Patternarium from Sonic Charge
The first is the introduction of the Microtonic Patternarium, what Sonic Charge refers to as an “online collaborative patch randomizer”. This tool will create random sounds and rhythms that you give the thumbs up or thumbs down to in order to influence their evolution.
The second is the announcement that the next version of Microtonic is currently in beta testing. The company is currently accepting applications for a limited number of beta testers, so if you’d like to give it a go, just fill out the application. No new details as of yet aside from the fact that it will support MIDI program change and drag and drop of patterns as MIDI files.
Synplant – useless or fantastic
I played around with the new Synplant this weekend and I cannot really make up my mind if I like it or think it is just weird – at present I am inclined towards that it is quite cool in a strange kind of way.
Synplant is a software synthesizer with a genetic approach to sound creation. Instead of creating patches the conventional way by turning dials and knobs, Synplant lets you explore a world of organic sounds by planting seeds that grow into synth patches. The purpose of this product is to move focus away from the sometimes intricate and difficult process of sound synthesis and instead let you develop sounds by simply using your ears.
It returns you to the experience of exploring sound directly. Many user interfaces have tried to do that, but because the interface allows subtle and even fine-tuned exploration and not just randomization, and because the sounds themselves are so exotic it feels good.
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