Draw a loop around Gems and Cells to select them.
Use the lasso to select by each Gem or Cell’s center. A tap selects one item. Hold Shift while drawing to add to your selection. In wrench Edit Mode, drag any member or the Pod’s name to move the whole group. Ungroup to move a member independently; Esc cancels a drag. Saved Pods contain independent copies and relative positions.
Touch, listen, explore. The NeoMeoN Tome is your field guide to the instrument. Every picture below is a static reference illustration: it does not play, record, or change settings. Note colors follow the current key in the live instrument.
Gem means Geometric Event Module: an individual touch-and-sound element. A Cell combines musical elements with its own behavior and controls. A Pod groups Gems and Cells for reuse and movement; each member keeps its own sound controls. A Soma is the complete active arrangement.
An Orb is a movable controller. Neome describes the surrounding environment; Void names its backdrop and empty-space sound behaviors. Node, Wire and Switch describe the broader design; this edition has no general wiring editor.
A new Sweep Gem preset: triangle waveform, 120 ms attack, 850 ms release, gentle moving low-pass filter and tempo-linked delay. Drag vertically through scale notes; release lets the orb return. Its wide shape favors slow phrases. Record its motion with Record loop. Find Aurora Gem in Library → Gems.
Two clocked rings interlock: the outer ring plays 3 pulses and the inner plays 5 pulses over four beats. The inner voice is an octave higher, four scale degrees above the outer. Tap the center to start/stop. Its + menu adjusts each ring from 1–9 pulses, cycle length (2/4/8/16 beats), root degree, inner degree offset, balance, waveform, delay and level. Both rings rejoin on the shared cycle. Changes apply to upcoming scheduled notes; no random acceleration. Find it in Library → Cells.
Two independent Aurora Gems frame one Tide Cell. Dawn and Dusk begin four scale degrees apart. Start Tide, then sweep Dawn and Dusk slowly against its rhythm. Lasso or select its name in Edit mode to move the whole Pod. Ungroup separates its members without removing them. Library → Pods → Estuary Pod adds a complete independent copy.
The fourth Soma: A Dorian, 84 BPM, Astro backdrop. Estuary sits above a large Radial Cell and an empty Sampler Cell. It begins silent; start Tide and play a slow Aurora phrase. The Sampler is ready for your own recording or upload. The Soma button cycles 01 → 02 → 03 → 04.
Each key has three registers: low at the bottom, middle in the center, high at the top. Each finger gets an independent voice. Slide between registers for a short glide. The Key menu transposes notes and changes the scale.
Drag the orb vertically through a scale. Different Gems begin on different scale degrees. + opens waveform, envelope, snap-back and effects. Snap-back is a return behavior, not clock sync.
Tap a colored symbol for a short note. These are live taps, distinct from the recorded gesture loops in Loop Station.
Tap once to hold a note, then tap again to release it. Several can form a sustained chord. Power stops held and repeating sounds.
Drag among three colored vertices to blend their notes. Its + menu adjusts waveform, envelope and effects. The original Tricell supports gesture-loop capture.
Angle selects a scale note; distance from the center shapes its level. Move the orb across sectors. The original Radial Cell supports gesture-loop capture.
A glowing ball turns wall collisions into notes. Tap its center Play/Pause control; grab and flick the ball to throw. A catch holds it still. Free timing loses energy gradually; Beat snap aligns collisions to a selected note rate. The + menu controls speed, spin, gravity, longevity, timing, sound and delay. Reset returns the ball and clears its echo. Motion is not automatically resumed when loading a project.
Tap the center to start or stop its drum pattern. + opens categorized, numbered presets, previous/next controls and immediate/next-bar switching. Edit Beat opens seven drum lanes, 1–4 bars, straight/triplet grids, swing and three kits. Select a hit to edit velocity, probability, roll count or timing. Copy/paste, shift, humanize and Euclidean generation vary patterns. Audition, Undo and Cancel let you try edits before Save & Close.
Tap to repeat the percussion pattern. Its + menu groups numbered presets by style, with previous/next and next-bar switching. Edit Perc opens the percussion pattern editor. Save & Close commits the pattern.
Repeats a sequence of scale degrees. Change rate and waveform in its controls; the original ArpCell has Edit Arp for note sequence editing. Notes follow the Soma’s key and scale. Added library copies retain their own sequence and rate.
+ offers audio upload or microphone recording. Microphone access is requested only when you choose Record mic. The browser must permit it; upload remains available if permission or recording is unavailable. The waveform shows the sample, and a live trace shows recording/playback. Set trim points, reverse, pitch/speed, one-shot/loop and free/beat/bar start timing. Samples are included in project and library exports.
A translucent touch controller. Dragging changes the associated musical value. Its behavior depends on the instrument: a Sweep slides vertically, Radial moves in a circle, and Pong can be caught and thrown.
A named selection of Gems and Cells. Group with the lasso, move together in Edit, save to Library for reuse, and Ungroup to edit members independently. Grouping is organizational; it does not merge audio into one mixer channel.
Black, White, Bio, Astro and Photon are backdrop choices. They remain behind the instrument and are remembered per Soma. Bloom adds reverb from empty-space touches; Gate mutes the mix while empty space is held; Off disables those interactions. Freeze echo holds an existing shared delay. Power clears the freeze.
The complete familiar layout. Always the startup screen; Bio backdrop.
Only the oversized Keyboard, Trigem and Boom Bap Beat Cell. D minor, 92 BPM; Astro.
Pong, Radial, Arp and Broken Bells Percussion. E Dorian, 108 BPM; Photon.
Estuary Pod, Radial and Sampler. A Dorian, 84 BPM; Astro.
The Soma button beside Tempo cycles arrangements. Switching stops outgoing sound and remembers the layout, key, effects, patterns, loops, samples and Pods. Finish recording or pattern editing before switching. Save Project includes all four Somas. Older projects gain missing factory Somas. Opening restores the selected Soma silently.
Records repeating touch phrases from the original Keyboard, Tricell, Radial and Sweep Gems, including Aurora. Choose 1/2/4/8 bars and an Off/4/8-beat count-in in ∞ Loops. Tap Record loop, wait for the count and play; the phrase repeats automatically. Another take replaces only the pads you play. Empty/cancelled takes keep earlier loops. Undo loop restores the last take or cleared clip.
Captures the full stereo performance with effects as an audio file. Press again to stop, then download the take from Settings. The take is separate from the editable .neomeon project. Browser recording or WAV export is available where supported; WAV conversion does not improve source quality.
Loop mixer: each recorded clip has level, Mute, Solo and Clear. These levels do not change live playing levels. The Repeating Cells section has separate playback and level controls for Beat, Percussion, Arp, Pong, Tide and samples. Pausing touch loops leaves these Cells running.
The metronome can click for count-in, recording, continuously, or remain silent. It is excluded from the stereo export; a microphone can still hear speakers. Hiding the page, changing tempo or powering off cancels an unfinished loop take. Additional Radial/Tricell copies are playable but are not gesture-loop capture targets in this version.
Aa shows or hides labels under toolbar icons; Audio REC remains labeled. Focus puts away the toolbar for more room; Controls brings it back. Every large menu has a red Collapse button. Press its toolbar button again, tap outside, or press Esc to dismiss it. Playback continues.
Portrait Pads presents one enlarged instrument with a selector above and a + Controls button below. Keyboard register rows expand vertically. Hit and drone notes use large touch tiles. Full Soma restores the overview; Pads brings back the large view. Edit always shows the whole arrangement. Landscape uses the full Soma. Fit centers the entire visible layout; Fill width and custom zoom can use scrolling.
Power stops sound. Tempo sets the shared clock. Mixer adjusts sources and master level; ƒx opens shared effects. Key retunes melodies. Library contains reusable items; the book opens this Tome; the wrench edits layouts; Settings contains detailed controls and audio downloads; the floppy disk opens Projects.
Browse miniatures in Library → All / Gems / Cells / Pods, or search by name. Drag a card onto the Soma, or use Add. Each copy has independent settings. The lasso selects items whose centers fall inside its loop; Shift adds to a selection. Group as Pod names the selection. Save Pod stores relative positions and sounds.
In Edit, drag a Gem or Cell to move it. Drag a Sweep’s lower-right handle to resize; original groups use their existing resize handles. Drag any Pod member or its name to move the Pod as one unit. Resize the Pod using its lower-right arrow handle: drag diagonally to scale every member and the spacing together. It stops at member-size or workspace limits. Focus the handle and use arrow keys for 5% steps. Esc cancels a drag; Undo restores the whole resize. Ungroup beside the Pod name or in the editing bar separates the members while keeping their positions.
Undo / Redo in the editing bar covers moving, resizing, adding, deleting and grouping. Ctrl / ⌘ Z undoes; Ctrl / ⌘ Shift Z or Ctrl Y redoes. Each Soma keeps up to 30 layout actions in this tab. Esc cancels a drag. A new edit clears the redo branch. Opening a project resets layout history; history is not stored in .neomeon files. This is separate from Undo loop and effect-variation Undo.
Use a Gem’s Library controls or a dropped Cell’s + menu to save or remove it. The Soma supports 32 Sweep Gems and 16 additional Cells; the saved library holds 64 entries. Export Library makes a portable .neogems backup, including samples inside saved Cells and Pods.
Waveform: sine is smooth, triangle softly bright, sawtooth richer, square hollow. Attack / Release control how notes begin and fade. Sustain latches supported instruments after release. Snap back returns an orb and is different from Pong’s Beat snap.
Delay follows the shared tempo. Shared delay timing, feedback and wet level live in ƒx; Pong also offers its own delay controls. The original sources and Sweep Gems offer bitcrusher, fuzz and a moving filter. Enable an effect to hear its controls. Randomize changes selected, unlocked sound parameters; optional pattern variation requires its checkbox. Undo there restores the last sound variation. Additional Cells expose their supported controls in their own + menu.
The toolbar status shows Unsaved changes, Saving…, or an Autosaved time after a browser recovery copy succeeds. If storage is unavailable or a write fails, it says so. Opening menus alone does not count as a musical edit. Click the status or floppy disk for Projects.
Save Project downloads an editable .neomeon file with all Somas, settings, layouts, loops and samples. A download-start message does not guarantee that your browser saved the file; check its downloads. Open Project loads silently. Resume Saved Parts restarts supported saved repeating parts; start added Cells yourself.
Autosave belongs to this browser and can be cleared. It is a recovery copy, not a portable backup. A previous recovery copy is offered rather than automatically replacing your screen. Use Restore to recover it. Library entries and stereo recordings have their own exports. Download an audio take before making another or closing the page.
No sound? Touch a musical pad to start audio; after Power off, press Power first. Check device and master levels, loop mute/solo and Void Gate. Controls missing? Exit Edit, choose Fit or Full Soma, and open the relevant + menu. Timing interrupted? Keep the page visible and device awake. Microphone unavailable? Use upload, or a browser context that supports microphone permission. Unexpected changes? Use layout Undo for geometry, Undo loop for captured takes, or Restore/Open Project for a saved setup.
The NeoMeoN Tome · X49. All illustrations are nonfunctional references. Replay “Your first loop” above whenever you need a quick start.
Bio · green / yellow / orange
Astro · black / purple / yellow
Photon · red / blue / green
Each Soma remembers its choice.
Bloom: tap empty space or slide off a pad to swell the whole mix into a short reverb trail.
Gate: hold empty space to silence the mix. Lift every gating finger to release it; the rhythm keeps running.
Pad areas and their controls are protected. Only musical touches enter the Void; it stays off during layout editing.
Enable a pad’s DLY, play a phrase, then freeze its echo. Stop clears it.
Choose a section. Recording starts on the next bar, then loops automatically.
Record held movements and lifts. One loop per section; other sections keep playing. Record again to replace a loop. Undo restores its previous take. Rebound motion after lifting is not recorded in this first version.
Mute and Solo affect the selected section’s recorded loop; live pads stay playable.
Keep this tab visible and leave tempo unchanged during a take. Save Project includes loops; use Play Loops after reopening.
Retunes the melodic pads and recorded gestures together. Each key has three registers: low, middle, and high. Adjacent registers stay exactly one octave apart, with a gentle glide when you cross a divider.
Drag a miniature onto the Soma, or use Add. Every drop creates an independent copy.
Save a sweep’s sound and gesture. Added Gems follow the Soma’s key and scale; global mixer and echo settings stay shared.
In Edit Mode, drag a Gem’s body to move it and its lower-right handle to resize it.
Save a live sweep Gem here, then drag its saved miniature onto the Soma.
Save the original Cell below, or use a dropped Cell’s + menu to save that instance. Drag a card to create an independent Cell. All Cells share the Soma’s key and tempo.
Choose a starter Cell below, or save your current settings.
Saved Gems and Cells live in this browser. Export your library to keep a backup or move it to your iPad. Save a project to keep the whole arrangement.
Source levels feed their shared section faders, then the Soma master. Only sweep Gems present in this Soma are listed.
Delay timing, feedback and wet level are shared. Enable DLY in a source’s + menu to send it to the delay. Reverb adds a continuous shared room sound; Void Bloom remains available.
Save downloads a .neomeon file containing all four Somas, including their layouts, keys, sounds, effects, samples and loops. Keep it to reopen your setup on any device.
Autosave is a recovery copy in this browser. Audio recordings are separate downloads in ⚙. Ctrl / ⌘ S opens this panel.
Save a project backup before closing your session.
Play a phrase. Let it repeat. Add another part.
Choose a length, record, then play after the count.
Capture Keyboard, Trigem, Radial and sweep pads together. Only the pads you play replace their existing loops. Empty takes keep your previous loops. Undo restores the last take or cleared loop.
The metronome stays out of exported performance audio. If you record your microphone through speakers, it can pick up the click.
Start a rhythm or moving cell, then record touch loops over it.
Save Project keeps your loops, mixer and recording setup in each Soma. The red circle in the top toolbar records the complete performance as audio.
