2019
05/15
Kymatica AUM Update!
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Kymatica just updated AUM – Audio Mixer with a whole bunch of MIDI improvements! There is a new MIDI channel strip to hold MIDI-only AUv3 plugins. There are a lot of features in AUM that can now be controlled via MIDI. The update also includes Ableton Link 3 start/stop support.

MAJOR NEW FEATURES

• Finally, updated to Ableton Link 3 with start/stop support!
• Add new “MIDI strip” channel type to hold MIDI-only AU plugins.
• Allow importing channels from another session. (Tap IMPORT add-button, or long-press a session file and choose ‘Import channels’)
• Allow easy duplication of channel strip.
• Allow loading sessions via MIDI actions. Its configuration is saved globally instead of in the session.
• Add MIDI program change as recognized MIDI control messages.
• Add MIDI ctrl for tap tempo.
• Add MIDI action ‘Show Plugin’ for AUv3 nodes.
• Add MIDI actions for AUv3 preset-loading.
• Avoid stuck notes when bypassing/disconnecting MIDI sources or changing MIDI destination filter/transpose
• Show AU contextName (if set) in plugin title and as node icon subtitle, long-press AU plugin title bar to edit.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Re-apply preferred samplerate on audio interface route change.
• Remember preferred sample rate on app launch.
• Save preferred instead of current sample rate in session.
• Bring keyboard to front if currently behind the plugin window when tapping plugin window keyboard button.
• Send error string to Audiobus if preset load failed.
• MIDI matrix: highlight source and dest on touch-down.
• Support upside-down portrait on iPhone.
• Improve display of long names in MIDI control table.
• MIDI learn consistency: always ignore the message that triggered the learn.
• Tweak node param-knob and menu button layout for consistency.
• Only update latency compensation on node-bypass if the node has latency.
• Save project: save when tapping Return on keyboard.
• Various minor UI and layout tweaks.
• Keep connections to MIDI Control from permanent MIDI sources on load/new session.
• Minor optimizations for MIDI Control.

BUGFIXES

• AUv3 Transpose: ignore extra bytes in note messages (hello Thesys).
• Clear MIDI matrix when loading session so it isn’t keeping connections from previous session.
• Don’t crash when trying to MIDI-control parameters of a crashed AU plugin.
• NodePicker: avoid keyboard on iPhone.
• NodePicker: fix memory leak if dismissed while in search mode.
• NodePicker: hide ‘remove slot’ button while searching.
• NodePicker: hide search if collection empty.
• Make sure we don’t free MIDI sources/destinations too early. Hopefully avoids rare crash…
• Improve MIDI safety when AU plugin was invalidated (crashed).
• Update MIDI matrix correctly if visible while loading session.

Get AUM HERE

2019
05/15
Bassilicious 2 Synth Bass App
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Synth Bass app for iPad

The ultimate Synth Bass Application for your iOS Device. In fact, we would venture to say that BASSaicious 2.0 is probably the best synth bass plugin ever created for your iOS device. We’ve employed not only analog and wavetable oscillators, but we’ve also included 470 high quality streaming samples that you can mix and match. With up to 4-oscillators per sound, you can only image how warm and big your synth bass sounds will be. We’ve also added many high quality analog modeled multi-mode filters, feedback, 22 digital effects, and an extensive modulation system to make BASSalicious 2.0 the end all be all synth bass plugin.

Highlights:

• 400 Presets.
• 470 Sounds/Sample Streaming (1.6GB).
• 14 Analog Modeled Waveforms.
• 894 Wavetables.
• Analog Modeled Synthesis with PWM.
• Wavetable Synthesis with PWM.
• Warm Table Technology
• 22 Digital Effects.
• Right+Click/Tap-n-Hold easy assign modulation.
• Analog modeled multi-mode filters with Ladder filter emulations.
• Easy search and Favorites for Presets.

iOS Features:

• iOS 11+.
• AUv3 Support with Full View.
• IAA Support.
• Background Audio Support.
• Separate MIDI Channel Selection.
• MIDI Learn any Parameter.
• Virtual MIDI.
• Background Audio.
• Full 2732 x 2048 HD View.

NEW in This Version:

• 458 Brand New Sounds and 8,315 Samples.
• 165 NEW Wavetables, including Warm Wavetables.
• Added new electric and acoustic bass samples as well.
• Band NEW Easy to Use Preset System
• Quick saving, Favorites, searching and recall.
• Ported over Version 1 Presets.
• Version 1 Presets are 100% compatible.
• NEW SubHarm module to mangle the subharmonics.
• NEW Detune module for subtle analog detuning.
• NEW Feedback module for instant warming.
• NEW Multimode Ladder filters with added drive effect.
• NEW EASY Modulation System.
• NEW Favorites Option to recall favorite presets.

New Architecture and Synthesis:

• New easier and flexible Preset System
• New Lightening Fast Loading Streaming Engine
• Brand New optimized and better quality sample-set
• Warm Wavetable Technology
• Modulation System with easy modulation assignments
• A VA circuit modeled State Variable Filter.
• A Classic Ladder Filter emulation
• Double+Click and select multiple oscillators in which to edit.
• JP-8000 Supersaw Unison/Detune with blend option
• Scales the detuning in a unique and playable ways.
• Brand New FX System.
• Featuring Overloud’s VKFX Suite.
• New Dattorro’s figure-of-eight Algorithmic Reverb.
• New Schroeder Algorithmic Reverb.
• New Soft Master Limiter with Tube Saturation.
• New Stereo Spread/Widener with Safe Bass.
• Custom Impulse Responses taken from high quality reverbs.

Get BASSilicious 2 HERE

2019
05/15
Free Stereo Widener AU
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Free Stereo Widener App

This is an audio unit plugin that puts a small delay between the left and right channels.

Why would you want to do that? Here’s why:

We recently saw a video interview of a very famous guitarist in which his guitar was delayed a few milliseconds in the right channel. It may have been caused by unusual microphone placement, or perhaps it was just an error on the part of the person who recorded the video. Whatever the reason for it, it sounded great. He was playing into a vintage amp with no other reverb or delay, but the sound had a wide stereo image that didn’t sound electronic or artificial and didn’t distort the natural sound of the amp.

With most delay effects it’s not so easy to get a precise, very small delay on just one channel, but this app does it with just one simple control.

In case you need to modulate the effect, this plugin smoothly transitions between different delay time settings, causing a pitch shift while the delay time is on the move toward its new setting.

This plugin is simple, so we are giving it away for free. Enjoy!

Get Stereo Lag Time HERE

2019
05/15
FAC Bandit Multi-band Effects
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FAC Bandit multiband multi effects processor

FAC Bandit is a multiband audio effect that splits the audio signal into three bands of frequencies defined by adjustable crossover points. Each band is processed independently by its own effect processor and the outputs are then recombined to produce the final effect.

Each frequency range is altered with different effects and settings that won’t sound the same if applied on the full frequency range. As you have probably realized, FAC Bandit is a wonderful and powerful sound design tool for designers who want to sculpt new personal, exciting and outstanding sounds. Either in a subtle way, without compromising the original tone, or in a more drastic way.

Features:

• Multiband effect processor
• DJ style bands isolator with crossover control
• Each single band provides its own effect with mix blending control
• Comes with built-in effects: Saturator, Lofi and Ring Modulator
• Extendable, more effect coming
• Include various presets for inspiration
• Suitable for any situation, going from subtle to drastic change
• iOS Audio Unit V3

Get FAC Bandit HERE

2019
04/22
StepBud MIDI Sequencer AU
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AU midi sequencer app

StepBud is a MIDI Sequencer with Audio Unit AUv3 plugin, Audiobus and Ableton Link.

Add an unlimited number of steps to your sequencer.
Your steps appear with a LED and a fader on top of your screen.
You can change the active mode that your step faders displaying/controlling.
– Set the current note or chord in range of the scale and key you selected with respect the range of the octave you want to focus,
– Set the velocity, rate, gate time, modulation, pitch bend, portamento for each step,
– Try increasing the rate and repeat count your steps if you want to add more flavor.

Below the step faders, you have a master fader where you can control your entire sequencer. It has two modes which you can change from the settings strip on the bottom of the app.
– In copy mode, it assigns its value to each step.
– In shift mode, it shifts up or down each step.

If you want to go off-scale or try some crazy chords on some of your steps, or maybe on all of them, you can go to the Step Editor by double tapping the LED of the step you want to edit.

In StepBud’s powerful Step Editor, you can set your step’s notes either from the virtual keyboard or your connected MIDI keyboard. Don’t forget to enable MIDI in port of your MIDI keyboard or the you want to receive MIDI from the settings menu. You may also preview the selected notes by pressing the preview button in Step Editor for making sure you created the perfect sound for your particular step.

You can also toggle the steps you want to disable by tapping its LED.
If you long-press the LED, you can access a menu where you may copy/paste the steps around, remove them or edit them.

If you enable the lock mode from the settings strip on the bottom of the app, you may adjust each visible step fader on the screen by a single swipe gesture without having to lift your finger up.

Try to change your arppegio mode from the settings strip. You can sequence your steps up, down, up-down or random order.

StepBud is a MIDI sequencer app and it does not generate sounds itself. You need to route its MIDI out port in the settings menu to the audio app you want to sequence.

Please note that you need to have an iOS 11+ device and an Audio Unit host application such as AUM, apeMatrix, Cubasis, BeatMaker or Audiobus in order to use the StepBud as an Audio Unit plugin. And don’t forget to route StepBud’s MIDI out to the app or audio unit you want to sequence.

StepBud’s MIDI layer powered by free and open-source project AudioKit
https://github.com/AudioKit/AudioKit

Get StepBud here

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