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Ninevolt A full pedalboard in your terminal.

Real-time DSP stomps you twist with the keyboard. Chain them in YAML, route over JACK, play without leaving the TUI.

Install Ninevolt See the board

The software

Live chains. Real knobs. Terminal glass.

One JACK client, a full pedalboard in the TUI — twist knobs, stomp bypass, watch the signal path.

Ninevolt LIVE chain — Amp Push knobs on Blink-182 What's My Age Again — Blink-182 — What's My Age Again? · Amp Push engaged

Ninevolt LIVE chain showing Slapback delay knobs — Slapback — Time, Feedback, Mix, Tone

Ninevolt LIVE chain showing Triple Rect amp stage — Triple Rect — the gain stage in the same chain

Profile picker — 30+ built-in song chains

Ninevolt Crazy Tone pedal standalone with Distortion Tone Level knobs — Standalone pedals — Crazy Tone

On the desk

One JACK client. Keys under your hands.

Chains share a single process. You twist knobs in the TUI and keep boards as plain YAML.

ninevolt

Shared JACK client

Every pedal in the chain runs in one process — low latency from guitar to phones.

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Keyboard is the footswitch

Dial knobs, stomp bypass, cycle presets — or map an FCB1010 when you want your feet.

~/Ninevolt/profiles/

YAML is the patch cable

Artist-inspired profiles ship built-in. Remix them, version them, hand them to an LLM.

Pedal library

Every stomp has a face.

Distortion, drive, amp-in-a-box, modulation, delay, fuzz — each with its own color language in the TUI. Browse the full library →

Ninevolt Crazy Tone — Distortion, Tone, Level knobs — Crazy Tone — hard-clipping orange distortion

Ninevolt Black Rat — Distortion, Filter, Volume knobs — Black Rat — filter-heavy distortion grind

Wool Wall

Sustaining fuzz blanket

Green Screamer

Mid-forward overdrive

Nano Chorus

Analog chorus shimmer

Classic Flange

Jet-plane sweep flanger

Ana Echo

Warm analog delay

Stage Direct

Amp-in-a-box voice

Profiles

Song-inspired chains, ready to run.

Built-in YAML profiles cite tone research. Load one, or build your own in the DIY picker.

name: Operation Ivy - Knowledge
tagline: Fast ska-punk skank…
chain:
  - pedal: blue-comp
  - pedal: green-screamer
  - pedal: stage-direct
  - pedal: graphic-g
  - pedal: ana-echo    # bypassed
  - pedal: nano-chorus # bypassed

Blue Comp → Green Screamer → Stage Direct → Graphic G → Ana Echo → Nano Chorus

Manual

How to play.

Gear, JACK ports, launching pedals and chains, every key, profiles, DIY boards, and MIDI feet.

Open the Manual

MCP Chain Authoring

Prompt contract and YAML schema for AI-assisted profiles.