.ck

• sawtooth
• 5 separate choruses
• pitch lfo
• amplitude lfo
• timbre lfo

Synthtar

Creamy sound with a long release.

Try Synthtar » or download synthtar.ck

• rect, 90% width
• rect, 55% width, -4 cents (50% constant beat detuning)
• rect, 80% width, +6 cents (50% constant beat detuning)
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• highpass envelope
• sample-and-hold pitch
• unison: 2 voices

Vibrato Saw

Thinner sound with aggressive vibrato.

Try Vibrato Saw » or download vibratosawlead.ck

• sawtooth, 34% mix
• sawtooth, 33% mix, +3 cents
• sawtooth, 33% mix, -3 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• pitch lfo, ramped-in
• unison: 5 voices
• stereo spread

Bandweeow

A bandpass filter envelope instead of lowpass! Has impressive range on velocity.

Try Bandweeow » or download bandweeow.ck

• sawtooth
• virtual analog
• bandpass envelope
• pitch lfo, ramped-in

Basses

Cassette

Aggressive bass helped out by some noise.

Try Cassette » or download cassette.ck

Try Cassette (v2) » or download cassette2.ck

• pulse wavetable, 37% mix, down the octave
• pulse wavetable, 39% mix
• noise, 22% mix
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• features
• v2: unison, 2 voices

Plucks

Quick hint: most plucks work equally well for arpeggios, chord stabs, and basslines!

Bubble Pluck

A bubbly sound with a hard attack.

Try Bubble Pluck » or download bubblepluck.ck

• square, 56% mix
• sawtooth, 18% mix, +3 cents
• square, 26% mix, -3 cents
• lpf envelope
• rapid pitch envelope

White Pluck

A monophonic pluck with a huge velocity range. I really like the sound at 0 velocity. Named after "White" by Smith & Pledger. Has a great range in velocity!

Try White Pluck » or download whitepluck.ck

• sawtooth, 34% mix, +10 cents (50% constant beat detuning)
• sawtooth, 52% mix, -10 cents (50% constant beat detuning)
• pulse wavetable, 16% mix, down the octave
• virtual analog
• lpf envelope
• unison: 8 voices
• stereo spread

Glass Pluck

A collection of plucks using wavetables for oscillators.

Try Glass Pluck 1 » or download glasspluck1.ck

Try Glass Pluck 2 » or download glasspluck2.ck

Try Glass Pluck 3 » or download glasspluck3.ck

Try Glass Pluck 4 » or download glasspluck4.ck

Try Glass Pluck 5 » or download glasspluck5.ck

Try Glass Pluck 6 » or download glasspluck6.ck

Try Glass Pluck 7 » or download glasspluck7.ck

Try Glass Pluck 8 » or download glasspluck8.ck

• three wavetables, one +3 cents, one -3 cents
• lpf envelope
• rapid pitch envelope (upward or downward)

Sail

Harsh lead with staccato and legato modes.

Try Sail » or download sail.ck

• sawtooth, 35% mix
• sawtooth, 45% mix, down the octave
• square, 20% mix
• resonant lowpass
• rapid pitch envelope (slew)
• pitch lfo
• distortion

Chord Pluck

A muted pluck with a barely-there sustain.

Try Chord Pluck » or download chordpluck.ck

• sawtooth, 50% mix
• sawtooth, 50% mix, +3 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• chorus
• unison: 2 voices

Eight Bit

Classic sounds for your nerve!

Try Eight Bit » or download eightbit.ck

• square
• lowpass envelope

Square Pluck

Eight Bit has grown up!

Try Square Pluck » or download squarepluck.ck

• square
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• unison: 2 voices

Pads

Aah

Beautiful chorus all from one terrible recording of me saying "aah."

Try Aah » or download aah.ck

• granular synthesis on "aah" vowel
• subtle randomness on:
• grain length
• grain rate
• grain position
• grain spawn rate lfo

Rhodes

Classic distorted sounds.

Try Rhodes » or download rhodes.ck

• square, 34% mix
• triangle, 34% mix, up the octave, +3 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• unison: 2 voices
• unison: 2 voices
• stereo pan lfo
• distortion

Saw Pad

Slightly cheesy yet still delicate.

Try Saw Pad » or download sawpad.ck

• sawtooth, 34% mix
• sawtooth, 33% mix, +23 cents
• sawtooth, 33% mix, -23 cents
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• pitch lfo
• chorus
• unison: 2 voices
• stereo spread

Square Cello

Sounds great in the lower register!

Try Square Cello » or download squarecello.ck

• rect, 46% mix, +7 cents
• rect, 31% mix, -7 cents
• sawtooth, 30% mix
• virtual analog
• lowpass envelope
• rect width lfo
• rect width lfo lfo
• chorus
• unison: 2 voices

Sweep Cold Pad

Slow dramatic filter cutoff sweeps.

Try Sweep Cold Pad » or download sweepcoldpad.ck

• sawtooth, 45% mix
• rect, 27% mix, +18 cents
• sawtooth, 27% mix, -19 cents
• virtual analog
• resonant lowpass envelope
• chorus
• unison: 2 voices
• stereo spread