"Tomofon is a completely new expressive audio synth. This virtual instrument introduces a new “Audio Model” format capable of containing thousands of waves extracted from ordinary audio files. These waves - and how they’re structured - lays the ground for how Tomofon generates audio, resulting in a highly flexible and instantly expressive instrument. that on one hand sounds very organic and on the other, like something out of this world. Whether you want to play around with the Audio Model Starter Pack (instruments & voices) and factory presets, or import your own audio to shape your own unique soundscapes – it is fair to say that you are in for a creative journey."
We are pleased to introduce Tomofon, a completely new expressive audio synth. This virtual instrument introduces a new “Audio Model” format capable of containing thousands of waves extracted from ordinary audio files. These waves - and how they’re structured - lays the ground for how Tomofon generates audio, resulting in a highly flexible and instantly expressive instrument. that on one hand sounds very organic and on the other, like something out of this world. Whether you want to play around with the Audio Model Starter Pack (instruments & voices) and factory presets, or import your own audio to shape your own unique soundscapes – it is fair to say that you are in for a creative journey.
How does it work?
Tomofon converts audio files into a large set of oscillating waves, which then are mapped into pitch zones where each wave represents one layer (a bit similar to how a sampler structures different velocity zones). The main difference is that since each zone is populated with waves instead of ordinary samples, the synth engine can morph between them (both layers and zones). This makes all transitions between zones and layers continuous and seamless. This structure containing these organized wavetables is what we call an Audio Model, and give Tomofon its dynamic properties and characteristic sound.
Illustrated description of the Audio Model concept can be found under "Anatomy" below
Create and share your own unique sounds
A significant feature of this plug-in is that users can import their own audio files and create new and unique Audio Models. Ordinary audio files (preferably with monophonic content) can easily be imported and distributed into different pitch zones over the keyboard range, either automatically or manually. Doing an automatic import is basically a one-click process which instantly results in a proper playable Audio Model. A manual import gives the user full control of which waves should end up in which pitch zone. Last but not least you can easily share your own created Audio Models with others.
Tomofon comes pre-loaded with a pack of 124 Audio Models based on high quality audio recordings of multiple expressions. These models includes several instrument like strings, vocals, brass, woodwind, guitars and more. Along with these models there are over 180 presets to get you going right away. From there on you can venture further and start creating Audio Models based on your own audio files and experiment on the types of sounds they can grow to be. Features Wide selection of factory models and presets Integrated audio sample importer and Audio Model editor Pitch and (layer) depth envelopes that can be edited by the user Envelope times can separately be controlled via MIDI velocity Several LFO’s (including Sample and Hold with randomness) Modulation matrix (2 x MIDI CC, Velocity and Keymap) Monophonic playback with separate glide times for pitch and velocity Polyphonic legato playback where started notes syncs envelopes with currently playing ones Up to 4 doubling voices with separate pitch, pan and level Filter with modulation possibilities Post Reverb, Delay and EQ
"Discover your own wavelengths on an infinite spectrum of sound with a refreshed visual workflow, enhancements for every module, and modern sounds for every style. This is Pigments 4, and it's going to change the way you make music."
See WHAT'S NEW further below for details on the update.
User videos:
Arturia Pigments 4: Wavelengths Presets Demo. No talking video upload by Anton Anru
"Arturia has just updated their flagship synth – Pigments. Now it's Version 4.
The update includes new filters and effects, new wavetables/samples/noises, engines and workflow improvements, light skin, and new presets.
In this video, I demonstrate Wavelengths banks of presets.
0:00 What's Pigments
2:06 Interface Enhancements
4:54 What Else is New (Some Sounds)
7:42 Synth Engine Additional Features
10:48 Filters
13:00 Effects
16:42 Wrapping Up
_New looks for your setup New graphical interface: Easier to navigate than ever, Play Mode: Enjoy a simplified overview of your entire sound, with stripped-back modules and hands-on macros. Light Mode: Opt for a less nocturnal vibe and enjoy a sleek off-white redesign.
_The best sound design workflow yet Quick modulation editing: you can now simply click and drag your modulation source to its destination, and quickly adjust its depth by hovering over the parameter. Quicker feature navigation: Flick between options in an instant for any of Pigments’ multimode modules with added left-right buttons. LFO presets: Pigments’ LFOs now come with 6 familiar waveform presets, from sine to random. FX & Seq bypass: You can now quickly bypass both the FX and Seq sections from the Synth and Play Mode views. New sync modes: Create dynamic rhythmic ideas by blurring the lines between straight, triplet, and dotted sync within Pigments’ modulators. MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility: Pigments is now compatible with ODDSound’s microtuning software MTS-ESP, designed in conjunction with Aphex Twin.
_Enhanced engines Wavetable engine: Sprinkle some warbling tremolo movement and metallic character by swapping frequency modulation for the new Ring Mod feature, and harness a new Pulse Width mode for the Phase Transformation section Harmonic engine: Uncover new harmonic territory and pitch alterations More Unison options: The Unison control is now uniform across all engines, with the addition of a Unison Phase control for Wavetable, Sample, and Harmonic voices. Modulator Oscillator: Go deeper into the dedicated Mod Osc with Ratio options and an extended hertz range from 0.100 to 20,000.
_New effects & filters MS-20 Filter: Unleash deeper bass than ever and crank the grit with the notorious screaming response of the classic MS-20 filter, with HP6 and LP12 modes. Shimmer Reverb: Inject cathedral-in-outer-space ambience and cinematic detail into any sound with the Shimmer Reverb effect, complete with 2 octaves of pitch-shift and built-in modulation. Super Unison: Mimic ultra-wide ensemble timbres with a single voice using Super Unison, a swaying chorus-like effect that detunes, spreads, and enlivens any sound. Effects & filter improvements: Pigments’ Bitcrusher has doubled in size with Jitter, Scale, and extra Downsampling options, the Jup-8 V filter now has FM control, and both the Multi Filter & Distortion algorithms feature a Notch Filter mode.
_Fresh sound exploration New factory presets: A distilled selection of the hardest basses, leads, pads, and percussive sounds for modern production, from ambient to drill to soundtrack composition. 63 new wavetables: Navigate a massive array of crushed filtered sounds, monstrous peaks, resonant vowel-like sweeps, and more. 67 new samples: From rattling 808 bass to hang drum resonance to sustained vocals, enjoy 67 new sounds for the Sample & Granular engine. 36 new noise types: Expanding Pigments’ Utility Engine Noise modules, this fresh selection includes smooth impulses, nature sounds, industrial tools, and more.
_Pigments 4 sound banks Wavelengths Lo-fi Wavelengths Neuro Bass Wavelengths Cinematic (Used in this demo)
"Being ahead of your time has been a topic discussed on this channel more than once, as there are quite a few synths that ended up on rejected synths because they were too far ahead of their time in one way or another. So it’s no surprise that today’s synth, which managed to be ahead of it’s time in more than just one sense, ended up on this channel.
The Evolution Synthesis EVS-1 is a digital rack synth that brought (multi) algorhythmic digital synthesis and computer editing of patches to the table...eh, I mean rack as early as 1990. It may look like a very humble 1HE Rack unit with a tiny display and only very few connectors, but it actually is quite capable as it is eight part multitimbral (at 16 voices), has a full onboard PCM drum kit and a whole array (28) of more or less exotic algorhythms.
Sure, without the late 80s home computer at hand originally required to edit the 20 available user memory slots, many considered it to be yet another boring fm expander, and FM certainly is what most presets sound like. But dive deeper and you’d soon realize that this thing can output some very interesting, wavetably, otherworldly sounds.
Today I'm exploiting the ESI-32 rack sampler for lofi/crunchy/funky sound in multi-timbral mode. Drums were sampled at mono 22K then downsampled to 12K bandwidth, everything else down to 8K. All you're hearing is the ESI-32 sampler including built-in chorus, and internal LFO applied to autopan/vibrato. The audio was recorded direct to Tascam DR-05, no additional effects or mastering.
ESI-32: bit of an underdog, in that early 90s era when samplers started to overcome their limitations of memory, bandwidth, storage media, and processing capabilities. At a fraction of the current selling price for other vintage samplers of the late 80s that preceded it."
"Another quick one for fun, thanks for watching! :-)
Gear used:
Martin Jan Koehler: Tidal Modulator (mutable Instruments Tides clone)
Krisp1: OCTO LFO
Moon Modular: two 526 mixers and two 517 VCFs
Yamaha: FS1R
Mellotron: M4000D Rack
Roland: Integra7 and A-88
Strymon: BigSky and Timeline
Lexicon: MX400
Allen & Heath: MixWizard 20S
Canon: C100 MkII camera and CNE 20mm lense"
00:03 Introduction
00:27 Time and Symmetry
02:23 Modes
04:51 Shape
05:37 Menu & assignable CV
09:00 Input normalisation
11:03 Output normalisation
13:17 Current state storing
"The triple steeple is a three-channel envelope generator with control over time and symmetry. With five envelope modes, linear or exponential response, CV control over time, an assignable CV input, and internal normalizations, the module will provide the generation of anything from basic envelope shapes to complex modulation signals."
00:04 Introduction
00:45 Enabling the Expand on your Bard Quartet
01:40 Additional gate inputs and trigger outputs
02:42 MIDI scale control
04:56 MIDI CV/Gate conversion
"The Bard Quartet Expand adds more capabilities to our beloved quad quantizer with numerous new features. With the expander, you get independent gate inputs and trigger outputs for each Bard Quartet channel. Thanks to the MIDI input, you can control the scales using MIDI or even transform your Bard Quartet into a MIDI-to-CV/Gate device."
New Loops presents House Drums — a new collection of over 250 creative House loops and samples ready to drop straight into any project. These House drum sounds have a clean, punchy, and modern sound. There's a total of 130 audio loops, including 15 full House drum loops, each with many variations including, kickless loops, minimal loops, percussion loops, claps, snares, hats, kicks, and more. You can mix and match loops for thousands of different combinations. There's also 100 House drum one-shot samples, and 25 bass loops to layer with the drums for instant track-starting inspiration.
This sound pack is focused on House and all sub-genres, but will also be useful for other styles of electronic music including pop, techno, and trance.
Intro Price: £14.99 until December 31st, 2022 (Reg. £19.99). You can also get an extra 30% off orders over £39 at newloops.com (where free demo packs are also available)."
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