"QuadTrack is a Standalone 4-track Dynamic Performance Sequencer, based on the legendary Commodore Amiga Computer architecture and sound. The limitations of Amiga system has been carefully converted into a creative and unique rhythmical playground, to bring the forgotten charm & sound of retro home computers to modern systems.
Built for Mac and PC via emulating a super-powered Amiga by FS-UAE - no installation or setup required. Also available for any Amiga with 68040 cpu, 2meg chip ram & 2meg fast ram.
4 Track Sample Sequencer with individual Step Length, Division and Playback Direction
640 Samples, divided into 10 SampleSets
Step Probability
Trig Tools
Tron Sequencer FX engines
Pitch & Sample modulation Sequencer
Realtime Snapshot saving, loading and sequencing
2 Player mode
Performance oriented keyboard controls"
1 screen interface
no Menus
everything available anytime
4 tracks with individual step length, division, sequencer direction
3 levels of trig probability
4 types of trig tools
PolyFreq pitches availability of Phonon plug-in debut as precision granular laboratory for sonic alchemy
BRISTOL, UK: boutique musical tools-maker PolyFreq is proud to announce availability of Phonon as its debut plug-in — pitched as a precision laboratory for sonic alchemy, built around a high-quality sample granulation engine with root note detection, four keyboard follow modes, and legato giving it real versatility as a playable instrument — as of May 5…
Acting as a musical synthesiser first and foremost, Phonon is designed for very intentional, controllable reconstruction of one source, leaning into synchronous granular or ‘graintable’ synthesis. Sub-sample grain scheduling and separate grain rate and density controls open new vistas of repeatable, controllable timbre and tempo across macro and micro parameter ranges. Reality dictates that where other granular synths default to randomisation or multiple sources, Phonon provides users with complete control over every grain — from classic textural clouds to malleable ‘grainwave’ synthesis. Indeed, it is equal parts laboratory and playground.
“Phonon’s development was inspired by the great creativity of early granular work from composers such as Wishart and Roads, and the deep listening of Oliveros, with a desire to make this wild, creative territory more accessible to electronic music production and sound design, without stripping away what makes it strange and inspirational.” So says PolyFreq founder Nick Mariette by way of an illuminating introduction. It aims for ease of use, with a simple drag-and-drop workflow for modulation, and most features are immediately visible, with minimal menus or hidden options. And a flexible array of audio-rate modulation sources provide huge scope for patches that respond and evolve, including LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators), envelopes, sample metadata, sequencers, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) control data, and various noise flavours.
Features additionally worthy of the edited highlights treatment here include Phonon’s granular engine — eight voices of polyphony with up to 256 grains per voice and sub-sample precision that bridges the gap between classic textures and sharp ‘graintable’ synthesis; effects — shape sounds with a character-driven signal chain, from saturating drive to resonant filtering, as well as a utility reverb for glue or depth; presets — easily capture, export, evolve, and share sonic creations with sample embedding and eight-way snapshots; and drag-and-drop workflow in a resizeable interface for easy enjoyment as a standalone instrument or for plug-in-based DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) production.
Phonon’s uses are almost endless — think time stretching; pitch shifting; sample mangling; sound design; classic textural, granular clouds; synchronous, tuned granular tone creation; creating a synth from any sample; rhythmic grain generation, synced to host; beat retiming and timbre distortion; and more besides. Back to Nick Mariette: “Phonon is intended for reshaping beats and designing synth leads as much as for losing time in ethereal granular atmospheres; I hope it will connect people to listening differently, discovering the sounds within sounds.”
Anyone attending SUPERBOOTH26, May 7-9, FEZ-Berlin, Germany is hereby encouraged to swing by Booth H116 there, where PolyFreq will be showcasing Phonon to the musical masses assembled and Nick Mariette himself will be on hand to personally provide a warm welcome with an open invitation to discover those sounds within sounds. Spanning chaotic clouds to precise synthesis, controllable sonic alchemy is there for the taking so why not take this hands-on opportunity to discover and delight in vibrating matter differently with Phonon!
Phonon is available to buy as a standalone or VST3 plug-in for macOS (10.13 or later) and Windows (10 or later) at a 33% launch discount — duly rising thereafter to its full price of $89.00 USD (excluding tax)/€76.00 EUR (including tax)/£68.00 GBP (including tax) — directly from PolyFreq here: https://www.polyfreq.com/products
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"Here we have the new 'Halo' from Vostok Instruments and a video that is a demo of Halo and also a load of use cases for LFOs in a modular system going from more simple to more advanced applications. I hope you find the techniques useful for a range of LFOs and that it gives you ideas about Halo with its 4 LFOs and multiple output logic section."
Halo is a compact quad LFO designed to provide a large amount of modulation in 10HP.
The module generates up to 16 simultaneous signals covering a wide range from classic triangle and square waves to complex logic-based sources.
Each channel is built on a CV-controlled analog core and offers two selectable frequency ranges, finely tuned to cover most applications.
The Logic section creates new waveforms from each channel pair using analog boolean circuits for AND, OR, and XOR operations, as well as a mix of both channels.
Halo counts with the classic Vostok design layout, making it friendly and accessible to any user, yet also deep and powerful in functionality, allowing you to create an entire array of modulation goodness in a compact form.
Features
Four analog CV-controlled LFOs. Manual and CV-controlled Frequency per channel. Triangle and Square waveforms per channel. Selectable frequency range from >2min to 80Hz. Dedicated Logic section adding 8 extra modulation outputs with AND, OR, XOR, and MIX operations for each pair of channels. 16 simultaneous modulation outputs covering a wide span of complexity in 10HP.
"After an 8 year development cycle... Introducing the íre!
The Instruō íre is your gateway to bringing the outside world into your Eurorack system. Designed for seamless, plug-and-play integration, íre lets you connect microphones, electric instruments, and line-level sources directly into the modular synthesizer ecosystem with both colour and clarity.
At its core, íre features a high-quality preamp architecture, using a FET design for instrument- and line-level sources, and a transformer input design for microphones. Equipped with essentials such as phantom power, pad, and high-pass filtering, it ensures pristine gain staging and rumble elimination for any source. Additionally, its built-in envelope follower and comparator allow it to transform incoming audio into dynamic control signals, unlocking compelling ways to interact with your Eurorack synthesiser.
• Microphone and instrument preamp • Phantom power • Pad • High pass filter • Envelope follower • Comparator"
The Instruō íre is your gateway to bringing the outside world into your Eurorack system. Designed for seamless, plug-and-play integration, íre lets you connect microphones, instruments, and even line-level sources directly into your modular ecosystem with both clarity and colour.
íre is both a high-quality transformer input preamp for microphones, equipped with essentials such as phantom power and -20dB pad, as well as a tube-like FET preamp for the instrument/line channel inputs. Individual gain and level controls and a 80Hz high-pass filter ensure pristine or characterful gain staging for any source. Additionally, with its built-in envelope follower and comparator, íre transforms incoming audio into dynamic control signals, unlocking interesting ways to interact with your modular system.
íre | noun (level) a stage within a process; a position within an unfolding flow of change.
"Announcing the Leveling EQ Amplifier: stereo widening, Neve 1073 style EQ, and LA-2A style optical compression in 14hp. $345 available June 30th from your favorite synth retailer."
The Leveling EQ Amplifier is an end-of-chain audio processor designed to polish individual elements of a patch, stereo bus, or full master bus.
Inspired by the simple interfaces and pleasing sounds of two cornerstones of mixing, the LA-2A optical compressor and the 1073 EQ, the LEQA combines a compressor, an equalizer, and a modern Stereo Width Processor in one 14HP package.
Rather than being fully parametric, pre-defined curves and frequency selections make the art of mixing intuitive. Very little effort is needed for great sounding mixes.
The compressor mimics optical compression, which is a beautifully simple concept that yields incredibly musical results.
The EQ section is built to help accentuate and excite your mix, clear up muddled sounds, and increase the overall headroom.
The Stereo Width Processor adjusts the stereo image, letting you dial back a wide image into a cohesive sound, or push a normal stereo signal into "super stereo" territory. When used with mono sources, it can widen mono sources into stereo using a combination of psychoacoustic techniques.
The Leveling EQ Amplifier excels in live performances, studio work, subtle utility tasks, extreme sonic sculpting, audio "glue" to hold a patch together, and as an effect in its own right.
"Remember the magic of a hand-cranked music box? That simple, satisfying motion, turning a handle and hearing a melody come alive. Now imagine that crank isn’t just playing music… it’s powering your creativity.
We are about to reinvent the classic paper strip music box. Blending tactile, hands-on music-making with a powerful digital engine.
A Physical Way to Compose
At its heart, it’s simple: you punch holes in paper to compose your own melodies, feed the strip into the box, and crank. Note by note. Idea by idea. There’s no undo button; just experimentation, happy accidents, and discovery. You’re carving music into existence. A melody you can hold, tweak, rewind, and reinvent."
Built for Mac and PC via emulating a super-powered Amiga by FS-UAE - no installation or setup required. Also available for any Amiga with 68040 cpu, 2meg chip ram & 2meg fast ram.
