Electric Smudge – SnappySnap v1.0.0 for WiN

A new era in music creation

SnappySnap is the world’s first audio plugin with built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, allowing any AI assistant to directly control, manipulate, and interact with the plugin in real-time.

What it means

• Conversational control: Ask the AI to “make this sound darker” or “create a pad with a slow attack” and watch it happen.
• Intelligent automation: Let AI assistants browse presets, adjust parameters, and switch between snapshots on your behalf.
• Universal compatibility: Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
• Free-flow workflow: Be creative while the AI handles the technical tweaks.

The Future Is Now

• No more digging through menus: just describe what you want instead of searching for the right parameters.
• Collaborative Sound Design: Treat AI as your creative partner, not just a tool.
• Endless Possibilities: Combine AI with the SnappySnap switching engine to create sounds you never imagined.

Randomization and Crossbreeding

• Relative Drift: Apply a weighted “drift” to parameters, rather than pure chaos.
• Strength slider: 0–99% = weak to moderate drift. 100% = complete chaos.
• Target selection: randomize all parameters or only learned ones.

Crossover

• Two Parents: Choose any two photos as Parent A and Parent B.
• Crossover: 0% = pure Parent A, 100% = pure Parent B, 50% = equal mix.
• Mutation: Adds randomization to the offspring.
• Result: Creates a new “child” sound with characteristics of both parents.

Preset Management Core

SnappySnap’s universal preset system acts as a universal preset manager for any VST3 or AU plugin, updating legacy plugins with modern file management tools.

How It Works

• Meta Presets: SnappySnap presets store the hosted plugin, its internal state, all 12 snapshots, macros, and morph settings.
• Automatic Plugin Loading: Loading a preset automatically launches the correct plugin.
• Bank Organization: 16 banks, each with up to 128 presets.
• External Control: Bypass internal plugin browsers. Use SnappySnap to standardize your workflow across all your tools.

Snapshot and Morph

• System Snapshot System
• 12 slots arranged in a “clock” pattern around the XY panel.
• Full state capture: all parameters of the connected plugin are saved.
• Naming: Right-click on any snapshot to rename it or remove the name.
• Smart caching: Detects the number of parameters to prevent them from being corrupted when hot-swapping plugins.

Morph Modes

• 1D Morph (Snappy Knob): Linear interpolation between all 12 snapshots from position 0.0 to 1.0.
• 2D Morph (XY Pad): Distance-based interpolation based on the cursor position relative to each snapshot on the wheel.
• Bounce Mode: Adds physics (mass/bounce) to the morph cursor. Creates “shoot-around” and “bounce” effects with fast movements.
• Drift Mode: Autonomous wander using Perlin noise. Three modes: Free, Locked, and Orbital.

MIDI Integration

SnappySnap is fully customizable for playing with a MIDI keyboard or controller.

Snapshot Triggers

• Note Triggers: A customizable octave (e.g., C2) maps notes C–B to snapshots 1–12.
• Filtered Trigger Notes: These notes produce no sound on the connected synth.

Preset Management

• Program Change (0–127): Load SnappySnap’s internal presets.
• CC#0 (Bank Select, 0–15): Cycle through banks 1–16.
• CC#1 (Modulation Wheel): Scroll through presets in the current bank.
• CC#110–121 (value > 64): Remote save to snapshot slots 1–12.