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Neutral Labs have introduced the Elmyra 2, a major upgrade over the first version, which was originally conceived a purely open-source project.

The Elmyra 2 is described as “a full-blown semi-modular microtonal workstation for drones and experimental sounds”.

The new instrument can be used as a desktop synthesizer, or as a 42 HP Eurorack module. It features 41 patch points and 31 modulation targets, 4 voices with up to 12 oscillators total, 9-per voice effects, VCF switchable between 4 types (on top of the per-voice LPF and HPF filters), 4 sequencers, a delay, a unique analog shaping/distortion circuit, 2 LFOs, a bunch of utilities, a lo-fi reverb and more.

There is an option to adjust the specific sound characteristics using preset cards (a set of 4 included). In addition, individual components, like diodes or capacitors, can be plugged directly into the front panel to change the sonic characteristics of the synth.

Features:

• 4 independent voices activated by touch or CV
• Wavetable-based complex oscillator engine, up to 12 oscillators in total, 1V/octave compatible
• Chromatic mode makes chords and harmonic sounds possible, microtonal scales supported
• 41 patch points
• 31 modulation targets
• Touchpads with analog envelopes that can be used as modulation sources
• Resonant filter switchable between:
  • “Boomy and aggressive” multimode 2-pole state variable filter (low-pass, band-pass, high-pass)
  • “Creamy” 4-pole low-pass ladder filter
• Delay with unhealthy amounts of feedback
• lo-fi reverb
• Analog OUCH circuit: a unique combination of destructive distortion, waveshaping and filtering
• Sonic character can be customized by using special preset cards (set of 4 included) or components like diodes that can be plugged into the front panel
• Preset cards can be used with other Neutral Labs modules
• External audio can be processed via audio input
• 9 per-voice modulations and effects:
  • Unison detune
  • Dual sub-oscillators
  • Saturation
  • Bitmangler
  • Sample rate reduction
  • Noise
  • High-pass filter
  • Low-pass filter
• 2 LFOs: 1 sine, 1 complex morphable
• 4 sequencers with arbitrary step length per voice (up to 128), allows polymetric structures
• Delay time and LFOs can be clock-synced or unsynced (tap tempo is also possible)
• Utilities
• Dual attenuator/buffered multiple/voltage generator
• CV summing circuit
• Case made of plant-based bioplastic and native German oak wood
• Boutique synth handmade in Germany

Elmyra 2 is available as a DIY kit for £277, and assembled as a Eurorack module for $529. Find out details on the Neutral Labs website.

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Open your mind, because Recluse Audio has made all of its plugins available for free: “What is frequency? What is pitch? What is rhythm? They’re kind of the same thing”

Recluse Audio has sprung best surprise by making all of its plugins available for free so, indulge your experimental side with the Stockhausen-inspired Pulsar 2.0, and download free reverb and flanger effects and a simple sampler, as well.

Pulsar 2.0 is the pick of the bunch, an experimental noise maker that promises “the highest level of spectral precision that synthesis can offer”.

Said to offer “all the transcendental tools of Curtis Roads, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and many more,” it is probably best if you watch the explanation video above to understand how this works.

“We’re going through the waves of time to that scientific, instantaneous moment,” says the developer. “This is why I think it has to do with free will… nature around us being the wave that pushes us in the directions, the frequency of the fundamental, but the formant is the characteristic of the individual.”

Ultimately, we’re asked: “What is frequency? What is pitch? What is rhythm? They’re kind of the same thing.”

Pulsar 2.0 looks like a lot of fun, and the original Pulsar is also still available.

Other plugins on the Recluse roster include the Reflections reverb/delay, a Flanger and Rompler, a simple sampler that enables you to drag and drop audio files onto its interface and tweak them with ADSR envelope controls. The Auto Visualizer Max4Live device is now free, too.

You can do your downloading over on the Recluse Audio website.

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Sonible’s AI-powered smart:gate plugin promises to trump its rivals by being ‘content-aware’. You can choose what kind of material you want it to target.

Sonible has expanded its range of smart, AI-powered plugins with the release of a gate. Unlike similar processors, which are triggered purely by input level, this is content-aware, and comes with a wide range of instrument and sound profiles.

These can be selected from a drop-down menu, and cover the likes of vocals, electric guitar and piano. The result, is a gate that delivers even if the target source varies in level, or if a competing signal is louder than the one you want to keep.

The level of the detected target signal is displayed in smart:gate’s visualiser, which should aid parameter tweaking. The Instant Replay feature predicts the impact on the entire signal when those tweaks are made.

You can turn off the content awareness and use the plugin as a standard gate if you wish, in addition there’s a content-aware ducking mode that will reduce the selected target signal. The gating can be tailored across the frequency spectrum using the three-band suppression control.

smart:gate runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX formats and is available now for the introductory price of €89 (as of 21 August the price will be €129). Find out more and download a demo on the Sonible website.

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