AudioSpace 7.1: MIDI, soft synth, and a black hole
[p]Just in time for 🎁Christmas✨, presenting AudioSpace 7.1: not only a visualizer, but now also a software synthesizer. Play your favorite tunes and see them visualized right away!
The synth sports 4 primary oscillators and 8 LFOs with a good variety of assignment options. Oscillators supports the usual waveforms & wavetables, several physical instrument models, FM synthesis, samples, and also user-defined math functions for generating audio. Each has their own envelope and set of (chainable) filters. Effects include unison/detune, bit crushing, vocoding/morphing (form input audio too), saturation, phaser, chorus/flanger, delay, and reverb. There's a small set of sound presets available, more will come with future updates. Thus, it's the perfect time for you to make some killer sounds and share them! Presets are found under Documents\\AudioSpace\\synth\\presets, and are simple text files for easy sharing.
MIDI input works directly from MIDI keyboards and other controllers, with user-mappable CCs and solid support for pitch bend, mod wheel, aftertouch, expression, foot & breath controllers, pedals (soft/sustain/sostenuto/legato), portamento, and mono/poly mode. Keyboard can be split up to 16 zones (each playing a fully separate sound), and there's even OMNI mode for listening to all 16 channels (each with separate, configurable sound preset). To feed MIDI from a DAW to AudioSpace, use a virtual MIDI driver such as loopMIDI.
Naturally, a powerful CPU is required for complex sounds, and a bit of patience for loading the interactive "synth" UI shader (under "overlays") which can take a few seconds to come up. That shader responds to mouse/controller, so in VR version click outside the synth shader area (or on another wall) to bring up the menu when you need it.
As for visualization, there's now a brand new spinning Kerr black hole with a dedicated visualization mode "gravity". Here's what it looks like:
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If you wish to support development of AudioSpace, a positive review is the best gift you can give. Just a simple thumb-up is plenty.[/p][p]
Enjoy, and have a peaceful Christmas time! 🎍
Kari / Ferrit
New in AudioSpace 7.1
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The synth sports 4 primary oscillators and 8 LFOs with a good variety of assignment options. Oscillators supports the usual waveforms & wavetables, several physical instrument models, FM synthesis, samples, and also user-defined math functions for generating audio. Each has their own envelope and set of (chainable) filters. Effects include unison/detune, bit crushing, vocoding/morphing (form input audio too), saturation, phaser, chorus/flanger, delay, and reverb. There's a small set of sound presets available, more will come with future updates. Thus, it's the perfect time for you to make some killer sounds and share them! Presets are found under Documents\\AudioSpace\\synth\\presets, and are simple text files for easy sharing.
MIDI input works directly from MIDI keyboards and other controllers, with user-mappable CCs and solid support for pitch bend, mod wheel, aftertouch, expression, foot & breath controllers, pedals (soft/sustain/sostenuto/legato), portamento, and mono/poly mode. Keyboard can be split up to 16 zones (each playing a fully separate sound), and there's even OMNI mode for listening to all 16 channels (each with separate, configurable sound preset). To feed MIDI from a DAW to AudioSpace, use a virtual MIDI driver such as loopMIDI.
Naturally, a powerful CPU is required for complex sounds, and a bit of patience for loading the interactive "synth" UI shader (under "overlays") which can take a few seconds to come up. That shader responds to mouse/controller, so in VR version click outside the synth shader area (or on another wall) to bring up the menu when you need it.
As for visualization, there's now a brand new spinning Kerr black hole with a dedicated visualization mode "gravity". Here's what it looks like:
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If you wish to support development of AudioSpace, a positive review is the best gift you can give. Just a simple thumb-up is plenty.[/p][p]
Enjoy, and have a peaceful Christmas time! 🎍
Kari / Ferrit
New in AudioSpace 7.1
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- [p]MIDI support, complete with an experimental software synth[/p]
- [p]"Black Hole" location now has a Kerr black hole, complete with accretion disk and 3 moons[/p]
- [p]a new location, "The Void", is now there when you want total blackness without stars[/p]
- [p]new SPACE mode, "gravity", based on the new black hole[/p]
- [p]new shader: seagrass[/p]
- [p]shader and script editor can now be launched from the menu (with a pen sub-button)[/p]
- [p]shader compile errors are now displayed directly on the respective panel[/p]
- [p]vectorscope enhancements (rebalanced params, more dynamic behavior)[/p]
- [p]menu layout improvements; now 3D models and automation scripts are always available, as primary shaders are merged under one button & list[/p]
- [p]improved auto-camera logic with with 3D models and side walls[/p]
- [p]re-clicking element group name in the menu now switches focus to the next active element of the same group (including the next panel on a multi-panel wall)[/p]
- [p]mouse wheel scrolling now works in menu lists without clicking the list first[/p]
- [p]improved title bar visibility[/p]