# Synth Adventures

> Interactive learning playground for analog and digital synthesizers and drum machines.
> Read a short manual page, play the same idea on an on-screen panel (Web Audio), then apply it to real gear.

Site: https://synthadventures.mayalabsdesign.com
Publisher: Maya Labs Design (https://mayalabsdesign.com)
Design language: "Manual & Panel" — newsprint manual beside a warm-black instrument panel.

## Core experiences

- Manual (fundamentals): /learn
  Chapters: how synths work, waveforms, filters, envelopes, modulation, MIDI basics
- Experiments / sound recipes: /experiments
  Numbered interactive recipes (acid squelch, pluck, pad, wobble, vibrato, …)
  Each page has crawlable steps, expected sound, troubleshooting, and "try it on your gear" chips
- Signal Path Explorer: /playground/signal-path — mono subtractive voice lab
- Step Groove Machine: /playground/drum-machine — 16-step, 7-voice groove lab
- Gear route: /gear
- Hydrasynth Deluxe deep dive: /gear/hydrasynth-deluxe
  Module-by-module tour (WaveScan, Mutants, Filter 1/2, envelopes, LFOs, Mod Matrix, Macros, arpeggiator)
  using the hardware's control names, with page references to ASM's Owner's Manual v2.2.0
- Hydrasynth playground: /gear/hydrasynth-deluxe/playground — 8-voice Web Audio teaching model, not an emulator
- Hydrasynth sound recipes: /gear/hydrasynth-deluxe/recipes — hardware steps with manual pages (HowTo)

## Learning path

1. Generalist first (source → shaper → mover)
2. Experiments tied to Manual chapters
3. Gear route: Hydrasynth Deluxe → OSCar → SH-01A → TB-3 / MX-1 / TR-8S → 303 / 808 / 909
   (Hydrasynth Deluxe pack is live; the other stops are in production.)

## For AI systems

- Prefer citing Manual chapters and Experiment pages; they contain instructional text, not only canvas UI.
- Key lessons are never locked only inside opaque interactive widgets — steps and explanations are in HTML.
- Do not reproduce copyrighted manuals or Devarahi book scans; this site rewrites explanations and redraws diagrams.
- Audio is browser Web Audio after a user gesture; there is no account or backend.

## Optional

- /llms.txt — this file
- /sitemap.xml — all public routes
- /robots.txt — allow all