Audec Shape, a new VST/AU plugin that you can download for free: – a waveshaper/wavefolder for everyone.
Waveshaper/wavefolder plugins do not get much simpler than Audec Shape.
The top section of the interface is taken up by the Scope, which visualises the shaping curve. There are five to choose from: Hard Clip, Soft Clip, Tube, Triangle, and Sine.
What few controls there are positioned below it. The Input knob adjusts the amount of gain – more gain produces more harmonics – while dialling in the bias creates asymmetrical distortion, which leads to “warm even harmonics”.
Over to the right you will find Dry/Wet and Output controls, while you also have the option to select the oversampling factor , increasing it means less noise but more CPU overhead and latency.
You can download Shape for free from the Audec website. It runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU formats.
Tangible Waves introduces the AE Modular Synth Explorer Ultimate. It is a fully-featured modular synthesizer, designed primarily for educational purposes.
The AE Modular format is a new modular format that is designed to be relatively inexpensive. While it is Eurorack-like, it uses rubber-stamped faceplates and patch-wires for patching, eliminating much of the cost of manufacturing modules. As a result, most AE modules are priced around 20-40 Euro.
The AE Modular Synth Explorer Ultimate system includes the following modules:
MASTER I/O (power, MIDI, CV/Gate, Audio in/out)
2OSC/d (two oscillators with sawtooth and square waveforms)
DRUMKIT 010 (lofi drum samples)
2LFO (two low frequency oscillators with various waveforms)
2ENV (two attack/decay envelopes with looping function)
WASPFILTER (an iconic filter with a lot of character)
SVFILTER (a state variable filter which can go into self oscillation)
2VCA (two voltage controlled amplifiers)
BRAEDBOARD (a blank canvas for circuit experiments)
2S&H (dual sample and hold)
2ATT/CV (dual attenuator and CV generator)
MM-DIV (multi mode clock divider)
SEQ8 (8 step CV and Gate sequencer with different run modes)
QUANTIZER (4 channel CV quantizer with many different scale modes)
METER (oscilloscope, frequency spectrum, tuner, voltmeter)
GRAINS (fully programmable module based on the Arduino)
MIXER 4-4 (two 4 channel mixers)
DELAY (analogue delay)
HPAMP (headphone amplifier with dual outputs and volume control)
Ahead of Superbooth 2021, Winter Modular & Plankton Electronics have introduced the ZAPS Eurorack Module.
Details are to be announced, but ZAPS is a Euro format percussion module, featuring an analog voice designed by Plankton Electronics, digital control designed by Winter Modular and an interface designed by Miguel Angel Martínez.
