What is polyMorph?
polyMorph is a standalone music production app for both Mac and Windows, and Swiss Army Knife for experimental, generative music making.
The app can operate as an array for installation sound, a digital audio workstation, guitar pedal, and autonomous sonic playground all-in-one. With a simple bootup, extensive in-app documentation, and deep options for customization, polyMorph can take any shape users wish.
polyMorph differentiates itself from modern DAWs in its gesture-based approach to music composition. Rather than relying on MIDI or a traditional keyboard, the app uses mouse input from users to create sweeping musical gestures in real-time.
Its gesture-based paradigm significantly lowers the barrier of access for those looking to try experimental approaches to music production, and makes for a program equally at home on a stage mid-performance as it is in a studio setting.
Demo Audio
Tutorials
Installation
To open polyMorph on a Mac, extract the .dmg file from the .zip folder. Next, right-click the polyMorph icon, hit “open,” and tap the “open anyways” prompt on the warning window. Since polyMorph isn’t an officially signed Apple app, you’ll need to do this if opening it for the first time — but once it’s done, you won’t need to do it again!
To open it on Windows, just extract the files and double-click the .exe!
Upon opening, polyMorph will likely ask for permissions to access your documents and desktop folders, as well and your microphone. It needs access to your documents as it’ll write saved files there by default (I’m not entirely sure why it needs access to your desktop, and it’s likely a bit of vestigial code somewhere). Be sure to give it all the permissions it needs to work!