Sample Logic has introduced Animation Station 2.0, a major update to their MIDI sequencing tool, described as “the world’s most advanced and flexible arpeggiator”.
What they say about it:
“ANIMATION STATION 2.0 is an intuitive and dynamic one-stop solution for creating awesome arpeggio patterns with a little stutter and glitch on the side. The included presets offer a world with limitless possibilities, from simple standard arps to extreme experimental patterns and everything in between. For songwriting inspiration, try the melodic and chordal sequences, or drum machine style patterns for kicking your beats up a notch, or even glitchy stutters that would previously have taken forever to create using standard MIDI programming.”
New in Animation Station 2.0:
ABCD patterns: now it is possible to switch between 4 patterns. There is right-click menu for copying, pasting and reseting patterns. There are 4 key switches that can be attached. When host plays, plugin switches patterns at the first beat of the next bar.
Updated preset management to support ABCD presets as well as original 1-pattern presets. When a 1-pattern preset is picked, it is loaded into the currently active slot only; presets with several active patterns load into all slots and inactive slots are rewritten with default patterns. It is also possible to load a single pattern from any preset into the currently active slot by picking ABCD buttons at the right side of the preset name.
Global settings (gate, velocity sensitivity, swing) exposed as plugin parameters which enables users to modulate them.
Modulation system has been reworked with 2 modes: mod wheel does not edit sequence directly; instead, it is applied as modulation to stored values and visualized as semi-transparent fills on top of velocity/duration bars. Absolute mode ignores current values); Relative mode takes current step values as a mid-point.
Transpose sliders are reworked. Now there are 2 edit modes: octave and chromatic. Modes can be switched in the right-click menu under slider presets, or with a left click on the transpose slider then holding shift key while sliding up/down.
Extended stutter rates: added triplets.
Reworked Latch filter to support notes compound. When new note is played, latch filter activates to 200ms timeframe to let other notes of a potentially played chord to be latched as well. Then latch filter closes and resets currently latched notes when new notes or a chord is played.
Minor bug fixes and stability improvements.
Included new 250 preset expansion pack “Breaking Borders” by Ben Aylon added.
Animation Station 2.0 (VST/AU/AAX) is available now, with an intro price of $99.99 through August 22nd, 2023 (regular $149.99).
Module-makers Joranalogue Audio Design has announced that their Delay 1 split-phase bucket brigade delay module – originally introduced at Superbooth 2022, is now available worldwide.
Delay 1 is a fully analogue BBD-based Eurorack delay module with a multitude of features. An integrated temperature-compensated, high-frequency voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) provides the ‘clock’ signal necessary to drive the delay line within 1 to 50 ms. By increasing the drive frequency to over 20 kHz, the classic ‘BBD clock whine’ problem is eliminated, while still providing a wide range in delay time. Classic chorus, flanger and echo effects are easily achieved using the dry/wet blend, feedback and damping parameters.
Delay 1 also enables you to experiment with Karplus-Strong synthesis, a synthesis technique that can be used to create string and percussion type sounds. This is made easy by an integrated noise transient generator, driven by the ‘pluck’ input, and by the clock VCO’s 1 volt per octave response.
Features:
Analogue bucket brigade delay line.
Integrated temperature-stable high-frequency BBD clock VCO with fine and coarse tuning.
Split-phase topology with additive and subtractive dry/wet blend outputs.
Blend, feedback and damping (feedback filter) parameters. Positive or negative feedback with low or high pass filtering.
High-performance BBD drive circuitry and transparent compander chain ensure optimal signal fidelity.
Dedicated pluck trigger input for Karplus-Strong synthesis.
High-frequency BBD clock input and output to synchronise multiple delay lines.
Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour LEDs.
Trim potentiometer accessible from the front panel.
Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
Moog Music has announced that all eight of it’s Moogerfooger effects plug-ins are now available for iPhone and iPad.
Released as desktop plug-ins last fall, the effects are now available for iOS, including:
MF-101S Lowpass Filter
MF-102S Ring Modulator
MF-103S 12-Stage Phaser
MF-104S Analog Delay
MF-105S MuRF
MF-107S FreqBox
MF-108S Cluster Flux
MF-109S Saturator
Features:
Classic Moog Sound: These effects are designed to recreate the sound the original Moogerfooger hardware units.
Wide Range of Effects: Users can explore a comprehensive collection of effects, including classic analog delay, modulation, filtering, distortion, and more.
Intuitive Interface: The iOS versions of these tools feature a user-friendly interface, designed for effortless control and manipulation of parameters, enabling users to sculpt their sound with precision. Each effect is fully optimized to work across any iPhone or iPad using the latest operating software.
Preset Library: A vast library of presets covering a wide range of musical styles and genres provides a starting point for users to dive right into musical creation—or transform stock presets into something completely unique.
CV Interconnectivity: Moogerfooger Effects for iOS recreate the deep CV interconnectivity capabilities of the original hardware pedals, so that each instance of a Moogerfooger can modulate the parameters of any other across a user’s project.
Integrations & Compatibility: These effects seamlessly integrate with other iOS music apps in AUv3 format, allowing users to incorporate any iOS Moogerfooger into their existing workflow.
Moogerfooger Effects Plug-ins for iOS are available now to purchase and download in the App Store. For a limited time, each app is just $9.99—or as a bundle of all eight effects for $39.99.
