Software synthesizer · Mac & Windows

PoEM

Four living oscillators, built like an instrument.

An analog-style polysynth with drifting oscillators, three filter characters and a full rack of tape-era effects. Every preset is voiced to be played, not just previewed.

Listen Join the beta
The POEM interface: oscillators, mixer, a large ivory cutoff dial, arpeggiator, Shimmer Reverb, Tape Delay and an effects rack on a walnut panel
Amber Schoolroom, the first preset · cutoff 480 Hz · 24 dB ladder

Listen

Straight from the presets, no mixing or mastering. Each one is played in its own style and harmony.

  • Aurora Loom

    LIGHT · Gmaj7–D/F♯–Em7–Cmaj7

  • Velvet Strings

    CINEMATIC · Dm–B♭–F–C

  • Ribbon PWM Pad

    SYNTH-POP · PULSING 8THS · 110 BPM

  • Breathing Field

    AMBIENT · D DRONE · SHIMMER

  • Night Glass Pad

    NOIR · Cm(add9)–A♭maj7♯11–Fm9–G7♭9

  • Thimble Harp

    TECHNO · 130 BPM · FUZZ · PHASER · PING PONG

  • Music Box Pluck

    ARP · UP · 1/16T · 3 OCT

  • Stage Poly Brass

    SEQUENCE · 124 BPM · PING PONG DELAY 1/8D

On the panel

Laid out like hardware: every section is one plate, every knob shows its real value.

01 · OSCILLATORS

Four sources that never sit perfectly still

Each oscillator drifts on its own, the way analog ones do, with an Analog Core mode for the classic sawtooth and pulse.

  • Oscillators4 + noise
  • Unisonup to 7 voices
  • Polyphony8 voices

06 · FILTER

Three filter characters

A ladder for weight, a vintage 4-pole for the brassy polysynth sound, and a state-variable filter that sweeps from low-pass through notch to high-pass.

  • Cutoff20 Hz – 20 kHz
  • Slopes12 / 24 dB
  • SV modeLP · NOTCH · HP

09–12 · EFFECTS

A rack of tape-era colour

A multi-head tape echo with ping-pong, a spectral delay, shimmer and hall reverbs, BBD chorus, phaser, flanger, doubler and fuzz.

  • Tape Delay3 heads, 7 modes
  • ChorusI · II · I+II
  • ReverbShimmer · Hall

07 · PLAYING

Presets that play themselves in

An arpeggiator that presets can carry with them, aftertouch and mod-wheel routing, and Describe a Sound: type what you hear in your head and POEM sets the panel.

  • Factory presets131
  • Arp modesUp · Down · Up-Down · Random · As Played

Formats

macOS

Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. Signed and notarized by Apple, one installer.

VST3AUSTANDALONE

Windows

Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

VST3STANDALONE