SynthScaper LE has been updated to version 1.3.2 with some fixes and improvements.
Lush pads, psychedelic synths and atmospheric soundscapes in an easy to use app with a powerful sound engine. SynthScaper LE has three independent sound generators in which you can use various presets from the large built-in library and create unique multi-timbral sound scenes.
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SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending principles.
Great live performance of Willard Van De Bogart with using SynthScaper app.
This is about adding electronic music to accompany the launch of the Dragon space capsule while using an xenolinguisitic language. Here is a paper I wrote describing the process.
Synthesizer specially designed for creating and experiments with ambient soundscapes in wide range from noises to melodic instruments and everything in between.
New version SynthScaper LE 1.3 has been released with several updates and improvements.
New option Random generates scenes from existing presets.
Added a lot of new presets and scenes.
Optimization for the new iOS requirements.
Some improvements of the user interface.
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Lush pads, psychedelic synths and atmospheric soundscapes in an easy to use app with a powerful sound engine. SynthScaper LE has three independent sound generators in which you can use various presets from the large built-in library and create unique multi-timbral sound scenes. You can tune the general parameters that define the character of the sound of each generator and place them in a common sound space with the spatial mixer.
This blog has grown significantly over the years, and many interesting posts are too far in history to be easy to find. In these posts I will periodically publish several random links to my previous work which I find interesting.
Shortwave impressions from unusual broadcasts of number stations.
These tracks were recorded and mixed live without using DAW. Were used several hardware synths, sequencers, processing devices, also as the sound processing apps on Apple iPad. The record was made on the reel-to-reel 2-track tape recorder. Then this record was digitized and finally processed on iPad with the external audio interface.
FieldScaper - Sound warp field recorder and scapes constructor has been updated with some improvements.
Advanced field recorder combined with a sound warp engine and a large collection of ready to use dynamic presets for iPad and iPhone. With this app you can easily record any environmental sound and instantly turn it into something unusual and very atmospheric. Discover new ways to create and construct unusual and exciting sounds from field recordings or samples recorded from other apps.
FieldScaper >> More about this app>> App Store The main advantage is that you can record and modify samples along the way within the single app. You can record sounds and noises, delete unwanted parts and then use presets to give a whole new sounding or create spectacular soundscapes and textures to use them as loops in this app. And even use FieldScaper as effect in real time with other apps or external input.
The great demo of using Classic FX app for processing guitar (Thanks to Ken Karsh!). This application can very neatly decorate the sound of any musical instrument, adding space and saturation. This app is also a great tool for converting a mono source to rich stereo.
Classic FX >> More about this app>> App Store Classic FX application will add brightness and expand the sound space of any instrument from recorded musical instruments to software and even modular synthesizers.
Classic FX is a complete sound effects processor and a mono-to-stereo enhancer with equalizer, effects and reverb, based on specially designed high-quality processing algorithms and suitable for any kind of audio sources.
This application will add brightness and expand the sound space of any musical instruments, synthesizers, drums or voice. Unique and diverse effects with unified control parameters provide convenience and ease of customization, while at the same time plenty of room for individual expression and experimentation.
Another unique feature of Classic FX is the Morphing option, based on complex effects matrix transformations, which allows you to control the dynamic transition between any two presets. While this can produce stunning effects, it's a breeze to control - you just need to move a fader or push a button. For more morph experimentation, this app has three LFOs to create more complex waveforms for changing morphs. Each LFO has different ranges, waveforms and can sync to the external BPM.
Some of the other features of Classic FX:
Classic FX has 22 unique processing algorithms and 40 different presets.
Two slots in which you can use different effects and smoothly morph between them.
Three band equalizer with high / low shelving filters and middle peaking filter.
Easy to use algorithmic reverb, suitable for any sound source.
Limiter on output prevents any possible clipping.
Envelope follower for dynamic control of each effect.
Sequencer for rhythmic control of each effect.
Three special LFO in series to automate morphing.
Hot buttons to change the active effect slot.
Changing a group of parameters at the same time.
Echo module, Sequencer, and Auto morphing synced with the main BPM source.
The effect algorithm and its parameters can be saved as a preset.
Detailed application description and description of algorithms.
Quick info and description of the algorithm used in presets.
Classic FX is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). Classic FX works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link. On MacOS, Classic FX can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and audio unit hosts like Ableton Live, Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage, Cockos Reaper, Plogue Bidule, Hosting AU, and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS.
VintageRack (iOS/macOS/AudioUnit) is a minimalistic and convenient multi-effect application that contains modules realistically simulating notable retro gear from the early digital age with their natural lo-fi and warm aesthetics.
Limited time sale until the release of the new Classic FX app! All *Scaper series - SynthScaper, SynthScaper LE, FieldScaper and SoundScaper apps.
Classic FX application will add brightness and expand the sound space of any instrument from recorded musical instruments to software and even modular synthesizers.
Unique effects with unified control parameters provide convenience and at the same time many opportunities for individual expression and experimentation.
SynthScaper >> More about this app>> App Store Synthesizer specially designed for creating and experiments with ambient soundscapes in wide range from noises to melodic instruments and everything in between.
FieldScaper >> More about this app>> App Store Advanced field recorder combined with a sound warp engine and a collection of ready to use dynamic presets for iPad and iPhone. Discover new ways to create and construct unusual and exciting sounds from any environmental audio recordings or samples recorded from other apps.
SoundScaper >> More about this app>> App Store SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending principles.
This research inspire me to think about the direction of my next applications. I would like to create not just a rigid tool for creating sound, no matter how complicated it is, but an applications with which the user could interact as an object with its own fuzzy logic. And as a result of the interaction, bring our own ideas into this logic and receive unique content in return. So that users are not forced to adapt to the application, but rather to creatively interact in search of their own sound.
That is what I plan to do in the near future (after the release of my new application). I plan a lot of experiments to create very unusual samples for this idea. There will be many photos and videos.
CRACKING GOD'S ROOF: MANIFESTATION AND ADAPTATION ON THE INTUITIVE NATURE OF CREATING ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH TABLET COMPUTERS Abstract
Electronic music is advancing not only in the way it is being used in performance but also in the way it is evolving technologically due to software developers advancing the ability of the synthesizer to enable the composer to create newer sounds. The introduction of the amino acid and protein synthesizers from MIT is one such example along with sampling sounds from interstellar bodies through the process of sonification in order to create presets as additional source material for the composer's palette. The creative process used in creating electronic music on a tablet computer introduces a new musical instrument to be used in live music performances. The fluidity and immediacy of how electronic sounds can be created with tablet computer synthesizers affords the composer to have a new behavioral sense of using the tablet synthesizers as a musical instrument that can be played intuitively. Exploring this new interface of musical composition with tablet synthesizers is a subject this paper will address as well as the psychological aspects of how an audience can relate to electronic music as an emerging art form removed from the classical music tradition. What is also covered is how the composer of electronic music can affect the listener's ability to envision new conceptual landscapes leading to experiencing new ideas and subjective fields of visionary experiences. The composer's ability to use conceptual models which influence the way sounds are made and how those sounds influence the listener's experience is an important aspect of this paper.
