Sinevibes introduces Vague Binaural Time Diffusion Processor

 

Sinevibes has introduced Vague, a binaural time diffusion processor for Mac and Windows.

 

What Sinevibes say about it:

“In its core, the signal travels through a virtual space comprised of 16 all-pass comb filter stages, with their delay times progressively increasing from start to end. The more stages the signal passes through, the more blurred and smeared it becomes, losing its definition and transient sharpness.

But Vague goes much further than this: it offers binaural expansion via alternating, stereo-opposed time offsets in the individual all-pass stages, which adds quite a unique, three-dimensional vibe. Another very special feature is the four output snapshots taken as the signal passes through the virtual space: smoothly crossfading between them not only changes the diffusion density, but also makes the timeline granulated.

Moreover, Vague can run multiple independent LFOs to modulate its main parameters, creating a wide variety of rich and charismatic effects: time diffusion and dimensional expansion, blurred unison, granular scrubbing, psychedelic reverberation, and much more”.

 

 

Features:

  • Diffused space made of 16 chained all-pass comb filters with smooth crossfade between four output snapshots
  • Unique binaural expansion implemented via alternating and stereo-opposing time offsets
  • Two-way pre-delay line, with an ability for the wet signal to precede the dry signal
  • Two main LFOs (sine wave) and four additional chaos LFOs (random triangle) enable intricate parameter modulation
  • Lag filters on all continuous parameters for smooth, click-free adjustment
  • Supports mono › mono, mono › stereo, and stereo › stereo channel configurations

 

Vague is available now for $29.

 

 

Hampshire Electronics VULCAN 8-Voice Analog Polysynth – Sneak Preview

 

Hampshire Electronics, British Euro maker shared this sneak preview for the upcoming Vulcan 8-voice Eurorack analog polyphonic synthesizer.

The Vulcan is a switchable, 4 or 8 voice poly synth in Eurorack format. It features 2 oscillators with independent sub basses and filters. It has two ADSRS, for VCA and LP Filter, and three LFOs assignable, to 10 different destinations.

You can also store your patches in one of the 99 preset slots.

While the Vulcan is a Eurorack module, it does not offer any CV/Gate control – it’s designed to be a synthesizer module that can be mounted in a Eurorack system to add polyphony in a compact format.

 

Hampshire Electronics says that the Vulcan will be available to purchase very soon at a “very reasonable price”. Details are still to come at Hampshire Electronics website.

 

Latch, New iPad Sequencer is designed for Ambient Music

 

Seqsual shared this preview for sqsl Latch, described as a conceptual MIDI controller and sequencer, designed for working with drone, textural or soundscape synthesizer patches.

Latch takes a unique approach to MIDI control and latches notes. When you touch one of the pads, the note is activated and held on until new touch on the same pad is registered. The left slider controls the velocity of note to be activated.

Latch can send out MIDI notes, pitch bend and CC values.

There are 16 groups split into 2 banks (a, b, c, … p). Each group has an assignable MIDI channel, color and 8 Continuous Controllers (CC).

Every group also has a looper that records note state changes. Order and velocity of recorded notes is automatically shuffled after loop restarts to create variety. This function can be disabled by activating the group’s LOCK button. Loop playback speed is also adjustable (CLOCK parameter).

Group parameters (CC values, pitch bend, CLOCK and RATE) can be adjusted using sliders or modulated by internal randomizer, with adjustable range (RANGE parameter) and speed (LAG control – left-most slider).

LAG can be applied to parameter changes. When a new value is selected, the change does not happen immediately, but the value is transitioned to smoothly, based on the LAG time (left-most slider).

Setup setting (CC numbers, channels, colors, scale, root and MIDI output) are saved and recalled when app is restarted. Loops are not saved.

*Note: Latch is a sequencer/MIDI controller and does not create sound on its own. It generates MIDI messages which can be used to control software and hardware synthesizers.

The developers also note that Latch was designed for full-size iPads and it is not recommended for iPad Mini users.

sqsl Latch is available now for $19.99.