"MathSynth is a free iOS platform where mathematical functions become musical instruments. The idea is to explore the connection between mathematics and sound, not simply as an educational tool, but as an actual instrument for making music, learning, sharing and experimenting with different types of synthesis.
Beta users get a 3-months free Premium Pass using the coupon code shown on the website. There's also a Founding Member challenge: save 10 sounds during your trial and qualify for a Founding Member reward when MathSynth officially launches.
I reached out to MathSynth asking if there were any demos on YouTube. They said they would be coming. I'll be sure to follow up with them. Until then, feel free to give the Beta a try.
"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking A live synthesizer jam performed entirely on hardware.
I enjoyed having the Vongon Solarfaze and Polyphrase on the table for my last jam and left them there on a whim. That was the starting point. Next, I needed to run a synth through them, so I chose the Novation Circuit Monostation. I borrowed the CMS from a friend and had been looking to make some music with it; my opinion is that it's an extremely underrated synth that can do way more than people recognized at the time. And once I had its sequencer running and a bassline queued up, I could hear more of what was needed.
I also recently got a couple of Stylophones, because they are extremely affordable—the S-1 was something like $60 Canadian—and because I like the sound of them. Using the CMS's CV outputs, I sent a second set of sequences to the Gen X-2, which has CV input. I also took advantage of the Gen X-2's beautiful internal delay for cascading performances. The S-1 ended up my improv melody device for the last third of the song.
At this point, I needed reverb but didn't want to add multiple reverb boxes, so I added the Jellymix to act as stereo send to all the synths. For reverb, I chose the Swells, because I currently have it in a case with the Fieldtone Weaver and Qu-Bit Stardust, which can add a lot to a mix through stereo sample mangling. The Stardust is playing something that came from the CMS into Weaver; the Weaver is playing a snippet of my voice.
By this point, I could hear the full song, and it was just a matter of adding a couple of sequences and performing the whole thing. Pretty fun to see how wanting to explore a bit of hardware can lead to a finished song.
Performed and recorded live to a stereo output from the Jellymix, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
"Quick sound demo of atonal sound to resonator in the case feedback , using the external input of Elements
Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"
"A walkthrough of the shared slot sequencer system added to all Unusable Engineering effects in version 1.3.0.
Depending on the plugin, the sequencer has four or eight slots. Each slot stores a different set of effect parameters, and the plugin can step or slew between those settings manually, using an internal clock, or in sync with the host.
This video covers:
editing and selecting slots
manual movement between settings
internal and host-clock stepping
Slew in free and clocked modes
copying and pasting slots
randomization
enabling and disabling slots
differences between individual plugins
and a bit of the philosophy behind it"
"Curves & Membranes has also gained a new oscillator mode called Node Mode.
The normal oscillator uses Bézier handles to shape its single-cycle waveform. In Node Mode those handles are replaced by vector points, which changes how the synth sounds and allows much deeper wave folding.
It gives the synth a noticeably more modern and aggressive side while still using the same one-oscillator architecture.
Curves & Membranes also got a new Vel->Radius option, where incoming velocity can multiply the radius of its orbital modulators by up to 5x. That makes harder notes introduce more movement rather than just changing level or filter response.
There is also now a preset browser across the full lineup, along with some starting-point presets, version checking and a few smaller workflow and stability improvements.
The updates are free for existing owners and available through the account page:
https://www.unusable.net/account/
The two freebies (Binaural Modulator and Cavitation Fractures) have also gotten updated with slot-sequencer, preset-system and some bug fixes.
Product pages and press images are here: https://www.unusable.net/ https://www.unusable.net/press/
