SoundDex SafariField Guide
Everything you need to track, tune, scan and capture every sound creature — biomes, DNA metrics, the synth lab, difficulty modes and rewards.
What is SoundDex Safari?
SoundDex Safari is a sound design expedition. Every creature you meet is a real synthesized sound living in one of five biomes.
To capture one you must listen, recreate it in the synth lab and prove it with a DNA scan. Each species teaches a real skill — sub bass, envelopes, resonance, FM, stereo width, delay and more.
The Hunt Loop
Track
Play the creature call. Listen to its pitch, brightness, attack and movement — every creature is a real synthesized sound.
Tune
Build your own version in the web synth lab: waveform, filter, envelope, LFO, FM, drive, stereo width and delay.
Scan
Analyze your sound. The scanner compares fundamental, spectrum, harmonics, envelope and width against the target DNA.
Capture
Reach a 75% DNA match to capture the creature and register it permanently in your SoundDex.
Five Living Biomes
Biomes unlock as your SoundDex grows. Each one focuses on a different family of sounds.
Dub Jungle
Beneath the frequency floor
Deep roots, elastic bass and creatures moving through subsonic undergrowth.
Techno Tunnel
Follow the underground pulse
Metallic percussion and resonant lifeforms in an abandoned rhythmic network.
Disco Plains
Where harmonics catch the light
Bright analog voices, playful envelopes and shimmering stereo trails.
Bass Caverns
Something massive is waking
Growling harmonics and unstable oscillations echoing through stone.
Celestial Synthery
Listen beyond the visible
Slow spectral life drifting between clouds of glass and starlight.
Sound Creatures
25 species across three rarities. Here are some of the creatures waiting in the wild:
DNA Match Explained
The scanner breaks your sound into measurable traits and compares each one with the creature.
Is your pitch in the same place as the creature?
Spectral centroid — how dark or bright the tone feels.
The richness and shape of the overtone series.
How fast the sound speaks after it is triggered.
Stereo spread and phase correlation.
Movement depth and rate — wobbles, sweeps, drift.
The Synth Lab
Source & Pitch
Waveform, frequency, second oscillator mix, detune, noise and pitch drop.
Filter
Cutoff and resonance to sculpt brightness and focus.
Envelope
Attack, decay, sustain and release shape the body of the sound.
Motion & Harmonics
LFO rate and depth, FM amount and ratio, drive.
Space
Stereo width and delay for trails and wide silhouettes.
DAW Upload
Prefer your own synth? Render it in your DAW and upload the audio.
Difficulty Modes
Apprentice
Guided hints, recommended controls highlighted and full DNA readout.
Producer
Fewer hints. You read the analysis and decide what to change.
Purist
Ears only. Minimal feedback for producers who trust their listening.
Rewards & Progression
Capture XP
First capture of each species: 70 XP Common, 150 XP Uncommon, 300 XP Rare.
Island Resources
Crystals, Materials and Gold flow into Producer Island — rarer creatures give bigger bundles.
Safari Badges
Unlock achievements for completing biomes and filling your SoundDex.
Mastery Tiers
Recreate a creature with new seeds to move from Captured to Advanced and Mastered.
Daily Safari & Quests
Every day a Daily Safari creature appears for all players — same species, same seed, one shot at glory.
Safari quests appear in your Producer Quests: capture a number of creatures, complete a biome or hit high DNA scores for bonus XP.
Pro Tips
- 🐾Match the pitch first — fundamental errors pull every other metric down.
- 🐾Use the matched-volume toggle to compare tone, not loudness.
- 🐾Dark creature? Close the filter before touching anything else.
- 🐾Plucks live and die by attack and decay — adjust the envelope early.
- 🐾Wide creatures need detune and width; mono ones punish them.
- 🐾Every hunt uses a new seed: the same species sounds slightly different each time.
The wild is calling.
25 creatures are waiting to be heard, built and captured. Your SoundDex starts empty — fill it.