PatchWorld - Connect & Play

Nothing else to say, but awesome.

This app should draw in any musician out there… especially anyone familiar with electronic instruments. If you have an understanding of signal flow… you can do that too. Tons of prebuilt devices and the option to build your own. Everything is patchable. So if you want to hear what happens when you control or trigger sounds and fx with pretty much whatever you want. Get experimental. See if you can find out what it can’t do.

There’s the option to import your own WAV, OGG, M4V, GLB, PNG, JPG assets to personalize things. With control over the scene’s lighting, particle effects, background, terrain, objects you take it further. Blow people’s minds by then connecting your music to the lights and the background because that’s patchable too.

But there’s also an advanced section that has things like logic components, math, converters and even rotors to make a robot or other moving parts. It’s really a safe space to tinker, tweak and build stuff.

The community is top notch, and a very active discord community. It’s easy to get help, get questions answered. A lot of people in there really want to make music with others because it’s easy. You can easily join a live session or make your private session live and see if anyone shows up.

It’s a bit more than just a music app. It’s got a bit of world building and metaverse aspect to it as well as some physics simulation. Just the other day I was sequencing some drum samples… one person in the room was building a robot, someone else was connect math parts to bend a light beam.

If you want to do something more mentally and creatively engaging with your quest, check it out.

Patchworld is hands-down one of the best things I’ve tried in VR. It’s a super fun, creative space where you can make music, visuals, and anything in between. The community is amazing, welcoming and supportive, and everyone is treated with respect whether you’re just starting out or already experienced. I 100% recommend it to anyone.

A true sandbox of continuous development, create a world, create a machine, create music!

I have been trying to learn how to make sounds on daws on and off for over a decade. This gives me real hope, it is so much fun and completely absorbing. It's got me watching videos about sampling theorem before I go to sleep.

I was listening to some music since exploring patch, and I started to visualize the electronic production in my minds eye in a new way.

There was an acid techno room and it was really joyful and special to play with making the bounciesy sound I could. It's so easy to get lost in it. Really gorgeous experience.

I started to get overwhelmed and someone very friendly explained about jolts as events and the big plugs are like signals that will keep on sending information (I am learning one little bit at a time). This is so beyond my comfort zone. But it actually makes looking at physics and data fun and flow in a way I never accessed.

I absolutely love making music, and this has been such a fun and social experience! If you enjoy experimenting with different instruments, layering sounds, and recording your own samples, this is a must have. On top of that, the visuals and art style are full of personality, and look great. It really adds to the overall vibe and makes the whole experience super enjoyable.