{"id":88121,"date":"2021-10-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=88121"},"modified":"2021-10-05T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:13:36","slug":"patch-your-way-through-the-apocalypse-with-a-game-of-modular-synth-logic-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/patch-your-way-through-the-apocalypse-with-a-game-of-modular-synth-logic-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch your way through the apocalypse with a game of modular synth logic puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1577620\/The_Signal_State\/\">Reckoner Industries<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> The Signal State is a game that combines logic-testing puzzles with synthesizer knowledge.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you love modular synthesizers, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1577620\/The_Signal_State\/\">The Signal State by Reckoner Industries<\/a> is the game for you. The player must solve more than 40 puzzles in order to repair machines and rebuild a farm vital to producing food in a future where agriculture is failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each puzzle in The Signal State has an interface built around <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/bright-lights-affordable-synthspace-vr-modular-synthesizer-is-now-available\/\">modular synthesizers<\/a>. That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s time to make use of your <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/poly-effects-beebo-touch-screen-modular-synth-in-a-guitar-pedal\/\">modular synth<\/a> patching knowledge \u2013 or equally, if you\u2019ve always been intrigued but never dived into their complex world, the game is an absorbing way to start learning about <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/what-is-a-synth-and-how-does-a-synthesizer-work\/\">synths<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Signal State - Official Trailer [PC &amp; Mac]\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQFTvuyfve8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to save the world in the single-player game set in a post-apocalyptic future you\u2019ll be tested on your logic skills by dragging and dropping cables, programming samplers, output, and signal delays, just like in <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/which-daw-is-the-best-for-electronic-music-producers\/\">electronic music production<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-state-modular-synth-game-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88124 lazyload\" \/><figcaption><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1577620\/The_Signal_State\/\">Reckoner Industries<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The cables are customisable, and there\u2019s alternative designs by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.papernoise.net\/\">Papernoise<\/a>. 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