Using the synth reference

The synth reference is an agent plugin, sound-to-patch-reference. An agent reads it when it writes an edit list for sound-to-patch preset apply, writes notes from a producer’s words, or explains a preset. It lists the controls of each target synth by layer, with the on-screen label, the preset key, the unit, the range and how to tune each control by ear. It also holds the music dictionary and the word dictionary: what words such as warm or plucky mean, and how far listeners agree on them.

Only Vital is covered today. Serum 2 follows with its adapter.

Install it

Add the repository as a marketplace, then install the plugin:

claude plugin marketplace add Akurganow/sound-to-patch
claude plugin install sound-to-patch-reference@sound-to-patch

Each release also ships the plugin as sound-to-patch-reference-vX.Y.Z.zip. Pass the unpacked folder or the zip to a session with --plugin-dir.

A session opened on a clone of this repository needs no install: it finds the same skill under .claude/skills/.

On Windows, let git create symbolic links before you install from GitHub or clone the repository. Enable Developer Mode (or run the shell elevated). Then run git config --global core.symlinks true, or clone with git clone -c core.symlinks=true …. Without symbolic links the plugin installs with no reference, and a clone of the repository loads no skill. The agent reference page lists which install paths carry the reference.

Use it

Ask the agent for the sound in your own words. The skill loads when the request needs a control, a note rule or a sound word, so the agent names each control by its on-screen label and checks its edit list with sound-to-patch preset apply before it hands you the preset.

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