JMT Synth's approach to noise synthesis has always been about embracing chaos as a creative tool, and the SNB-3 distills that philosophy into a pedal-sized box that's equally at home on a desktop or tucked into a live rig. This is a noise oscillator that doesn't apologize for what it does—it's built to generate the kind of raw, textural sounds that sit somewhere between synthesis and pure signal destruction.
The SNB-3 centers on two voltage-controlled oscillators: a main VCO and a dedicated sub-VCO, each with independent frequency controls that let you create complex harmonic relationships and modulation effects. A mode switch determines how these oscillators interact with each other, fundamentally changing the character of the output from subtle to absolutely unhinged. The real control comes from the integrated 3-band distortion unit, which lets you isolate and amplify specific frequency ranges—high, mid, or low—giving you surgical precision over where the noise lives in the spectrum. Beyond the oscillators, you get a CV input for external modulation of the VCO frequency, a master volume control, and the option to run it on either a 9V battery or external power supply, making it genuinely portable.
The SNB-3 has found its audience among experimental musicians, sound designers, and anyone looking to add textural aggression to their setup without needing a full modular system. It's compact enough that it doesn't demand much space, but sonically it punches well above its size, capable of everything from subtle granular textures to the kind of screeching, brute-force noise that defines industrial and experimental music.
