I've been making a small sound playground called Resona. Instead of keys, you play objects: tap a bar or bowl, loop the hits, then add another layer. The clip is the actual app and its audio.

The acoustic instrument voices use a simplified modal model driven by material and dimensions. There are also designed nature voices and a few field recordings. Built with AI coding tools, Three.js and Web Audio.

It's still a toy for little percussive sketches: four-beat loops and recording are there, MIDI and a plugin version aren't. Free to try in the browser, no account: https://resona-pearl.vercel.app

Would you reach for something like this for unusual percussion, or would tuning controls be essential?

Around 2013 I created the Art of Svnthesis course for Warp Academy. It was a large success and had a good run for a number of years.

We recently decided to move rights to the material back to me and I have put it up on YouTube, free. I'd class it as beginner - intermediate, and there are lots of accompanying Ableton projects and racks to help you follow along if you're into that.

It is a legacy piece and is as such unsupported, but I figured some people new in their journey might be able to take some stuff from it as the concepts (things like signal flow, self osc, audio rate and FM, etc) haven't changed even if software has.

Professionally, I have done sound design and expansion packs for the likes of U-he, Baby Audio, Cableguys, FXPansion, Soundtrends, etc. Enough about me though, I just wanted to give you some context for the course.

Cheers and hope you like it. If you value this and dig it, please make a donation to your local SPCA. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYsse8ztAc8NmdqeDBtyB4Vh75bQh8zzO