Ephemera instrument family · 17 surfaces
Seventeen new ways to play.One rule: no prompts.You are the music maker.
Play gravity, guide a flock, strike a membrane, or shape a wave. Each instrument turns a different system into sound you can steer with your hands, eyes, and ears.
Start with one instrument, bring compatible voices together in Studio, or compose with time and weather in the Ephemera DAW. Your decisions and your performance make the music.
- Browser native
- MIDI + audio out
- Free to play
The family
It's all in the family.
The Ephemera Family of Instruments take on the same bold vision as the DAW. New music tools and experiences that challenge how we picture the future of music creation tools. There's something here for everyone, we promise.
Murmur
cohesion → harmony · turns → attack
The pattern
Learn it. Play it. Place it.
You've met the seventeen. Whichever one pulls you in, the way in is the same, and it's quick.
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Learn
Each instrument has a page that makes its one idea click: the metaphor first, the real math right under it.
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Play
Open the full-screen instrument, start its transport or play a note, and find your first gesture. Free in the browser, with you making the decisions.
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Place
Bring compatible voices together in Studio, explore supported handoffs into Dimensional, or compose with time and weather in the Ephemera DAW.
Compare
What each one touches, and what comes out.
Heard a few, seen them move. Now line them up. Two columns: what each instrument puts under your hands, and what it sends out. Scan for the row that matches the idea in your head.
Studio
13 voices become a band.
You've played them one at a time. Studio is where compatible instruments share a transport: Braids writes the counterpoint, Timbre lays the groove, Resonance fills the pads. 13 strips, one mix, with a separate recorded stem for each instrument.
The wider family has 17 surfaces. Studio includes the 13 currently connected to its shared clock and mixer. Dimensional, Circuit, Moiré, Entrain remain separate playable experiences.
Explore StudioThe Ephemera family
One musical world. Three ways in.
Compose in the DAW, explore an instrument, or play an ensemble in Studio. Each puts your choices and performance at the center of the music.
Ephemera DAW
Build a composition from samples and patterns. Decide which sounds belong to each time, weather, season, or moon phase.
Windows beta · browser preview
Explore Ephemera DAW Find a new way to playInstruments
Turn gravity, flocking, resonance, and motion into musical gestures. Explore one playable idea at a time.
17 surfaces · free in browser
Explore Instruments Bring the voices togetherStudio
Play compatible instruments in one browser room, share a master clock, and record a mix with separate stems.
13 instruments · one clock · one mix
Explore StudioLooking for the cosmic sequencer? Dimensional is part of the instrument family: compose with bodies, orbits, and gravity.
You wanted room to breathe.
Dimensional and Murmur give sound a place to live. Dimensional is the closest one. Open it full-screen and let it spread out.