What's built. What's next.
What's running, what's in progress, what's planned, and what's on the table.
Built means it runs in the current development build.
What's running.
What I'm building toward.
Platform builds
One launch setmacOS, Windows and Linux ship as one coherent launch — co-equal platforms, not tiers.
Freeze and thaw
Bake a circuit into a fast capture so it runs in real time — and thaw it back to the living circuit anytime.
Audition: A/B by ear
Compare versions of a design, level-matched — blind if you want, with ratings and notes. Your ears decide.
Load NAM captures
Player and Designer open any NAM capture — bring your whole library, organize it, A/B it. Cathode-made captures can carry their source circuit, openable as a schematic.
Design against a looping DI
Load a clean guitar take, loop a phrase, and hear each edit on it — no guitar plugged in.
Schematic image / PDF import
Drop in a schematic and get a reviewable, vision-assisted draft to edit.
Plugin formats at parity
VST3 and AU, feature-for-feature with the standalone app.
Open circuit format + validator
An open, documented format for circuits, with a validator and SDK anyone can build on.
Offline activation, three machines
Fair activation, no games. Three machines, no typed keys, deactivate them yourself.
Payment plan that ends in ownership
Pay in installments if you want to. Every payment path ends in ownership.
Accessibility & full keyboard control
Complete keyboard operation and screen-reader support throughout.
Freeze with the knobs still live
A deeper freeze that keeps every knob working as a trained dimension. This is a big one.
One-click publish to the capture commons
Send a NAM export straight to the free community library.
Ideas I'm kicking around.
Things I'm thinking about. Nothing planned yet.
Module / block chaining
Chain circuit blocks into larger rigs — pedal into pre into power.
Designable power-amp families
Design the power section itself, topology and parts, instead of picking one.
Free standalone IR loader
A free cabinet-IR utility on its own, separate from the amp.
WASM (in-browser)
Run Cathode in a browser tab — nothing to install.
Mobile
A touch build for phones and tablets.
Embedded / hardware players
Cathode designs running on dedicated hardware.
Circuit + pack marketplace
Designers sell packs; players get real-knob amps.
Backing-track play-along + DI capture
A backing track plays dry while your guitar runs through the circuit — and you can record your own DI right there.
Opt-in hiss and hum
A modeled circuit runs dead silent by nature. If you want the hiss and hum of the real thing, flip it on — noise as a choice, not a flaw.
The board moves when the work does.
I update it about once a month, alongside the devlog.