Humus

Humus is a live modular instrument that is also a recorder. You wire organisms - instruments, effects, sequencers and visuals - into a patch, play it with your hands, your controllers or your camera, and the soil remembers: one button keeps the whole performance, audio and gestures alike.

These pages are still growing. Humus is in beta and so are its docs: some corners are not written yet, and a few may lag behind the app. If something reads wrong, the app is probably right, and we would love to hear about it.

Start here

• The course - eleven short lessons, from an empty canvas to the stage.
• Getting started - get Humus, find your way around, save your first patch.
• Want the build? Leave your email on the front page of this site. When a seat opens, the downloads page mails you a six-digit code and the newest build is yours. If the mail is slow, look in the spam folder.

Go deeper

• The user guide - one page per part of the app.
• Every organism documents itself - the ? on its bar, or the Organisms page on this site.
• File ▸ Examples in the app opens ready-made patches to take apart. The menu is still filling up, a few more with every release.
• The organism SDK - write your own instruments and effects, and build from source. The source is on GitHub.