Introducing Snorkel

Snorkel is out. It's a generative synthesizer plugin built around a simple idea: most synths give you a preset browser and leave you scrolling. Snorkel takes a different approach. It generates real musical ideas (patterns, arpeggios, chords, and full synth sounds) and gives you every parameter to shape what comes out.

Six modules, one plugin

Snorkel is one plugin with six interconnected sections, each one a tool you would recognise from somewhere else, brought together with a shared philosophy and a shared randomization engine.

• Patterns. A 16-step grid sequencer for sketching rhythms and melodies fast.
• Arpeggiator. A programmable note engine with sixteen play modes, a sixteen-step gate grid, and sixteen scenes.
• Chords. A chord generator with a built-in gater, well suited for combining harmony and rhythm in one place.
• Synth. A three-oscillator engine with analog-style character, dual filters, four LFOs, four envelopes, and a dedicated FX section.
• Modulator. A dedicated step modulator that drives all the other modules and the synth, adding movement and variation that ties the patch together.
• Sequencer. Combines the outputs of the generators into a full musical idea, sketch to arrangement in one flow.

Randomization that lands

The thing that makes Snorkel feel different is the randomize button, and the care that went into making it actually useful. True randomness produces noise. What we were after is randomness that lands on something musical: an arp pattern you would save, a chord progression you would build a track around, a synth sound you would want to play. The engine is tuned for that goal, and every randomized parameter stays fully editable so you can keep what works and reshape the rest.

Built to stay in control

Every parameter the randomizer touches is right there for you to adjust. Happy with the generated idea but want to reshape the filter? Go ahead. Want to keep the rhythm and try a different melody? It is all yours. You set the boundaries, Snorkel plays within them. The result is a workflow that feels playful and exploratory rather than locked-in.

Where to get it

Snorkel runs as VST3 and AU on macOS, VST3 on Windows, AUv3 on iPad, and as a standalone application on Windows and macOS. The desktop versions are available directly from our site, with a free demo if you want to try before buying. The iPad version is on the App Store. The full feature breakdown, screenshots of every module, and the complete reference manual live on the Snorkel page.