Developer Cem Olcay has introduced Note to Be, a MIDI Quantizer for iOS and Apple Silicon.
Note to Be is designed to process MIDI and automatically quantize the notes to the nearest selected note that you’ve selected.
Features:
Customizable Note Selection: Choose individual notes from any octave, or apply your selection across the full -1 to +8 octave range.
Octave Flexibility: Work within the entire octave spectrum, selecting and unselecting notes with a simple tap.
MIDI CC Integration: Use MIDI CC from hardware controllers or apps like ShiftBud to convert control changes into quantized notes. Easily create chord voicings and dynamic live performances.
Multi-Synth Support: Assign different MIDI channels to multiple synths, allowing each to respond to the quantized MIDI output independently.
Live Performance Enhancement: Engage the ‘all notes’ toggle to instantly apply note selections across all octaves or quickly select notes in a specific key and scale.
*Note: Note to Be is a MIDI app and does not produce any sound on its own. You need a MIDI input source and an audio output destination in order to work with Note to Be. The AUv3 plugin requires an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, Cubasis, Nanostudio, apeMatrix, Audiobus etc.
Sound designer and synthesist Benjamin Dehli shared this video demo of his Blade Runner inspired sound design for the Yamaha DX7.
What he say about it:
“The Yamaha CS-80 and Yamaha DX7 are probably polar opposites in both operation and sound. The CS-80 is an analog subtractive synthesizer, whereas the DX7 is a digital synthesizer that uses frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. The only thing they really have in common is the Yamaha brand name.
This experiment was an attempt to see if I could make the DX7 sound somewhat close to the iconic CS-80 sound famously used by Vangelis in the Blade Runner soundtrack.”
Dehli’s DX7 take isn’t an exact match for the original, but it’s surprising how good it sounds, recreated on a synth best known for its digital FM sounds.
The video is a preview of an upcoming DX7 sound library, which Dehli plans to make available via his store.
Miles Away – latest video – takes a look at the Oberheim OB-X8 synthesizer, with V2 firmware.
He describes the OB-X8 as “a certified modern classic”, calling out its updated synthesis capabilities, MPE support, binaural synthesis implementation and – most of all – its sound.
He is especially taken with the OB-X8’s binaural synthesis capability, which uses two synth voices to independently generate left and right audio signals, creating “an absolutely amazing three-dimensionality and stereo width.”
Watch the video and share your thoughts on the Oberheim OB-X8 in the comments!
