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Today, Sinevibes introduced Flare, a new additive synthesis oscillator plugin for the Korg prologue, minilogue xd and NTS-1.

Flare runs 8 sine wave partials, configured as a harmonic series, that can be further shaped by one of many different pitch ratio curves, which allows the plugin to produce a wide range of timbres: from smooth and organic to atonal and metallic.

The “spectrum trim” feature makes it possible to gradually reduce the amount of additive harmonics, essentially acting like an ideal brick-wall low-pass filter – plus, it’s always working progressively towards the higher frequency range, resulting in a clean output with zero aliasing.

Flare also features a built-in multi-mode modulation generator, which can be applied to three parameters at the same time, adding dynamic sound animation.

Features:

• Additive synthesis engine with 8 sine wave partials and full aliasing suppression.
• Tone shaping via multiple harmonic pitch ratio curves and variable spectrum trim.
• Built-in envelope generator and LFO for modulating pitch, spectral curve and spectral trim parameters.
• Built-in lag filters for noise-free, ultra-smooth parameter adjustment and modulation.

Flair is available now for $29.

Breaking up is hard to do, sang Neil Sedaka, but stem separation services and plugins are fast becoming ubiquitous. Perhaps developers sense a gold rush before this kind of audio extraction becomes a feature that comes standard in every DAW; Apple recently added it via updates to Logic Pro for Mac and iPad, and we’d already seen it in the likes of FL Studio and Serato Studio.

To be fair to zplane, though, it has plenty of history as far as audio algorithms go – see its previous work in the areas of timestretching and pitchshifting – so the release of Peel Stems, its own take on the stem separation paradigm, feels like a logical next step.

Offering all the features of the existing Peel plugin, including its Focus Frame EQ, Peel Stems has an advantage over some of its competitors in that it works in real-time – there’s no waiting for the stem separation process to be done offline before you hear and tweak the results. It’s said to operate at low latency, giving you immediate hands-on control over the various parts of the mix.

As seems to be standard with these processors, tracks are split into four parts: Drums, Bass, Vocals and ‘Other’. You can turn each stem on or off, and there are also independent level knobs so that you can rebalance a mix from within the plugin.

Each stem also has an ‘isolation’ fader so that you can finetune separation precision, and a soundfield display visualises the audio in real-time, with each stem’s signal represented by coloured glowing circles so that you can see where in the stereo field and frequency range it’s placed.

The Focus Frame EQ enables you to dive even deeper. You can isolate the snare or kick from your drums, for example, so that it can be processed individually.

“Peels Stems provides DAW users with a completely new and intuitive tool for audio manipulation,” reckons zplane’s co-founder and head researcher Tim Flohrer. “Being able to unmix tracks in real-time opens up possibilities that were unthinkable just a few years ago. We can’t wait to see how people get creative with this!”

Peel Stems runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX formats and is available now for €59 (an introductory coupon code enables you to get 25% off this price). A crossgrade from Peel, meanwhile, costs €19 – this can currently be had at a 50% discount.

Find out more on the zplane website.

Intellijel has introduced Atlantix, the successor to their Atlantis all-in-one Eurorack voice module, inspired by the Roland SH-101.

The Intellijel Atlantix is a complete analog subtractive synth voice in 42HP. It provides all the fundamental building blocks needed to make sounds in Eurorack: VCOs, VCF, VCA, S&H, Noise, and an Envelope.

Atlantix features immediate, hands-on control, with 20 sliders, 4 knobs, 27 toggles, and 2 rotary switches. 32 patch points let you integrate the Atlantix deeply into modular systems. And the optional Atlx expander adds 16 additional patch points & ring mod.

Features:

• Cascaded 4-Pole multimode filter with LP2, BP2, LP4, BP4, HP4, and Phaser modes
• Two Triangle Core VCOs
• VCO A: Thru-Zero FM with INDEX and PWM, Hard/Soft Sync, Octave switch
• VCO B: Linear FM, LFO/VCO switch, Hard Sync, Octave switch
• Suboscillator with three modes spanning two octaves
• White and Pink noise sources
• Six-channel mixer comprising VCO A Waveforms, Sub, Noise, and two Aux inputs
• Aux inputs have switched normals with sources from VCO A and B for quick paraphonic play without patching
• Mixer Aux 2 can be routed post-VCF / pre-VCA
• Mod X and Y buses allow for quick modulation routing of VCO B, S&H, Noise, and feedback sources without patching
• Both Mod X and Y buses have polarity and level-shifting switches
• Analog ADSR envelope with three time ranges, manual gate, and level (velocity) input
• Patchable Sample and Hold modulation source
• Asymmetric and symmetric output distortion modes
• 20 Sliders, 4 Knobs, 27 toggles, and 2 Rotary switches for expressive hands-on control
• 32 Jacks for creative and complex patching options
• 16 additional jacks with the optional Atlx expander

The Intellijel Atlantix is available now for $699. The Atlx expander is $59.