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Getting Started ​

This guide walks you through creating your first patch in MNodes.

First patch

Quick Start ​

1. Install MNodes ​

Download MNodes from marionietoworld.com/mnodes and run the installer. See Installation for details.

2. Open MNodes ​

Launch MNodes standalone, or load it as a plugin in your DAW:

  • As an Instrument: Insert MNodes on a MIDI/instrument track to build synthesizers and instruments that receive MIDI and output audio
  • As an FX: Insert MNodes on an audio track to process incoming audio through your node graph
  • As a MIDI FX (Logic Pro only): Insert MNodes as a MIDI effect to process and transform MIDI data
  • Standalone: Launch MNodes directly without a DAW: all audio and MIDI I/O is available

3. Create Your First Patch ​

  1. Right-click on the canvas to open the Node Palette
  2. Search for "Sine" and click to add it
  3. Add a Gain node the same way
  4. Add an Audio Out node
  5. Connect: Sine → Gain → Audio Out
  6. Move the Gain control to change the volume

You should hear a sine tone. Congratulations, that's your first MNodes patch!

Experiment

Try moving the Freq parameter on the Sine node and notice how the pitch changes. You can also try other oscillators like Saw or Rect: create them from the Node Palette and swap them in place of the Sine.

4. Add Some Character ​

Let's shape the sound with a filter:

  1. Add a Filter node from the Node Palette
  2. Disconnect the Sine from the Gain and reconnect: Sine → Filter → Gain → Audio Out
  3. Move the Cutoff parameter on the Filter: notice how it changes the brightness of the sound
  4. Try adjusting the Resonance to add emphasis around the cutoff frequency
  5. Change the filter type (LP, HP, BP, Notch) and hear the difference

Now you have a basic subtractive patch with tone shaping!

5. Save Your Work ​

Go to File → Save Preset to save your patch as a .mnprt file.

Next Steps ​

MNodes Documentation

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