Synthesist John L Rice shared this sneak preview of an upcoming module from Synthetic Sound Labs, The Matrix Algorithmic Composer.
The Matrix is an algorithmic and deterministic event generator/sequencer, inspired by the rare Triadex Muse. The Triadex Muse is a rare algorithmic sequencer & synthesizer from the early ’70s, which creates sequences based on the position of 8 40-position sliders.
Like the original, the SSL Matrix can be used as a self-contained algorithmic sequencer & synthesizer.
The Matrix is also designed to integrate with MU format modular synth systems – and other analog gear – offering Clock and Reset inputs for syncing to other devices, and CV/Gate out for sequencing other synth voices.
Another example of SSL’s The Matrix module in action:
Details on pricing and availability of SSL’s The Matrix Algorithmic Composer are still to be announced.
Fiedler Audio, ‘the German reverb professionals’, has announced Spacelab 1.5, a significant update to their 3D Reverb, developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer Institute.
Spacelab 1.5 now seamlessly integrates with Dolby Atmos Composer. This means that there is now a 3D Reverb plug-in that feeds directly into the complete Dolby Atmos Bed.
New in Spacelab Interstellar and Spacelab Ignition 1.5:
Seamless integration with Dolby Atmos Composer
LFE HANDLING – LFE signals at the input will be handled properly and passed through to the output speaker layout. Spacelab’s speaker layout editor allows for freely assigning LFE(s) to the respective channel(s).
Reworked Binauraliser Algorithm
Better and smoother 3D panning plus 2 additional new spaces. The options Space – R,
Space – E and Space – O and the new Spaces A1 and A2 offer different overall tonal characters. Depending on the content now there is a choice for getting the best possible room response for monitoring and binaural production.
Apple Silicon Support
Mono Switch in Spacelab Beam addresses unwanted stereo operation forced by some DAWs (eg. Ableton LIVE, Reaper, BitWig)
Open Beam Editor directly from Spacelab
Beam Manual Delay Compensation on all DAWs – Allows for manual compensation of latency issues in buggy hosts (Logic Pro X 10.7.8, Pro Tools 2023.6)
Synthesist Bryan Noll (Lightbath) shared this live performance, from the Plant Music Lounge at South By Southwest (SXSW).
What Noll has to say about the performance:
“Revisit my immersive PlantWave performance at SXSW 2023, where I used real-time plant biodata to animate carefully designed musical systems in my modular synthesizer and computer.
Held in Data Garden’s Plant Music Lounge, this concert of guided generative music was an interspecies collaboration between myself and four houseplants.”
The Plant Music Lounge was a project of Plantwave, who make a device that translates signals from sensors that you can attach to plants into ambient music or MIDI signals.
The Lounge was intended to be a space where attendees could relax and recharge at SXSW.
