A fog that breathes. A pulse beneath the floor. A voice behind the veil.

HollowTone is a place where sound becomes atmosphere - and atmosphere becomes a world.

HollowTone invites you into a world shaped by atmosphere rather than melody - a place where sound becomes space, motion, and quiet emotion. It’s a creative instrument for building immersive environments: drifting fog, deep internal pulses, fluid textures, digital sparks, and soft vocal warmth that feels almost human.

Every layer is generated procedurally in real time, giving you deep, evolving sound without complexity. You can explore intuitively through macro controls or discover new ideas instantly with the built-in randomizer, which offers gentle variations or entirely new worlds with a single tap.

HollowTone is for those who enjoy creating mood rather than music - meditative spaces, dreamlike environments, darker cinematic tones, or subtle backgrounds for creative projects. It’s a quiet invitation to shape atmosphere, explore depth, and step into a sound world that feels alive.

If you're drawn to immersive soundscapes and spaces that invite focus, reflection, or quiet exploration, you may find a natural companion beyond this experience.

ExoSphere - opens an evolving ambient universe of endless textures, gentle motion, and atmospheric depth, creating a place where time seems to dissolve into sound.

NoiseSpace - explores the raw beauty of noise itself, letting you shape and wander through rich, shifting sonic textures that feel organic, tactile, and endlessly alive.

Sculpting Sound Beyond the Familiar

Step into a realm of sonic instruments designed for those who crave discovery, unpredictability, and deeply sculpted sound. These tools invite you to bend reality through evolving textures, granular atmospheres, shifting noise structures, and intricate rhythmic mutations. Their engines thrive on complexity - feedback systems that behave like living organisms, multi‑layer environments that drift and transform, and processors that twist raw audio into shimmering, fractured, or meditative forms.

They reward curiosity: build vast ambient spaces that feel architectural, carve rhythmic fragments into new patterns, or push simple signals into dense, otherworldly sonic ecosystems. Whether you’re shaping drones, glitch sequences, cinematic noise, or abstract sound art, these instruments offer a playground where every gesture can spark unexpected motion. They encourage deep listening, bold experimentation, and the joy of discovering sounds you didn’t know were possible.

• ExoSphere - Endless Ambient Drift
• NoiseSpace - Noise textures and backgrounds
• LoopMangler - Multi-effect glitch sequencer
• Stellarvox - Ambient reverb space designer
• NoInputMixer - Feedback-based instrument
• GlitchScaper - Rhythm & Glitch machine
• VintageRack - Easy vintage vibe effects
• SpaceFields - Space ambient machine
• AltiSpace 2 - Advanced convolution reverb
• SoundSaw - The art of sound destruction
• BeatCutter - Rhythm slicing & recombining
• ClassicFX - Reworked classic audio effects
• SynthScaper - Soundscapes synthesizer
• SynthScaper LE - Multitimbral atmospheric synth
• FieldScaper - Field recorder & scapes constructor
• SoundScaper - An experimental sound mini lab

A Little Louder Than Silence

Chill Modern Mellotron M4000D Vibraphone, Stellarvox iPad Effect App

Jonathan Block - "Here’s a quieter jam/soundscape than usual, with the M400 vibraphone sound from the Mellotron M4000D Mini (from ‪MellotronFactory‬) the only sound I used. No hardware effects this time, just the iPad effect app, Stellarvox and Spatializer to widen the stereo field since the Mellotron output is mono."

The Mellotron M4000D Mini brings the charm of the classic Mellotron into a compact, modern instrument that's far easier to live with. It preserves the unmistakable character of those iconic tape-based sounds while offering the reliability, portability, and clarity of a digital engine.

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Stellarvox - Ambient reverberation space designer

Hybrid reverb with an artificial space designer, combining it with algorithmic reflections tail processing, is ideal to creating immersive ambience of deep spaces, lush atmospheric textures or stunning whispering backgrounds in your ambient, electronic, experimental and sound design projects.

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A Doorway Made of Sound

A quiet shift has been happening - subtle enough not to disturb, yet persistent enough to feel like a change in atmospheric pressure. You may have noticed it too, that growing desire not for more sound, but for a different kind of space to exist in.

Not music.
Not ambience in the usual sense.
Something softer, deeper, more interior.

It began, for me, with a simple question:

What if sound didn’t describe the world outside us, but revealed the one within?

Over the past months, I’ve been exploring a strange and beautiful territory where noise becomes texture, where texture becomes presence, and where presence becomes a kind of shelter. Imagine a place built not from melodies or rhythms, but from the gentle friction of imagined materials - fabric that never existed, footsteps that belong to no one, resonances from objects that have no shape.

A world made of almost real sounds.

At first it felt like sculpting fog. Then it became something more deliberate: a way to create an environment that doesn’t imitate life, but reminds the body of it. A space where you can drift, focus, breathe, or simply be, without the narrative pull of music or the literalness of field recordings.

The textures began to organize themselves into layers - whispers of movement, distant pulses, fluid shifts, warm traces of breath. Each one behaving like a living entity, drifting in and out of attention, forming a kind of meditative ecology.

And somewhere along the way, I realized:

this isn’t a sound generator.

It’s a threshold.

A doorway into a parallel acoustic room that unfolds around you, shaped by your presence, your attention, your stillness. A place that doesn’t ask you to listen, but invites you to inhabit it.

I’m not ready to reveal everything yet.

But soon, there will be a way to step inside this space - slowly, gently, as if crossing a veil.

Something is coming.
Something quiet, resonant, and strangely alive.

Stay close.

And if you feel the pull already, that curiosity for drifting textures and slow breathing sonic worlds, you might find kindred spaces waiting for you. ExoSphere unfolds like an endless horizon of ambient drift, while NoiseSpace lets you wander through raw, shifting noise textures that feel almost tactile. They’re not the destination, but they’re beautiful places to linger while the doorway is being built.

A Short Story About Falling Into SpaceFields

You open the app, and suddenly the room feels larger. A single note maybe from your guitar, maybe just the hum of the world around you slips into SpaceFields and begins to drift, stretching like a comet tail across an invisible sky.

Users say this is where the magic starts - ordinary sounds dissolving into slow-moving nebulae, loops circling like satellites, echoes folding back on themselves until they become something unrecognizable and strangely beautiful.

People come to SpaceFields to get lost on purpose. To turn small noises into vast landscapes. To let accidents become music. They love how the app doesn’t demand precision, only curiosity. Feed it a whisper, a chord, a field recording, and it answers with galaxies.

In the end, SpaceFields isn’t just an effect. It’s a place a quiet orbit where sound learns to wander, and you follow.

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SpaceFields (iOS/Mac) is a loop-based mangler effect to create slowly changing rhythmic sound structures in deep reverb space from any external sources or samples. Great for experimenting and designing ambient and noise backgrounds with rhythmic elements.

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Spring Sale! All Apps

Explore Deep Soundscapes, Experimental Textures & Evolving Sonic Worlds!

Step into a world of creative audio tools built for deep sound exploration, rhythmic transformation, and immersive sonic experimentation. These instruments and processors stand out for their high-quality sound, rich modulation possibilities, and deep experimental potential. They are perfect for crafting expansive soundscapes, cinematic backgrounds, meditative environments, noise layers, rhythmic deconstructions, and expressive electronic timbres.

Whether you create ambient, IDM, glitch, drone, noise, experimental music, or sound art, these tools open the door to endless exploration. Build evolving atmospheres, sculpt unpredictable feedback loops, transform samples into new sonic forms, or add retro-flavored character with detailed multi-effects.

• ExoSphere - Endless Ambient Drift
• NoiseSpace - Noise textures and backgrounds
• LoopMangler - Multi-effect glitch sequencer
• Stellarvox - Ambient reverb space designer
• NoInputMixer - Feedback-based instrument
• GlitchScaper - Rhythm & Glitch machine
• VintageRack - Easy vintage vibe effects
• SpaceFields - Space ambient machine
• AltiSpace 2 - Advanced convolution reverb
• SoundSaw - The art of sound destruction
• BeatCutter - Rhythm slicing & recombining
• ClassicFX - Reworked classic audio effects
• SynthScaper - Soundscapes synthesizer
• SynthScaper LE - Multitimbral atmospheric synth
• FieldScaper - Field recorder & scapes constructor
• SoundScaper - An experimental sound mini lab

BeatCutter (iOS/Mac) updated to version 1.9.3

BeatCutter is a playground for anyone who loves experimenting with sound. It’s an innovative multi-channel tool that slices, reshapes, and recombines audio based on rhythm, letting you build evolving textures, chaotic patterns, and completely unexpected musical structures.

>>> More about BeatCutter


Basically it is maintenance update, which nevertheless makes the app more optimized for new iOS devices and improves its performance on previous generations devices.

What's new:

• New application icon
• Significantly optimized sound engine
• Some improvements of the user interface
• Minor bugs were fixed

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The wonderful icon for BeatCutter was created and implemented by Guido Flichman. The minimalist design reflects the essence of the app well. Look out his other works here - https://www.guidoflichman.com

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Exosphere Ambient Soundscape Build

Here’s an ambient soundscape build video with ExoSphere app, with alto recorder and kalimba as the sound sources.

I recorded some short clips into GarageBand using an Aulos 709B “Haka” alto recorder and a Hokema B7 kalimba through an Audio Technica AT2020 condenser microphone. These clips were imported into ExoSphere to create the patch I used in this video. I also switch the recorder input from Sample to Input to demonstrate that the app can process sound in real time.

After the build walkthrough, I play some kalimba and recorder over the ExoSphere soundscape. All of this is done in AUM, with one slot for ExoSphere and one slot for the lead instruments through VintageRack app, a great multieffects. Both slots also use Spatializer to widen the stereo field.

Thanks for watching!

Produced with an iPad Pro
Written and recorded by Jonathan Block

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ExoSphere is a creative tool for shaping continuous ambient and meditative compositions, based on five independent sound layers that merge into a seamless atmosphere. It provides an effortless way to create a foundation for ambient tracks or even a complete background piece with minimal adjustments. Designed with slow rhythmic structures in mind, it is especially suited for meditative music and calm soundscapes.

>>> More about ExoSphere app (iOS/Mac)

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A Delightful Rabbit Hole: Vintage FX - The Book

Every so often you come across a book that feels like a secret handshake for a very specific tribe. Vintage FX - The Book is exactly that - a gorgeous, oversized celebration of the strange, brilliant, sometimes downright eccentric studio effects that shaped the sound of the last half-century.

What kind of book is this?

Think of it as a museum you can hold in your hands. It showcases 75 legendary effects units - the kind of hardware that once lived in serious studios and now lives in the dreams of collectors. Each device gets its moment in the spotlight with lush photography, historical notes, and the kind of technical trivia only true gear lovers appreciate.

Let's take a look inside

It’s a guided tour through the golden age of audio engineering:

• early digital reverbs that sounded like the future
• analog delays with quirks that became iconic
• rare processors from companies that no longer exist
• and plenty of “I’ve heard this on a record but never knew what made that sound” moments

The author, Matthias Fuchs, clearly loves this stuff - and that passion spills onto every page.

And here’s the fun twist: the book’s website lets you listen to many of these machines. It’s like opening a time capsule and hearing the past hum, shimmer, and echo.

Will you enjoy it?

This isn’t just for audio engineers. It’s for:

• anyone fascinated by retro tech
  
• musicians who love the character of old hardware
  
• readers who enjoy beautifully made niche books
  
• curious wanderers who like discovering odd corners of creative history
  

Even if you never plan to buy a vintage reverb (or this book), it’s a joy to know it exists - a lovingly assembled tribute to machines that helped define entire genres.

It’s an interesting find!

In an age where everything is software and presets, this book reminds you that sound once came from boxes full of imagination, limitations, and happy accidents. These devices weren’t perfect - and that’s exactly why they mattered.

If you’re curious, take a minute to visit the book’s site and listen to the samples. It’s a surprisingly charming way to spend an afternoon.

>>> The Book: Vintage FX

When You Want a Touch of That Vintage Magic Yourself

And if exploring these old machines sparks a bit of curiosity, there’s a surprisingly accessible way to bring that same vintage atmosphere into your own music. The VintageRack app captures the character and quirks of classic hardware with an authenticity that feels remarkably close to the originals. It’s not a replacement for the real boxes, of course - but it’s a fun way to experiment with that warm, imperfect, wonderfully nostalgic sound without needing a room full of rare gear.

>>> The App: VintageRack (iOS/Mac)

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VintageRack (iOS/Mac) updated to version 2.2

VintageRack is a minimalistic and convenient multi-effect application that contains modules realistically modeling notable retro gear from the early digital era with their inherent aesthetics and atmosphere. Most of the effects in this application have been inspired and based on the principles of actual hardware from the 70s and 80s, which is great for giving the sound of any instrument the nostalgic and emotional mood of old recordings.


>>> More about VintageRack

This is a major update that makes working with effect parameters and presets smoother, faster, and far more intuitive. The interface has been refined, the workflow improved, and the documentation significantly expanded.

What's new:

• New unified parameter panel for faster access to all module controls
• Knobs now control a single parameter each
• List‑based controls use convenient popup menus
• Added module activity and clipping indicators
• New full preset list with preset renaming
• Preset names now appear on on‑screen preset pads
• Delay and Reverse Delay support time in seconds or beats
• Additional waveforms for modulation LFOs
• New response mode added to the auto filter
• Added internal BPM panel; AUv3 now syncs BPM from host
• Refined user interface and improved workflow
• Optimized audio engine
• Expanded and updated effect module documentation

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The wonderful icon for VintageRack was created and implemented by Guido Flichman. The minimalist design reflects the essence of the app well. Look out his other works here - https://www.guidoflichman.com

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