Frap Tools shared this in-depth look at their new quadruple analog pingable multimode resonant filter, saturator, mixer, and oscillator for Eurorack modular synthesizers, CUNSA.
They describe it as their sound seasoning tool, because “it can gently even a patch, applying a final touch, or set it on fire with a ridiculous amount of spice.”
CUNSA consists of four multimode resonant filters, with a custom saturation and feedback control that you can use independently or in various combinations and roles, thanks to “Seminormalizations”.
Features:
Four Analog Resonant Multimode Filters
Unique ‘Character’ Circuit for Feedback and Distortion
V/Oct Tracking and Quadruple Oscillator
Ping and Ring
Linked or Individual Filtering
Filter and Combo Behavior
Four Seminormalizations for Group Use
Analog Mixing Stage and Group Outputs
CV Inputs with Attenuators
Audio Demos:
The CUNSA is priced at MSRP of €840,00 + VAT. Find out more on the Frap Tools website for availability info.
Ableton Certified Trainer Madeleine Bloom has released the Sonic Bloom Drift Live Pack, featuring 64 new presets for the Drift synthesizer in Ableton Live 11:
“Sonic Bloom Drift contains 64 carefully designed presets and Instrument Racks for the versatile Drift synth. It covers a wide range of sounds from bass, leads, pads, to experimental. “
Sinevibes has released four new effect plugins for Korg Prologue, Minilogue XD and NTS-1 synths: Hollow, Isomer, Luminance and Vibrant.
Hollow is billed as a ‘space reverb’. It features a feedback delay network comprising up to 64 connections and promises a “lush, almost three-dimensional sound.” Tail times can reach 120 seconds with all settings maxed out, and there’s unison-style modulation via three phase-shifted sine oscillators.
Isomer is an ensemble delay. There are two main stereo delays that feed into four additional ones – these have their own individual feedback lines and can have their times modulated by four separate LFO signals.
Luminance is another reverb, this time of the ‘shimmer’ variety. Its tail gradually pitchshifts itself upwards or downwards, and the plugin is based on a feedback delay network which incorporates a granular pitch shifter and chorus-style time modulation. Luminance follows the musical content you feed it, so you can use it to create a background sound layer of string- or organ-style ambience.
Lastly, Vibrant, a classic analogue-style phaser that connects six two-pole all-pass filters in series and has a global feedback loop. This produces three deep notches in the incoming audio’s spectrum, and there’s a built-in triangle LFO that sweeps the centre frequency between 800 and 3200Hz (exactly two octaves)
Hollow, Isomer, Luminance and Vibrant cost $19 each, and are also available in a bundle of all 21 of Sinevibes’ Korg effects. This costs $229, which is 43% cheaper than the cost of buying them all separately.
