Franke Music Stroke Machine for iPad Released - Video & Details

Stroke Machine Teaser Published on Dec 20, 2013

iTunes: Stroke Machine - Wolfram Franke

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"Stroke Machine is a professional Drum and Groove Synthesizer and Sequencer for the iPad developed by Wolfram Franke.

Program your own rhythm and groove patterns and switch between them in a live performance. Mute or solo individual instruments, change parameters on the fly and record your performance as high-quality audio file for sharing or later editing on your computer.

The high-contrast user interface is perfectly suited for dim light situations on stage and assists in sound creation in the studio.

Stroke Machine's powerful synthesizer engine features high-quality Oscillator, Filter, Overdrive and Effect models, extremely fast Envelopes and LFO, sample-exact Pattern Sequencer and a sophisticated Sample, Sound and Pattern library.

The deep sound creation possibilities include two oscillators with typical analog waveforms and sample playback, frequency and ring modulation and a separate white and pink noise generator with integrated multimode filter. All tone generators are summed into a transient generator, followed by another multimode filter and a drive module with several types, a sample rate and bit depth reduction stage, and a two-band equalizer with shelf and bell curves.

Freely assignable modulations with an easy-to-understand user interface offer maximum flexibility easily surpassing even expensive hardware synthesizers.

Each sound is mixed into one of four effect busses, each featuring a sum overdrive, a compressor, a modulation effect like chorus, flanger, phaser or sum filter, and a space effect like delay or clocked delay, or natural, plate or non-linear reverb.

Overview:
• 12 drum and percussion sound parts
• 12 melodic sound parts
• number of voices only limited by CPU
• 4 multi-effect busses
• pattern with up to 8 bars and 16th resolution, bar nominator and denominator freely adjustable
• swing
• modulation sequencer for smooth or quantized automation of each continuous sound and bus parameter
• 128 patterns including all sounds in direct access
• track solo and mute
• sample import
• audio export of a pattern or the whole performance
• AudioBus support
• WIST support

Per voice:
• 2 oscillators with waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, pulse with pulse width modulation
• sine waveforms can be changed in slope, symmetry and saturation for additional overtones
• sample playback
• frequency modulation of each oscillator by white noise and oscillator 1 by oscillator 2
• ring modulation
• noise generator with white and pink noise, variable density and multimode filter
• transient generator with crack, rattle, spike, click and thump generators
• multimode filter with 6 dB low or high pass, 12 dB and 24 dB low, band or high pass and band stop
• drive stage with light, medium, hard, clip, tube and fuzz overdrive and tone control
• redux stage (decimator) with sample rate and bit reduction
• fully parametric two-band equalizer with shelf and band types
• glide generator with portamento and glissando for melodic sounds
• voice allocation poly, mono and 3 alternate groups
• 1 LFO with waveforms sine, triangle, pulse, positive pulse, sawtooth, 4 step ramp, 8 step ramp, sample & hold, random, rate synchronizable to clock
• 2 Envelopes with (ADSR) or without (2 decay stages with breakpoint) sustain and variable slope for each stage
• modulation sources LFO, envelope 1 and 2, velocity, note number, 4 random generators, pitch bend and modulation wheel
• any continuous parameter can be modulated
• voice mixed into one of four effect busses

Per effect bus:
• sum drive stage with various types and tone filter
• compressor
• modulation effect with 2 to 6 stage chorus, 4 to 12 stage phaser or multimode filter
• space effect with stereo modulation delay, synchronizable to clock, natural, plate, or non-linear reverb

Minimum requirement: iOS 6.0"

And the official press release for the archives:

"RANSBACH-BAUMBACH, GERMANY: freshly-founded high-end musical instrument and effects software developer Franke Music proudly presents its debut product, Stroke Machine, a professional drum and groove synthesizer for Apple’s iPad (iOS 6.0 or higher), available as of December 20 on the App Store...

As implied by name, Stroke Machine lets users program their own rhythm and groove patterns and switch between them at a stroke in a live performance, mute or solo individual instruments, change parameters on the fly, and record performances as high-quality audio files for sharing or subsequent editing on a computer.

Stroke Machine immediately stands out from the crowd. Its attractive and highly-functional high-contrast user interface is specifically suited to overcoming far from ideal lighting conditions that are typically associated with onstage operation, and also assists with making studio-based sound creation easier on the eye, too.

Similarly, Stroke Machine’s powerful synthesizer engine is dressed to impress. It features high-quality oscillator, filter, overdrive, and effect models; extremely fast envelopes and LFO; a sample-exact pattern sequencer; and a sophisticated sample, sound, and pattern library that are all equally ear-opening.

In-depth sound creation possibilities come courtesy of Osc 1 and Osc 2 — both boasting typical analogue waveforms and sample playback; frequency and ring modulation; and a separate white and pink Noise generator with integrated multimode filter. All tone generators are summed into a Transient generator, followed by another multimode Filter and a Drive module (with several types), a sample rate converter and bit depth reduction stage (Redux), and a two-band EQ with shelf and bell curves. Freely-assignable modulations with an easy-to-understand interface (Assign) offer maximum flexibility, easily surpassing even expensive hardware synthesizers! Each sound is mixed into one of four FX busses — each featuring a sum overdrive (Drive), a compressor, a modulation effect (such as chorus, flanger, phaser, or sum filter), and a space effect (such as delay or clocked delay, and natural, plate, or non-linear reverb choices).

Time to take to the stage or studio today, then, and get grooving with Stroke Machine in the most illuminating ways possible. Never has your iPad looked or sounded so good!

overview
12 drum and percussion sound parts

12 melodic sound parts

Number of voices only limited by CPU

Four multi-effect busses

Pattern with up to eight bars and 16th resolution, bar nominator and denominator freely adjustable

Swing

128 patterns including all sounds in direct access

Modulation sequencer for smooth or quantised automation of each continuous sound and bus parameter
Track and solo mute

Sample import
Audio export of a pattern or the whole performance

AudioBus Support

WIST support

Stroke Machine can be purchased and directly downloaded from Apple’s App Store for an introductory discounted price of €13.99 EUR/$14.99 USD from December 20 to 26, inclusive (rising to €17.99 EUR/$19.99 USD thereafter)."