New App That Converts Your Voice Into Drum Loops, DubBox


Vochlea has announced the release of DubBox, a new app that applies the same concept to drum programming by converting vocal percussion into drum loops.

Aimed at producers and beatmakers that work out rhythmic ideas vocally, DubBox can transform spontaneous beatboxing into sample-based drum patterns.

This is achieved by training the software on the user’s vocal sounds, which are then used to trigger drum samples in real time with velocity sensitivity, which can then be recorded, quantized and exported as audio or MIDI.

DubBox can learn up to eight vocal sounds per project, each of which can be mapped to samples from its built-in library or imported sounds.

Stocked with 10 packs, the app’s sample library covers everything from classic 808s to futuristic sound design and industrial percussion. Each sample has individual controls for gain, pitch, tone, drive and filter, and can be assigned to choke groups.

Once samples are configured, the user can record to a click or freely with up to 20 takes of overdubbing, and DubBox will detect the BPM of a performance before stretching and quantizing the results accordingly, while preserving the feel of the original take. When quantizing voice recordings, DubBox’s Voice Warping function time-stretches the entire take to the grid rather than re-triggering individual hits on each beat.

When you’re happy with the results, you can export your input vocal, the sample track or a mix of both, or export a MIDI file to drop into your DAW.

“Everything we build starts from the same belief: the voice is the most immediate instrument there is,” said Vochlea CEO George Wright in a press release.

“DubBox is a new instrument for a new player, the beatmaker whose beat is already in their mouth. Beatbox in, finished drum loop out.”

Priced at $39/€39/£34, Vochlea DubBox is available now for macOS and Windows.

New Reverb Effect, REVERSIDE, For macOS & Windows


DEVPROAUDIO has released REVERSIDE 1.0.0, a new reverb for macOS and Windows in VST3, CLAP, and AudioUnit v2 formats.

REVERSIDE is a versatile dual-engine, fully algorithmic reverb. It gives separate control over the early reflections and the reverb tail, allowing users to shape the sense of space, depth, stereo width, tone, and decay in far more detail than a typical one-block reverb.

Sonically, it can deliver everything from natural rooms and halls to silky-smooth long tail decays and larger, more stylized, cinematic, and experimental spaces.

Features:

  • Versatile dual-engine fully algorithmic reverb with separate, highly tunable Early and Late Reflections engines.
  • Deep control over space, tone, stereo image, timing, and decay.
  • 3D positioning for placing a virtual source and listener inside a simulated acoustic space.
  • Useful for building a coherent shared space for multiple instruments in a mix.
  • Physically inspired room shaping plus familiar musical reverb controls.
  • Material/ER and Decay filter follow/match modes for linking tonal behavior across the engines.
  • 14 unique diffusion models.
  • Dedicated mini diffusers on both engines for extra density and texture.
  • Separate stereo controls for the Early and Late engines, with a special WIDE mode for the Late Reflections tail.
  • ER-to-LR send control with selectable pickup point in the Early Reflections chain.
  • Stereo shaping, filters, EQ, pitch-preserving modulation, and flexible pre-delay.
  • Automatic modes for reflection count and reverb time, derived from the geometry of the virtual space.
  • 3D processing can be switched separately for the direct path, Early Reflections, and Late Reflections, with selectable quality modes.
  • Extended tail envelope mode for creating non-exponential decay profiles, especially useful for hall simulations.
  • Two ways to control ER/LR and Dry/Wet mixing: balance-style workflow or absolute gain in dB, with automatic conversion between both views.
  • Absolute and relative room-size modes for shaping dimensions in different ways.
  • Can move from reverb into resonant, echo-like delay effects.
  • Unique reverb density control that simulates scattering through irregular, split bounces.
  • 100+ internal LFOs for animating many aspects of the algorithm while preserving harmonic detail in the tail.
  • Rich visual feedback with an interactive Position Display, dedicated Reflections and Reverb displays, and angle views for directional reflection patterns.

REVERSIDE 1.0.0 is available now for macOS and Windows for $135 USD.

ab Recorder, New App Lets You Create Ambisonics Recordings On Your iPhone


Audio Brewers has introduced ab Recorder, a new app that turns your iPhone into an Ambisonics field recorder and audiovisual capture device.

This video demonstrates using ab Recorder to record Ambisonics ambiences around Athens, Greece.

Features:

  • Created for iOS Devices with Ambisonics support:
    • iPhone 16 Pro
    • iPhone 16 Pro Max
    • iPhone 17 Pro
    • iPhone 17 Pro Max
  • Record 1st-Order Ambisonics (1OA) Lossless WAVs.
    • Audio Support: 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit Float @ 48kHz.
  • Record Video:
    • Video Support: HD, FHD, 4K @ 24, 30, 60fps

Optional Support for Dual Camera recording

    • PiP (HD, FHD @ 24, 30, 60fps, and 4K @ 24, 30fps)
    • Dual Camera 2xHD, 2xFHD @ 24, 30, 60fps, and 2x4K @ 24, 30fps
  • Optionally tag both Audio and Video with GPS location.
  • Automatically rotate SoundField to follow device’s orientation.
  • Flip Front/Back of the SoundField for selfie/front recordings.
  • Playback Ambisonics recordings in Stereo.

ab Recorder is available now as a free download with In-App purchases.