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Polyend has released Tracker v1.5, a firmware update that lets you save separate instruments with their settings, so you can import them to other projects, select slices in sample playback and more.

New Features:

• Tracker can now save separate instruments with all their settings. This allows importing those instruments to other projects you’re working on.
• You can now select slices in sample playback Beat Slice mode by pressing the corresponding pads
• The “Step” function button label in Pattern Editor is now labeled “Step jump”

Bug Fixes:

• Incorrect Fill range in certain settings is now fixed,
• Sample recorder wasn’t recording if MIDI chord was playing,
• Un-deletable instrument after loading project from the previous version is now fixed,
• 5.0b1 regression: samples could be normalized to 0 after adding a new sample to the song,
• Fixed freeze after changing granular LFO settings,
• Bringing up the Instruments popup on the Tracker screen occasionally resulted in a flickering screen,
• Slice fill effect counted “From” and “To” ranges incorrectly,
• Tracker mixer’s visual performance is now better,
• Removing OFF events revealed a left-over MIDI instrument on the track,
• Beat slices weren’t fully displaying,
• “Render Selection” was sometimes inconsistent,
• Horizontal view mode edits weren’t always refreshing correctly on-screen,
• Sample preview in Sample Recorder was sometimes distorted,
• Volume of fast rolls was increasing on the last step of a pattern,
• TSTP FX is not anymore interfering with song export,
• Tempo FX values below 40 were treated as T40,
• Current playing pattern wasn’t always in sync with highlighted song slot on the Song screen,
• Sidechain limiter stopped working after playing sound in Sample Editor/Sample Recorder,
• Active Reverb was cut when Sample Recorder was entered, even if “No” was selected,
• Subtle Limiter attack and release sounded too short after device restart,
• Changing radio region to Japanese didn’t apply until device restart,
• Part of the “Additional Info” bar was clearing when moving between Pattern Editor and other screens,
• Using Shift+Up to select contents of the current track selected all tracks instead when sequencer was running

See the Polyend website for details.

Puremagnetik has introduced Ember, an open-source microsound resynthesizer.

Here’s what they say about it:

“Ember is a sophisticated microsound collage tool that employs granular resynthesis to configure complex sound composites. Inspired by musique concrète pioneers of the past several decades, Ember harnesses modern digital algorithms with classic splicing techniques to create dense and evolving soundscapes. Point it to a folder of sounds and Ember will generate a composite of granular textures that you can later use in your electronic composition process.”

Controls:

• Composite Time – The length of the output recording (in seconds)
• Min Sound Dur – the minimum length to slice a sound (in seconds)
• Max Sound Dur – the maximum length to slice a sound (in seconds)
• BINARL – Create a spatial audio (binaural) mix
• RENDER – Load the samples and begin processing. Abort the recording by pressing it again.

Ember is available as part of Puremagnetik’s $9/month Lore subscription.

It is also open source, though, so you can download the source code to compile yourself.

Analogue Solutions has announced that the new Fusebox X, the latest incarnation of their Fusebox synthesizer, is now available to pre-order.

The Fusebox is a three-oscillator analog monophonic synthesizer that they say fuses the company’s ‘vintage sound’ with an advanced choice of modulation and melodic possibilities.

New in the Fusebox X:

• Tri-phonic mode (3-note poly)
• More Jacks – some rocker switches were replaced with jack sockets for more patchability
• The Interval Generator and Patternator pots were updated to precision type
• 440Hz tuner tone
• Interval Generator clock input – allows automatic transposition in a variety of ways
• Bar1 / Note0 trigger outputs – versatile alternative ways to trigger the Patternator and Interval Generator
• Arpeggiator replaced with mini step sequencer
• Many internal performance tweaks
• All sounds in the preview video, embedded above, are from the Fusebox X synth.

The Fusebox X is available now to pre-order for 1,350.00, excluding VAT.