Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has introduced WoodTroller v1.0, a new app/auv3 plugin that turns your Mac or iOS device into an MPE multi-touch bar keyboard and MIDI macro controller.
The MPE touch bar supports multiple notes (on iPad) with individual pitch shift (horizontal movement), pressure and CC74 (vertical movement). Number of notes visible, center note and pitch end values for MPE and non-MPE can be user set.
WoodTroller has 8 general purpose rotary controls:
Each can send 6 different CC messages to different channels.
Each of the 6 command values can be mapped differently to the full rotary range.
So 1 rotary can control several parameters on the same or on different instruments.
Rotary names, color, unit, range can all be user set.
WoodTroller also has 8 general purpose on-off or push buttons:
Each button can send up to 8 different midi commands (CC, PC, NoteOn, …) to different channels.
This allows to quickly switch multiple midi instruments or devices to another program or to other settings.
Each midi command’s data value can be auto incremented/decremented.
All button names, color, type can be user set.
All settings can be stored in presets in iCloud, which allows for automatic preset syncing between several WoodTrollers on different devices.
WoodTroller is available as stand-alone app and as AUv3 plugin. The developer says that it’s mainly meant for iPad, but also runs on MacOS (single touch).
Isla Instruments has released a new firmware update for the Isla Instruments S2400, a sampling workstation and drum machine described as “The spiritual successor to the greatest drum machine the world ever saw.”
The S2400 OS update includes a long list of fixes and new features:
Live Looping has had a major overhaul. You can now Live Loop in stereo, have more banks, and set different inputs for each one.
For those of you with an old-school E-mu SP-1200, there is great news. The S2400 can now import samples and sequences from SP-1200 floppy drive images.
Then there’s the new Round Robin playback feature that adds variation and generative sequencing to your patterns.
Miscellaneous weaks and fixes, making this the instrument’s “most stable OS update yet”.
Updating is easy, just download the update copy it to your SD card, and the S2400 will do the rest.
UDO has announced the “Welcome Spring” patch series, a new collection of free sound libraries for the Super 6 synthesizer:
“The days are growing longer, the trees are awakening from wintertide, and the optimism for the changing of season feels tangible. What better way to celebrate spring than some fresh Super 6 patches?!
Over the next 2 weeks, in the countdown to British Summer Time, we’ll be releasing free patches from an array of different sound designers, including the likes of Drew Neumann, Benny Bock, Elijah Fox, VOOO and Nick Sarazen.
The patches vary in style and genre, and we hope there is something in there which will pique everyone’s interest. Keep an eye on our socials where we’ll be regularly posting these patches over the next 2 weeks.”
The first collection features sounds created by composer & synthesist Drew Neumann, (Aeon Flux, The Wild Thornberrys), who has contributed sounds for synths from DSI/Sequential, Tom Oberheim, Studio Electronics, Waldorf, Ensoniq, Moog Music, Arturia and others.
