Order survives
Cards move to a new row. The signal path never gets shuffled.
MXM Synth Collection
Classic circuits. Modern windows.
A growing set of CLAP instruments and effects. The sound keeps the quirks and useful constraints of the machines that inspired it. The interface starts over.
Being built for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The sound keeps the limits. The window does not.
Most plugin panels expect one shape. MXM cards wrap in signal order, so a synth can sit in a narrow Omarchy tile, a normal DAW window, or a wide workspace without hiding its controls.
Scale stays yours
Window reflow and 75–200% UI scale solve different problems, so they remain separate.
Both themes count
Light and Dark use separate colour sets with the same hierarchy.
Five instruments. Five different jobs.
A fast one-oscillator mono, a two-oscillator bass machine, an acid voice, a six-voice poly, and a semi-modular that can rewire itself. Shared controls make the collection familiar. The circuit decides everything else.
mxm-mono-01
After the Roland SH-101
One oscillator, sub and noise, one shared envelope, and a resonant filter. Bass and lead sounds without menu work.
Explore mxm-mono-01
mxm-mono-02
After the Roland SH-2
Two free-running oscillators, a locked sub, and one envelope shared by the filter, amplifier, and pulse width.
Explore mxm-mono-02
mxm-mono-03
After the Roland TB-303
A sagging diode ladder, an accent circuit that remembers the notes before it, and slide built into the voice.
Explore mxm-mono-03
mxm-poly-06
After the Roland JUNO-106
Six DCO voices, one shared envelope per voice, a bass-boosting HPF position, and the chorus that completes the sound.
Explore mxm-poly-06
mxm-mono-00
After the Roland System-100
Two oscillators, two envelopes, two LFOs, and a routing matrix that can turn a patch into a self-running instrument.
Explore mxm-mono-00Effects taken out of the synths.
The first two effects use the same DSP as the instruments that gave them a home. The standalone wrappers put that one implementation on any track.
mxm-chorus-06
After the Roland JUNO-106 chorus
Two antiphase bucket-brigade lines with the circuit's rate, depth, wet level, and noise floor opened as controls.
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mxm-folded-spring
After the Roland System-100 spring reverb
Three tank lengths, an untouched dry path, and a feedback control that moves from longer decay into a singing loop.
Explore mxm-folded-springFaithful sound. No borrowed face.
MXM copies what a machine does, including the behaviour a cleaner design might remove. The old panel is not part of the deal.
Keep the warts
Filter droop, oscillator coupling, accent memory, and narrow ranges stay when they belong to the sound.
Leave the faceplate
No wood, screws, fake jacks, or copied panel geometry. Controls follow the task and the signal.
Say what is known
Measured, chosen, and unverified behaviour is labelled. A test proves the model; listening proves the copy.
What each device is modelled on.
MXM names its references instead of hinting at them. Every product page carries the same information in full, next to what MXM changed on purpose.
| MXM device | Modelled on | Reference covers |
|---|---|---|
| mxm-mono-01 | Roland SH-101 | Single-oscillator voice, sub and noise mixer, and one envelope shared by filter and amplifier |
| mxm-mono-02 | Roland SH-2 | Two free-running oscillators, a locked sub, and one envelope shared three ways |
| mxm-mono-03 | Roland TB-303 | Diode-ladder filter, accumulating accent circuit, and slide inside the voice |
| mxm-poly-06 | Roland JUNO-106 | Six DCO voices, the four-position high-pass filter, and the built-in bucket-brigade chorus |
| mxm-mono-00 | Roland System-100 | Voice architecture of the 101 synthesiser and 102 expander taken as one instrument |
| mxm-chorus-06 | Roland JUNO-106 chorus | The bucket-brigade chorus, its three switch positions, and its noise floor |
| mxm-folded-spring | Roland System-100 spring reverb | The spring tank of the System-100 mixer; Short and Long tanks and feedback are MXM additions |
Roland, System-100, SH-101, SH-2, TB-303, and JUNO-106 are trademarks of Roland Corporation. They appear on this site only to name the hardware that MXM's architecture refers to. MXM is an independent project with no affiliation with, authorisation from, sponsorship by, or endorsement by Roland Corporation. No original firmware, samples, artwork, or panel graphics are used or distributed, and no MXM product is sold or described as a Roland product.
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MXM Player
Play the collection without opening a DAW.
Load CLAP instruments, write a 16-step pattern, record parameter changes per step, and run a serial effect chain. The player is small on purpose. It tests and plays one source instead of pretending to be a studio.
Meet MXM PlayerDevelopment preview
The collection is being prepared for release.
The plugins are built and tested inside the project. Commercial host checks, listening passes, platform packages, and release terms still have work left. The source repository remains private during development.