JITModular: Teaching Synthesis by Using JITLib as a Modular Synthesizer

The Just-In-Time Library (JITLib) in SuperCollider supports free experimentation with signal processing by separating the design of the connections from signals’ content. My JITModular quark serves as a conceptual bridge between SuperCollider signal processing and modular synthesizer design, taking full advantage of JITLib’s hot-swapping and hot-patching capabilities for a free and flexible work flow. This approach facilitates both teaching audio synthesis and SynthDef development; this paper introduces the framework primarily from a pedagogical perspective, and describes the problems which JITModular addresses.