Astra Creative Audio releases Tesseracto 4D MPE Software Synth

Press release follows:

"Astra Creative Audio, the plugin brand of Barcelona producers BLIKO and Phonkid Prod, releases Tesseracto 4D, a wavetable synthesizer for macOS that can be played in the air. Its companion app, Tesseracto CAM, reads both hands through the Mac's camera or an iPhone (Continuity Camera) and turns height, tilt and an open or closed hand into per-note MPE expression, the way an MPE controller would.

Tesseracto 4D

- Wavetable oscillator that travels the table in four dimensions (X, Y, Z and W), shown rotating at the centre of the panel.

- Full MPE: every finger carries its own pitch, pressure and slide; also playable from any MPE controller or a regular keyboard.

- 4D modulation matrix with 3D LFOs and chaos; filter, envelopes, unison and glide; arpeggiator and 4D path.

- Hyper-FX rack: Quantum Folder, Phase Flanger, Chrono Delay, Void Shimmer, Hyper-Stereo Displacer, Hyper-Compressor and Vintage Reverb 70s, in series, in parallel or in a feedback loop.

- 80 presets in 10 categories.

- Version 1.0.0. macOS: VST3 and Audio Unit, universal binary (Intel and Apple Silicon). Licence for life on two computers.

- Tesseracto CAM: macOS 13 or later. Hand tracking runs on the computer: the camera image never leaves it, and the internet is only needed once, to activate the licence.

- Price: €99, taxes included. Tesseracto CAM is included.

One bundle, one payment

- Astra Color Pack: the four compressors (A-2A optical, A-3A leveller, A-2Bus bus compressor, A-76 FET limiter) and the four EQs (A-Pre EQ, A-Channel EQ, A-Program EQ, A-500): €199, taxes included, against €338.80 bought one by one. One licence key activates all eight; macOS (VST3/AU, universal) and Windows (64-bit VST3).

Also coming: from 19 October the A-Vocal FX vocal chain joins the Astra subscription (€9.99 a month or €99 a year, taxes included) with version 1.2.3.

Product pages: astracreativeaudio.com/en/tesseracto · astracreativeaudio.com/en/pack"

MASAMUNE, MURAMASA & The Pursuit of Happiness

video uploads by timfromtheborder

Playlist:

1. MASAMUNE Granular Chopper for Drambo

The MASAMUNE effect uses granular synthesis to chop live audio and turn it into percussive rhythm. It uses Drambo’s Code module and you can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/masamune/

2. MURAMASA Transient Slice Looper for Drambo

Create rhythmic loops out of any audio material. Available at https://patchstorage.com/muramasa/

3. The Pursuit of Happiness… a Drambo tape delay module

I cooked up a micro-looper/tape delay Code module in Drambo. This is a little demo. You can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/pursuit-of-h...

"Drambo is an innovative modular groovebox and audio processing environment. Modular components are used to build synthesized and sample-based instruments and audio effects using high-quality DSP and audio-rate modulation. Tied to a powerful sequencer, it’s an optimal music creation tool for sound design, composition, performance, and experimentation."

"MASAMUNE Granular Chopper

Named after the legendary samurai sword, MASAMUNE will slice your sound into live beats.

An audio-chopping effect: turn any source audio into rhythmic percussion.

Made with the Code module. This is a RACK preset."

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Dagger X Celestine

video upload by timfromtheborder

"Feeding some raw Dagger synth into the new granular plugin for ios, Celestine. Hosted in Loopy Pro."

Celestine for iPad: My real‑time granular device is now an AUv3

video upload by ijo audio

ijo audio also brought us Polycrush 16 - 8-bit synthesizer for Ableton Live

"Celestine is a real-time granular AUv3 audio effect for the iPad. It's always listening and always spitting out grains. If you've been following my channel for some time, you'll know that Celestine started out as a Max4Live device... my most successful one to date. Many people have asked for it to be ported to other platforms and this marks the beginning of that journey. I've spent the last few months on this. I've also got future plans to release Celestine as a VST3/AU for other desktop DAW users.

Just like the original, this iPad version aims for the immediacy of a pedal and the depth of a granular instrument. There are eight granular modes: classic Grain clouds, Mosaic’s harmonic tiles, Glide’s tape‑like swoops, Reverie’s reverse washes, Bloom’s halos, Tide’s pulsing waves, Stars’ sequenced sparkles and Orbit’s swirling stereo motion. Everything stays tempo‑locked when you want it to in Sync mode, the (now touch-based) visualizer lets you perform playhead and pitch gestures on the fly, and the grain panel offers control over density, size, spray, jitter, reverse probability and more.

To shape the final output, Celestine includes a 'Magic panel' of various multi-FX to sweeten things, a lush reverb and a Dirt section with wavefolding and a bitcrusher. Use Celestine as an insert effect and set the dry/wet to taste or put it fully wet on a send to let fragments of your entire session bloom into shimmering clouds. I’ve found it shines on vocals, guitars, synths and pianos, but percussion can turn into glittering glitches and rhythmic sparkles too. I've also added undo/redo, a full preset system and a constrained randomizer to jump to new ideas quickly.

As I mentioned, I’m planning future releases for VST3/AU on desktop, so this is just the beginning of Celestine’s journey. For now, I hope you enjoy sculpting sounds on the couch, in the bathtub or wherever you like to use your iPad. :)

Celestine for iPadOS has an introductory price of $5.99 USD for the first two weeks and then will jump up to $9.99.

Celestine on the App Store

Also, I've recently started up a Discord server and while it's still small, I'd love for you to join and come say hi. I love the community that has built around my work and if we can find new ways to connect, it would be great. Join it here: / discord

#Celestine #AUv3 #iPadMusic #GranularSynthesis #Ambient #SoundDesign #MusicProduction #iOSMusic #AudioEffects #iosmusicproduction"

Roland D-05, Make Noise Strega & Ableton Mode | Ambient Drone

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"Sequencer: Ableton Mode https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Discover the Sacred Sounds of the Past: A Generative Sequencer Inspired by Medieval Chant Immerse yourself in a groundbreaking tool designed for creators of ambient, experimental, contemporary music, IDM, and electronica. This Max for Live generative sequencer fuses historical depth with cutting-edge technology, offering a unique journey through time and sound.
Historical Roots, Modern Expression
Developed over a year of intensive research, this device draws from a rich tapestry of medieval chant manuscripts and the intricate patterns of neume notation. Delve into the essence of the eight church modes, enriched with the proto-characteristics of Ionian and Aeolian modes foretelling the rise of major and minor tonalities.
Infinite Melodic Possibilities
Let the sequencer generate melodies imbued with the organic flow and spiritual resonance of early music, now reimagined for contemporary creativity. Whether sculpting ethereal soundscapes or exploring experimental forms, this device breathes new life into your compositions."

ASYX - Acid Test

video upload by Isla Electronics

"A quick demo exercising the distortion effects and built-in sequencer.
It's not exactly an acid machine, but does a fair job!
http://islaelectronics.com/asyx"

Alesis Andromeda Plugin "Asyx" - Isla Electronics | The third teaser

video upload by xu.sounddesign - dirk rohde

"Here's my third demo of the new Alesis Andromeda plugin "Asyx" from Isla Electronics. I´m playing my soundpack 'Moviescore' for the original Andromeda.

More infos about this great plugin at: www.islaelectronics.com"

ASYX Patch Demo

video upload by Isla Electronics

"A lovely little demo from Scott McAuley
For more info on ASYX visit http://islaelectronics.com/asyx"

NDF - New Digital Frame Synthesizer by Max for Cats

video upload by max forcats

"Available via https://maxforcats.gumroad.com/l/kojut

Max for Cats crafts Software Instruments, Effects, MIDI devices, Sound Design and Samples for Ableton Live."

'NDF (New Digital Frame) is an eight-voice Max for Live synthesizer built on 16 sine partials stored across 8 timbre frames. Each partial has its own amplitude, ratio, FM depth, pan, shape, detune, decay and onset delay, and a frame-morph envelope blends smoothly between the frames over the life of a note."

Atmosphere 2 - Soundscaper With 384 Samples (Reaktor)

video upload by Cycles & Spots

0:00 Audio Examples
4:46 Walkthrough & Randomization

"Atmo composer for Reaktor with loops / sample masher and layering engine from Cycles & Spots. This is an instrument for Ambient / Experimental music productions / scoring. It layers three of the given 384 Wav loops that comes with it and reorders / scrambles / mashes them up , adds effects and sequences their volume levels over time. It can do all that also via the inbuilt randomizer for finished results or for fine tuning afterwards. Naturally you can build soundscapes from scratch with it, too. External sample Drag & Drop possible.

Pack Details:

1 Instrument / Ensemble For Reaktor feat.:
3 Sample Players & Mashers
384 Samples Implemented
3 Level Sequencers
1 Randomizer
1 Reverb
1 Delay
1 Mixer
1.3 GB

Available: https://www.deepdataloops.com/downloa..."

MANNER - Algorithmic Sequencer (VST / Standalone)

video upload by Laboratory 0

"MANNER is a MIDI sequencer that picks its own notes. As on a step sequencer, you set each part's rhythm; instead of placing pitches, you give it a key, a style and, if you like, the chords. It chooses the notes by the rules of harmony, voice leading and form, and plays them with a player's phrasing.

• Human manner. Timing drifts as a player's does; phrases slow down, speed up, and land back on the bar line; loudness follows the phrase.

• Song form. Sections of four phrases: an idea, its answer, a contrast and the return (A A′ B A″). Variation sets how far each section strays, from an 8-bar loop to a new variation every section; each part's Improv sets how often that part changes.

• Chords that go somewhere, toward a cadence and home. Pin the ones you want, or play it your chords: it follows what you hold, bass note included, and plays the rest.

• 4 parts (Bass, Chords, Arpeggio, Melody), each with its own rhythm and one of 27 styles, from Alberti to walking bass.

• A take is the seed for its random choices, not a stored piece: change any setting and the notes change; change nothing and it plays exactly the same notes, so a bounce matches what you heard.

• Drag the last 16 bars into your DAW as a MIDI clip.

MIDI only: use any instrument. VST3, AU and a Logic MIDI FX on macOS; VST3 on Windows; a standalone app on both.

https://laboratory0.gumroad.com/"

MICROPHONIC: put the tube voltage back in your synths!

video upload by manmade madman

"MICROPHONIC: in the early days of electronics, analog devices were made with vacuum tubes and performed everything from logic to output amplification. The first Theremins were made with vacuum tube technology-- it was all that was available. Vacuum tubes were everywhere and in everything. But they had a flaw: they were inconsistent to manufacture, expensive to maintain, took time to warm up, generated heat, and could burn out like a lightbulb. Eventually, the world went solid state. It was cheaper, easy to maintain, and lasted longer.

But something got lost. Inside of tube mechanics were red hot voltages. As it turned out, these voltages were also somehow musical to our ears. Once the world transitioned to solid state, people started to miss the "tube sound" which was simply imperfect in a perfect way.

Meet MICROPHONIC.

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How to Turn Serum into Vintage Classics

video upload by Starsky Carr

Also see He Put 6 Classic Synths Inside the MiniFreak

"Max 4 Live - turning Serum 2 into a vintage synth chameleon. Let’s turn it into a Jupiter-8, Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-X, Juno and Korg DW-8000—with hardware-sampled wavetables and classic synth controls inside Ableton Live.

The trick is working within the original synth’s limits. Match its oscillators, filters, envelopes and modulation options, and you start programming differently. Add unison detune and a little vintage character, and things get wonderfully wonky.

🎹 GET THE DEVICES, PRESETS & FREE SYNTH ARCHITECTURE GUIDES
https://www.starskycarr.com/patches
In this video I demonstrate my Classic Synth Mode Max 4 Live devices for Serum 2:
• YOU-NO-6 — Juno-inspired PWM, sub oscillator and chorus
• THEPRO-5 — Prophet-5-inspired Poly-Mod, oscillator sync and classic analogue tones
• SUPITER-8 — Jupiter-8-inspired strings, brass, cross modulation and unison
• OB-WAN — Oberheim OB-X-inspired basses and big filter sweeps
• DIGI-8K — Korg DW-8000-inspired digital waveforms, six-stage envelopes, delay and arpeggiator

You’ll hear how the controls interact with Serum, how vintage mode adds variation, and why recreating a synth’s architecture matters as much as capturing its waveforms.

These are my take on the classic instruments’ sound and workflow, with Serum 2 providing the sound engine. The free architecture guides are also useful for trying these ideas on your own synths."

UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new

video uploads by UVI

Playlist:

1. UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new
2. UVI West Fold | Preset Showcase
3. UVI Particular | Preset Showcase
4. UVI Savage 2 | Preset Showcase

"UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new?

FALCON - Creative hybrid instrument
https://www.uvi.net/falcon

Version 2027 introduces new and inspiring ways to explore, shape, and perform sound with precision and character. Discover 4 new oscillators, 10 new effects, 1 new modulator, numerous UI and workflow refinements, and 140 new exclusive presets showcasing all the new features.

New online manual ➡️ https://manual.uvi.net/falcon

Also included in SonicBundle ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicbundle
Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass
Video credits: Venus Theory
_________

0:00 - Intro 0:59 - New Oscillators 1:08 - West Folder 5:30 - FM Explorer 9:11 - Multisample 11:02 - Spectral Stretch 13:46 - New Effects 13:56 - Lowpass Gate 14:37 - Wavefolder 16:09 - FET Compressor 17:15 - FF Compressor 18:40 - Steiner Filter 20:11 - Passive EQ 22:11 - BBD Chorus 23:00 - BBD Delay 24:12 - Spectrogram & Loudness Meter 25:31 - Data Envelope 28:09 - UI Updates 29:23 - New Factory Presets 35:56 - Outro"

HAZE

video upload by DATABROTH

"Read my full review here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/haze-r...

check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth join my Patreon / databroth

00:00 Piano
06:17 Drums

Machinedrum Editor Alpha 0.3.3

video upload by Ticco Ross

"Testing the alpha version of this new release of the Machinedrum emulator.
The developer’s idea is not so much to emulate the Machinedrum’s interface 1:1, but rather to create a more accessible and intuitive implementation of all the Machinedrum’s capabilities.
It’s all there for you to explore.
This magnificent idea will undoubtedly be well received. In fact, until now I hadn’t realized just how complete and powerful the Machinedrum is.
It’s still in Alpha version—don’t forget that. It’s getting better every day. And don’t forget to support the developers if you have the chance.
Here’s all the info & downloads:
https://mdmm.dev/"

Asyx - Alesis Andromeda VST plugin - Isla Electronics | My second teaser

video upload by xu.sounddesign - dirk rohde

"Here's my second demo of the newly planned ASYX Alesis Andromeda VST plugin from IslaElectronics. I´m playing my soundpack 'Moviescore' for the original Andromeda. A big hug to Brad (islaelectronics.com) ;-)"

Unusable Plugin Updates - New Modes from the 8th of October release shown briefly

video upload by Unusable Engineering

"This video is a quick showcase of the new modes and functionality added in the 8th of October 2026 update to the full Unusable Engineering range. All plugins (synths and effects) have gotten updates - but some have also gotten new modes, which is what I show in this video.

It is not going in depth on anything, if you wanna know more, I suggest you check the news post on unusable.net or the individual product pages.

So, this video… It is one of the first times I am using the Windows machine in a video. I was basically testing the installers and the plugins for bugs and decided to make this video, which is kind of a different release video to what I usually do on updates.

The main line is a sequence from the Keystep controller controlling the coming ‘Currents & Nostalgia’ synth with a simple keyboard sound.

The plugins with new modes or sound functions are activated and deactivated one by one in the following order:

Entropy Encoder - showing off the buffer repeat effect that is placed before the codec emulator.

Spectral Pressure Chamber - showing off the Resonance mode, basically changing the dynamics processing into tuned delay lines for a comb resonator effect.

Grain Discharge - showing off the new pitch modes - chromatic and pentatonic for more dense grain clouds.

Frequency Guillotine - showing off the new envelope follower connected to dry/wet balance.Harmonic Dissector - showing off the new wave folders in each filter section.

Synaptic Resonance - showing off the new plane length parameters that are available for both stim and read plane.

All plugins are updated to remember resize scaling for the instance and some other fixes and functional updates.

All the Best,
Rasmus"

TRASHBYTE: 8-bit vectoring synthesizer from DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"The 80's were a great time. Computer and Arcade games were everywhere, and their brand-new graphics and enticing chirping sounds filled shopping malls with excited kids armed only with quarters to play. Eventually Ataris, Commodores, TRS-80's, Apple's, and eventually NES sold systems that allowed people to play video games at home with a console. It was an engineering marvel; how to write mostly monophonic music while still allowing sound effects-- like PLAYER JUMP-- and make it as realistic as possible on severely limited hardware.

We unleashed all of that 8-bit fury here.

TRASHBYTE is a flashback to SID technology, joysticks, and arcade soundtracks. Watch and listen as you move the green '3D' joystick between 4 oscillators to make brand new retro sounds, let it randomly move itself, or make trills to make fake drums. The oscillators are all bit accurate models, left with all the imperfections 8-bit would emphasize, and their sound is instantly familiar. If that's not enough, you can lower the fidelity to 1977 and crunch them through the entire circuit (cheap opamps included) wrestling for that tiny speaker's attention. Attach that to our 16-step sequencer and you can modulate the sound step by step or let it play along with you in sync. EZ button zaps you back with arcade sounds that are byte-accurate-- but you can play it polyphonically if you like. Let it wander while you hold a note and be transported right back to your childhood.

Don't worry, it won't cost you another quarter to power up!"

Iris Orbit Introduces PolyArp - A Two-Part MIDI Arpeggiator for Software and Hardware Synths

PolyArp + Nord Stage 3 88 | Standalone MIDI Arpeggiator Demo video upload by Iris Orbit

"A live demo of PolyArp in standalone mode with my Nord Stage 3 88, connected via MIDI.

I’m playing chords on the Nord, and PolyArp turns them into two arpeggio parts. The left-hand part uses a three-note chord in Up mode; the right-hand part uses a four-note chord in As Played mode. Both run at 1/16, but the patterns have different lengths, creating a polymetric feel.

PolyArp is a MIDI arpeggiator with two independent parts, each with its own rhythm, direction and octave range. It works standalone or as a plugin inside a compatible DAW, sending MIDI to hardware synths or software instruments.

Download PolyArp and start your free 7-day trial:
https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/download/

More about PolyArp and IrisOrbit:
https://irisorbit.io

Available for macOS, Windows and Linux. PolyArp generates MIDI; the sound comes from the instruments connected to it.

Questions about the setup? Leave a comment below.

#PolyArp #NordStage3 #MIDIArpeggiator"