# Orchestron 2.0.2 released

**URL:** <https://forum.csound.com/t/orchestron-2-0-2-released/2546>\
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**Created:** [September 13, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/orchestron-2-0-2-released/2546 "2026-09-13T17:35:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.csound.com/u/Thomas)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/orchestron-2-0-2-released/2546/1 "2026-09-13T17:35:37Z")

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Version _2.0.2_ of the visual csound platform **Orchestron** has been released, with lots of new functionality:

- **Per-performance instrument controls** let you adjust envelopes, distortion, and other parameters independently for each rack instance, with settings preserved in saves and exports.

- **Instrument categories and collapsible panels** make browsing sounds and organizing your workspace easier.

- **Expanded instrument library** , including Goa/Psytrance sounds, plus updated demo performances (see examples/ folder in the release)

- **Support for switch and if opcodes** to enable instruments with different audio synthesis paths depending on an input value like for example the midi notenum (useful for drumsets)

- **New device** , the Arpeggiator

- **Always on** (continuous) instruments for effects and audio processing (reverbs, compressors, EQs, flangers etc)

- **Mixer** with flexible audio routing including effect sends

- **More informative Csound exports** , with performance descriptions, instrument details, and routing comments.

- **Improved Docker builds** , automated image publishing, dependency updates, and bug fixes.

Songs created in Orchestron can be exported to standard csound CSD’s, for an example, try the attached demo song “Hardtrance\_Demo”:

[Hardtrance\_Demo.csd.zip](https://forum.csound.com/uploads/short-url/1lAr5tWpBQ8qWJqxC2ZNJ2f0zvf.zip) (66.5 KB)

Orchestron 2.0.2 is available on github: [GitHub - thomassresearch/orchestron: Orchestron is a visual instrument workshop built on the power of Csound — not a preset browser, not a plugin rack, not a timeline with tracks stacked like office paperwork. You design sound from signal flow upward. Oscillators, envelopes, filters, physical models, control signals — connect them, and the instrument comes alive while you hear it. · GitHub](https://github.com/thomassresearch/orchestron)

The simplest way to run it on your machine (Windows, Linux and MacOS):

- Install Docker Desktop
- Choose a folder where you want to persist your Orchestron instruments and tracks, for example orchestron\_data
- Open a command terminal (“cmd.exe” on Windows, Unix Shell on Linux) and change to the parent of that directory (or open the command shell directly from there)
- Type:  
`docker run -d` \  
`--name orchestron` \  
`--restart unless-stopped` \  
`-p 8000:8000` \  
`-e VISUALCSOUND_DEFAULT_RTMIDI_MODULE=null` \  
`-v orchestron_data:/app/backend/data` \  
`ghcr.io/thomassresearch/orchestron:latest`

Then you can point your browser to [http://localhost:8000/client/](http://localhost:8000/client/)

Have fun! 😉