Audulus 5U Module Preview

Published on Mar 28, 2016 Bimini Road

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"This is a preview of some of the new modules and techniques that are coming in an update for Audulus 3. Lots of overdrive; plenty of modulation.

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sin(apse) Feedback Envelope Sequencer Drum Jam

Published on Mar 13, 2016 Bimini Road

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"Two things had to happen to make this module possible: 1) I'm terrible at programming drums and want more automatic beat creation tools. 2) I recently got into Congotronics and polyrhythmic African music. The sin(apse) uses LFOs and envelope feedback to create spontaneous, dynamic, and humanized drumbeats.

At the heart of this module is a Demux-Mux pair. This pair is connected straight across - nothing in between, i.e., the outputs of the Demux are fed directly into the inputs of the Mux.

The Demux and Mux select inputs are driven by different sources - in this case, LFOs, and feedback from the module itself. When the Demux and Mux sync up, they pass signal, triggering an envelope.

The signal level passed is determined by the knob in the top right of the module.

The knob to the right of it is the Attack knob. Directly below these two knobs are the Demux and Mux select controls.

Below those knobs are the lower and upper thresholds for the envelope trigger. If a signal coming out of the Demux-Mux pair is lower or higher than the threshold controls, no signal passes.

The knobs at the bottom of the module are display knobs that show the relative position of the min and max threshold. The minimum value is kept automatically lower than the maximum value.

The 3 Mapper nodes control the individual feedback response of the DSR portion of the envelope. The three buttons turn the feedback to DSR portions on or off (off = setting of .01). To keep the DSR controls from going negative (and causing spontaneous time travel), their feedback inputs are clamped between 0-1.

The LFO or feedback is applied to the Demux-Mux selectors, driving the module. The rest of the modulations change the rhythm or amplitude.

The drums are created with oscillators and a noise source. With a 1/oct oscillator, you can plug the output of an envelope to the inputs for pitch and envelope to create a quick, naturally decaying and pitch modulating drum. Big drums like toms and kicks all detune slightly as they decay - if you note this and add pitch modulation to your drum sounds (just a pinch!) it will go a long way to injecting life into them.

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Rabidly Enthused

Published on Mar 9, 2016 Bimini Road

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"An Audulus 3 patch using Flipflop, DS, and DGS sequencers to create feedbacking glittery harmonies, all controlled by a 64-point XY controller. Percussion provided via the K!SS Drum Module."

The DS and DGS Sequencers in Audulus

Published on Mar 8, 2016 Bimini Road

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"New with Audulus 3.1: The melody and rhythm of this self-generated music patch is a product of the interrelationship of the DS and DGS modules. The DS modules are determining the pitches and modulating parameters while the DGS modules are triggering the envelopes. The DGS module is also feeding back into the DS module. The tempo and feel is largely a product of the way the DS and DGS modules are driven - in this case by 3 different self-modulating LFOs.

Download these sequencers at the Audulus forum:
http://forum.audulus.com/discussion/9...

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Audulus CS Looper Module

Published on Mar 6, 2016 Bimini Road

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"This Audulus 3 module loops knob motions. In this set up, it is acting as a knob-controlled sequencer, turning recorded knob motions into 8 discrete pitches. CS stands for "Control Signal." This is to distinguish it from an AS or Audio/Alternating Signal looper (which would need 44.1k buckets for 1 second of loop time).

This module has 8 buckets, or 8 evenly distributed numbers that make up the entirety of the loop. An LFO controls which step is being read. Values are changed only when a change in value is detected from the knob. Under the "8 Bucket" text is a knob that acts as a "loop display."

The output of this module is multiplied and pushed through a scale quantizer to become the pitch information for Sub Ek, a mini subtractive synthesizer, that is clocked by CL!K.

Versions with more buckets are coming soon.

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Ode to Egregious Burns - an Audulus 3 Composition

Published on Mar 5, 2016 Bimini Road

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"This is a composition written in Audulus 3 using new modules. It also makes use of creative feedback through a Flipflop sequencer.

The patch uses two K!SS Drum modules per stereo channel and uses two Sub Ek mini sub synths for the voice of the song. Everything is controlled by CL!CK, the master clock, probability modules, and a couple LFOs are modulating some parameters. Afta8's tanh distortion modules round out the sound."

Man Against God, God Against Nature (Audulus 3 FAWM2016 Album)

Published on Mar 1, 2016 Tim Webb

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"This is the culmination of the massive Audulus 3 patch I've been working on in February! [see this post for previous videos] You can download the patch here: http://bit.ly/LetsPlayAudulus3

Inspiration for the album:
Music has always had a tradition of blending storytelling with applied philosophy. Or at least, at its greatest, it aspires to do so. We can never hear the first songs of mankind, but we can guess what they were about. The earliest stories undoubtedly revolved around the struggle of man against nature. Then Gods against man. As we cast about today we find a narrative in which Gods and Man are mutually forsaken, and Nature is I'm totally fucking with you. This is ambient. I just tried to make some pretty bleeps and bloops.

If you missed it, you can watch the whole Let's Play with Audulus 3 series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

All parts here.

Let's Play with Audulus 3 - Part 3

Published on Feb 26, 2016 Tim Webb

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"In this final episode of Audulus 3 we build a bell sound using FM and Additive synthesis, with a probability-based trigger and tame math to give us note pitches.

If you enjoyed this please consider supporting this series by sponsoring them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"


You can find all parts in this series here.

Let's Play with Audulus 3 - Part 2

Published on Feb 19, 2016 Tim Webb

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"This is a continuation of the patch made in my last video, available here: [posted here] I continue to develop this ambient patch with the addition of some strings using a Karplus-Strong style of synthesis. If you enjoyed this please consider supporting this series by sponsoring them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

Let's Play with Audulus 3 (Patch Design & Commentary)

Published on Feb 12, 2016 Tim Webb

"Audulus 3 is a monstrous modular synth, but it can also be a lot of fun! In this video I attempt to show you how to make a complex patch using simple building blocks. It's February Album Writing Month, so I'm making a patch that will write a whole album for me. If you enjoyed this please consider supporting this series by sponsoring them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

iTunes: Audulus 3 - Audulus LLC

Let's Play with Audulus 3 - Part 2

Published on Feb 19, 2016 Tim Webb

"This is a continuation of the patch made in my last video [above].  I continue to develop this ambient patch with the addition of some strings using a Karplus-Strong style of synthesis. If you enjoyed this please consider supporting this series by sponsoring them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord"

Let's Play with Audulus 3 - Part 3

Published on Feb 26, 2016 Tim Webb

Audulus for iOS | Audulus for Mac

"In this final episode of Audulus 3 we build a bell sound using FM and Additive synthesis, with a probability-based trigger and tame math to give us note pitches.

If you enjoyed this please consider supporting this series by sponsoring them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

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Published on Mar 1, 2016 Tim Webb

"This is the culmination of the massive Audulus 3 patch I've been working on in February!

Inspiration for the album:
Music has always had a tradition of blending storytelling with applied philosophy. Or at least, at its greatest, it aspires to do so. We can never hear the first songs of mankind, but we can guess what they were about. The earliest stories undoubtedly revolved around the struggle of man against nature. Then Gods against man. As we cast about today we find a narrative in which Gods and Man are mutually forsaken, and Nature is I'm totally fucking with you. This is ambient. I just tried to make some pretty bleeps and bloops.

If you missed it, you can watch the whole Let's Play with Audulus 3 series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

Audulus for iOS | Audulus for Mac

Audulus 3 Modular Synthesizer App Review for iOS

Published on Feb 5, 2016 Touch Technology Review

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http://audulus.com

"If you told me five years ago that you could be building your own instruments including synthesisers, basses and drum machines on an iPad I would not have believed it.

Well now you can do just that with the new Auduls 3 modular Synthesizer.

The UI is very straight forward and has been translated well for mobile touch screen making it very usable indeed. A simple pinch will zoom out to expand your canvas, while pulling your fingers apart zooms back in to see each building block in more detail as well as giving you access to tweak controllers.

Audulus 3 is not for the faint hearted but more suited towards professional sounds designers, Composers, DJ’s or experienced musicians looking to delve deep into the core of sound creation. And for these adventurous souls the payoff will be immense, resulting in the genesis of truly unique soundscapes."

Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 3: How to Make a Vibrato Effect

Published on Jan 18, 2016 Bimini Road

iTunes: Audulus 3 - Audulus LLC

"Vibrato is sometimes confused with tremolo thanks to Fender amps, which incorrectly label their tremolo circuits as vibrato. Vibrato and tremolo are easy to parse however: tremolo is volume (amplitude) modulation, while vibrato is pitch (frequency) modulation. When you wiggle your finger back and forth on a string on a violin, *that's* vibrato - what you are doing is shortening and lengthening the amount of vibrating string between your finger and the tailpiece (or saddle on a guitar).

Making a pitch-shifting vibrato effect that induces frequency changes in audio is a little more complex, so this just focuses on how to add vibrato to an oscillator, which is very easy.

Wondering how to begin designing effects in Audulus? You can't get more simple than a Tremolo.

A Tremolo effect (known to Fender enthusiasts as "Vibrato" but we'll get to that one later) is a modulated amplitude (i.e. volume) level. Electrically, this is usually done by driving a lamp or LED with an LFO circuit, while the audio path runs through a light-dependent resistor (LDR). The Light + LDR makes an Optocoupler. This isolates the LFO from the circuit and keeps your audio path super clean.

In Audulus, however, none of that is necessary. All you need to make a Tremolo is an LFO and a Level node. Apply the LFO's output to the Level node, run your audio in and out, and bam, you have a Tremolo!

This tutorial also shows you some beginning steps you can take to modify the LFO: adding to the signal increases the "floor," or how low the volume gets. Multiplying the signal (really, dividing, since we're multiplying by a number between 0-1), will expand or shrink its overall range.

The 2 Minute Tip series breaks apart topics on Audulus into bite-sized chunks. I don't talk during the tutorials (though there are a few notes that pop up), and this is so that international viewers who don't understand English well don't feel left out. Familiarize yourself with the node menu and my navigation won't be so mystifying. In the future, we'll develop a finger press indicator so you can see where I'm tapping.

http://www.audulus.com
http://forum.audulus.com
http://www.biminiroadelectronics.com/...
https://soundcloud.com/biminiroadmusi..."

More 2 Minute Tip tutorials here.

Audulus 2 Minute Tips

Published on Jan 16, 2016 Bimini Road

iTunes: Audulus 3 - Audulus LLC

"Don't know how to make sound in Audulus? It's pretty easy! Just follow along with these 2 minute tips.

The 2 Minute Tip series breaks apart topics on Audulus into bite-sized chunks. I don't talk during the tutorials (though there are a few notes that pop up), and this is so that international viewers who don't understand English well don't feel left out. Familiarize yourself with the node menu and my navigation won't be so mystifying. In the future, we'll develop a finger press indicator so you can see where I'm tapping.

www.audulus.com
forum.audulus.com
www.biminiroadelectronics.com/audulus"

Playlist:
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 1: How to Get Sound
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 2: How to Make a Tremolo Effect
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 3: How to Make a Vibrato Effect
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 4 - How to Make a Sub Synth with Modules
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 5 - How to Make a Module
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 6: How to Make an Auto Wah Effect
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 8: How to Make a Muxing Sequencer
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 9: The Best AB Switch
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 10: How to Make an Autopanner Effect
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 11: How to Use the Mapper Node
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 12: How to Turn a Timer into a Saw LFO
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 13: How make LFOs with the Phasor Node
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 14: How to Use the Spline Node
Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 15: Introduction to Flipflop Memory

Audulus Patch - Rising Edge DS2AS Synth

Published on Jan 11, 2016

"To download for free, go to: http://forum.audulus.com/discussion/8...

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iTunes: Audulus 3 - Audulus LLC

Audulus - Speedpatch 2 & 3

Published on Dec 11, 2015

"This is a speed patch illustrating the additive sequence technique. 9:38 - almost accidentally did Baba O'Riley

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App Store Links:
Audulus for iOS | Audulus for Mac

Audulus iPad Preview Video by Bimini Road

Published on Dec 10, 2015 Bimini Road

"This is the iPad Preview of Audulus 3.

www.biminiroadelectronics.com/audulus"

Mac: View on App Store
iOS: View on App Store

Audulus 3 Patch - Phat Pad Thai

Published on Dec 10, 2015 Bimini Road

"This is the Phat Pad Thai Patch, available for free here on the Audulus forum:

http://forum.audulus.com/discussion/7..."

Audulus 3 iPhone Preview & Construction Tutorial by Bimini Road

Published on Dec 9, 2015 Bimini Road

Mac: View on App Store
iOS: View on App Store

"This is the iPhone preview of Audulus 3.

Song in the background: https://soundcloud.com/biminiroadmusi..."

Module Construction

Published on Dec 9, 2015

"This is a tutorial on how to build out a patch's UI."

Audulus 3 Overview Video

Audulus 3 from Audulus LLC on Vimeo.

"Audulus 3 is here! New features:

- Complete overhaul of the code and UI.
- Large library of Eurorack-style modules.
- Rewritten oscillator node with shape control.
- Patches load almost instantly.
- Ongoing tutorial series,"How to Think in Audulus"
- Lasso tool for selecting groups of nodes.
- RGB light node.
- Pitch bend node.
- All meters now exposable.
- Patch metadata: organize patches by tags, and take notes in the patch metadata.
- Multi-line text node.
- No more in-app purchases."

App store links:
Mac: View on App Store
iOS: View on App Store

New website here: http://audulus.com/

Follow-up to the release post here. Also see the Audulus channel label directly below for more.

Audulus 3 for Mac & iOS Now Available

We saw the videos leading up to Audulus 3. It is now available on sale for both Mac and iOS at a discounted price. If you plan to pick it up now would be a good time. See this video from Taylor on the announcement.

iOS: Audulus 3 - Audulus LLC

Mac: Mid 2010 Mac or later

"With Audulus, you can build synthesizers, design new sounds, or process audio. All with low latency real-time processing suitable for live performance. Audulus's user interface is clean, simple, and easy to learn, allowing you to focus on sound - now made easier than ever with nearly 100 built-in Eurorack-style modules.

"Anybody into synthesis should check out Audulus on the iPad. Tweaker heaven." - Jordan Rudess
"Audulus is fantastic, a thinking man's synth." - UK App Store review
Rated "Killer App" on apps4idevices.com!

Praise for the Mac version:
"beautiful interface" - Peter Kirn, createdigitalmusic.com
"Love this App. It has one of the best UIs I've ever used." - USA Mac App Store review
"The biggidy bomb coolest most super tech-nerd fun times soft synth I've bought in recent times!" - Mac App Store Australia review
"Remarkable gesture control" - sequencer.de

▶ Visit the Audulus Forum for exciting FREE user-created patches! ◀

▶ Please note: Audulus Requires iOS 7. Minimum Recommended Hardware: iPad 2 or iPhone 4s.

▶ Educational pricing available. For more information, see http://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-program/

▶ Key Features:

• Fluid Vector Interface - smooth animated interaction
• MIDI control - use your control surface or MIDI keyboard
• Polyphony - process multiple voices
• Diverse Nodes - from ADSR to ZeroCross
• Patch Browser - quickly flip through your patches
• 32-bit floating-point signal processing
• Fully Enhanced for Retina Display
• Unlimited Undo - full history stored in a patch
• Round-trip workflow with Audulus for Mac
• Virtual MIDI – control Audulus from your favorite MIDI app
• Audiobus support! - Runs as both an Input and Effect
• Sub-Patches - group and reuse nodes
• Universal Modulation - modulate any knob
• iCloud support - effortlessly sync patches between Mac and iPad
• Custom Nodes - build your own modules!
• Timing mode - figure out which nodes are using the most CPU!

▶ Featured Built-in Modules:

• 5ms Revolving Clock Divider
• Touch Feedback Clock
• Ms. Torsion Distortion
• Fibonacci Sequence
• Fab Five Rectifying LFO
• The Warpeggiator
• Scale Quantizer
• Cyclone Matrix Mixer
...and many more!

▶ Built-in Nodes:

• Virtual Analog Oscillator (4 classic waveforms)
• ADSR Envelope
• Noise Generator
• Mathematical Modules: Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, Sine, Modulo
• Math expression module - 34 operation expression language
• Random Number Generator
• MIDI controlled Keyboard
• MIDI assignable trigger
• 16-Step Sequencer
• Delay
• Distortion
• Low Pass Filter
• Low Pass Filter with resonance
• High Pass Filter
• Feedback Delay
• Unit Delay
• DC Blocker
• Envelope Follower
• Pitch Shifter
• Constant Value
• Gain
• Mapper Curve
• Piecewise-linear Spline Curve
• Sample and Hold
• Crossfade
• 4-Channel Mixer
• Level Meter
• Value Meter
• Scrolling Waveform Meter
• Light
• RGB Light
• Input/Output
• Polyphonic to Monophonic signal mixer
• Polyphonic/Monophonic signal converters
• Multiplexer/Demultiplexers
• Sub-Patch
• Timer
• Zero-crossing Counter
• Text"

Audulus 3 Intro & Module Library Tutorial by Bimini Road

Published on Dec 7, 2015 Bimini Road

"This is an introduction to the new features in Audulus 3."

Audulus 3 Module Library Tutorial

Published on Dec 7, 2015 Bimini Road

"This tutorial introduces the basics of using the new module library in Audulus 3"

http://biminiroadelectronics.com/audulus
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