▶LIVE PERFORMANCE · QUANTUM SYNTHS
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POLYRIFFS · MAC + IPAD BETAMUSIC THAT
MUSIC THAT
KEEPS EVOLVING
Performance-driven software instruments for creative, experimental, and seriously fun music.
✧ TWO INDEPENDENT SEQUENCERS〰 EVOLVING HARMONICS◇ CONTROLLED RANDOMNESS✺ PERFORMANCE & SONG MODE
HEAR WHAT POLYRIFFS CAN BECOME
ONE MUSICAL IDEA.
ENDLESS VARIATIONS.
Discover, capture, compose, perform. Evolve.
A real-time PolyRiffs performance, recorded on iPad.
Explore unexpected combinations of melody, rhythm, and sound. Your favorite patches become named snapshots.
MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES ↗THE FIRST QUANTUM SYNTHS INSTRUMENT
Two independent sequencers. Evolving harmonic relationships. Endless rhythmic possibilities.
CONTROLLED RANDOMNESS.
UNEXPECTED MUSICAL DISCOVERIES.
Discover a musical idea. Let it evolve. Capture the variations you love, then make them part of your performance.
Two oscillator voices and four subharmonic voices meet independent sequencers, polyrhythmic clocks, and a 32-slot modulation matrix. From shifting patterns to slow-moving textures, you decide how far the music travels.
Two independent sequencers, evolving harmonic relationships, and unconventional rhythms create a foundation for music that can be played, shaped, and transformed in real time.
Rooted in synthesis history. Built for musical exploration.
APPLY TO TEST POLYRIFFS ↗Mac standalone + VST3 · iPad standalone + AUv3. Windows support planned.
POLYRIFFS IN AUM · RECORDED ON IPADIndependent Sequencers
Two musical ideas can move together—or take different paths.
Evolving Harmonics
Explore rich harmonic relationships and textures that change as you play.
Controlled Randomness
Set randomization ranges, then let clock-synced changes uncover new ideas.
Real-Time Performance
Capture presets, build named snapshots, and arrange them with Song Mode.
Explore Sound & Routing and MIDI settings
Earlier development screenshots; the current Performance page is shown above.
IN THE STUDIO
MADE FOR REAL WORKFLOWS
Screenshot of PolyRiffs during development in Ableton Live.
SAVE THE UNEXPECTED · PLAY THE POSSIBLE
CAPTURE YOUR DISCOVERIES.
TURN THEM INTO MUSIC.
Some of the most exciting moments in electronic music happen by accident. An unexpected rhythm. An unusual harmonic relationship. A random sequence that suddenly becomes something extraordinary.
On hands-on hardware, those discoveries can disappear as quickly as they arrive. PolyRiffs lets you capture the magic.
Auto Capture saves completed patch-randomization results as named presets. Choose your favorites and load them into a bank of 32 performance snapshots, with each snapshot inheriting the preset name.
Recall variations live, keep shaping the sound, and carry your presets between Mac and iPad with single-preset and ZIP import/export.
Then use Song Mode to arrange those snapshots into a song or an evolving live performance.
FROM HAPPY ACCIDENT TO FINISHED PERFORMANCE.
HELP TEST POLYRIFFS ↗SNAPSHOT BANK32 SLOTS
32 SNAPSHOTS PER PRESET
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32 snapshots
Recall saved musical variations, with names to help you find each one.
Song Mode
Arrange your snapshots into evolving songs and performances.
Illustration of the 32 snapshot slots. Song Mode is accessed with the SONG button.
WHERE TO PLAY
PLAY ON MAC & IPAD
Mac and iPad beta applications are welcome. Windows support is planned.
Mac
Standalone + VST3
iPad
Standalone + AUv3
Windows
Planned
POLYRIFFS · BETA PROGRAM
BE PART OF
THE POLYRIFFS BETA.
Bring your curiosity, your setup, and your ears. Apply to test PolyRiffs on Mac or iPad and help us make it ready for more musicians.
- Explore evolving sequences and sounds
- Try presets, snapshots, and Song Mode
- Share feedback and help shape the release
Join our Discord community
Meet other musicians, share discoveries, and join the conversation about PolyRiffs.
JOIN QUANTUM SYNTHS ON DISCORD ↗MAC: STANDALONE + VST3 · IPAD: STANDALONE + AUV3
Read the beta testing guide ↗ · Windows: register for future updates.
QUANTUM SYNTHS IN PERFORMANCE
WATCH THE MUSIC EVOLVE
Live music and explorations from Quantum Synths. Watch the featured PolyRiffs introduction above.
OLD IDEAS. NEW POSSIBILITIES.
FROM THE PIONEERS OF
ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO POLYRIFFS.
Friedrich Trautwein’s Trautonium and Oskar Sala’s later Mixtur-Trautonium opened new worlds of electronic sound and subharmonic synthesis. Leon Theremin’s Rhythmicon, developed at Henry Cowell’s request, explored relationships between pitch and rhythm.
That spirit of exploration continues through instruments such as the Moog Subharmonicon and Behringer Spice …and now Quantum Synths’ PolyRiffs! Independent sequencing, controlled randomness, modulation, and performance memory give these ideas new places to go.
Explore the history: Deutsches Museum / Oskar Sala · Smithsonian / Rhythmicon
ABOUT QUANTUM SYNTHS
DESIGNED BY A MUSICIAN.
BUILT FOR MUSICIANS.
Quantum Synths is an independent electronic-instrument project founded by musician, composer, performer, and software developer Ned Robinson.
Drawing on decades of music-making and software development, Quantum Synths focuses on instruments that reward experimentation, spontaneity, and expressive real-time performance.
Our goal is simple: technology that keeps the music moving.