BOSS introduces FS-1-WL Wireless Footswitch

 

BOSS has introduced the FS-1-WL Wireless Footswitch, a multi-function foot controller that’s designed to control digital music score apps, YouTube videos, DAWs, and supported BOSS and Roland gear wirelessly over Bluetooth.

You can connect a MIDI cable to control wired multi-effect processors, pedals, and other MIDI hardware. And with the dedicated editor/librarian app, the FS-1-WL can be customized to control nearly any software application or MIDI device.

 

 

FS-1-WL can send keyboard commands over Bluetooth to smartphones, tablets, and computers, and comes with three pre-loaded setups for popular apps. Users can also change presets, control effects, and more on Bluetooth-equipped BOSS products like Pocket GT, Katana-Air, and Waza-Air, or the GX-100 via the Bluetooth Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor.

In addition, the FS-1-WL supports communication with Roland’s WM-1 Wireless MIDI Adaptor and WM-1D Wireless MIDI Dongle to control MIDI hardware devices and computers without built-in Bluetooth support.

With the FS-1-WL editor/librarian app on a Mac/Windows computer or iOS/Android mobile device, users can assign custom keyboard commands to the footswitches, either single keystrokes or combinations with modifier keys like shift and control. And in MIDI mode, custom PC and CC messages can be assigned. The app software also provides the ability to save and organize configurations for different needs.

Two AAA alkaline batteries offer up to 14 hours of operation on the move, and AC power is supported with an optional BOSS PSA adaptor.

 

Up to two external footswitches can be connected to the FS-1-WL for expanded control, both with MIDI messages and keyboard commands. An external expression pedal can also be connected for continuous parameter control of any device that responds to MIDI CC messages. The FS-1-WL features a TRS MIDI jack for wired operation of MIDI hardware devices. It also functions as a plug-and-play MIDI input device for computers and mobile devices over USB.

BOSS FS-1-WL will be available in the U.S. in November for $129.99.

 

BLEASS releases Megalit Wavetable Synth for iOS, Mac and Windows

 

BLEASS has introduced Megalit, a new wavetable synth for iOS, Mac and Windows that they say “packs the stunning depth, power and sound quality of modern plugin synthesizers into an instrument that’s as satisfying to play as it is easy to program.”

 

Megalit features a blend of wavetable and classic subtractive oscillators, flexible filtering and post-processing, and an extensive set of advanced modulation sources, paired with an intuitive interface.

Features:

 

  • Advanced wavetable oscillators can adjust both wavetable position and fold, bringing near-infinite variety to each of the synth’s 135 wavetables;
  • Per-oscillator unison mode allows you to create complex layering that would normally require you to load additional synths into your project;
  • Noise generator with dedicated high- and low-pass filtering for flexible non-tonal sounds and sound components;
  • Resonant high-pass and low-pass filters that can be applied to individual oscillators or pairs of oscillators, as can the built-in waveshaper and bit-crusher processors;
  • Four LFOs, each with its own timing curve and output smoothing, that allow for the creation of complex modulation patterns;
  • Advanced Motion Sequencer, for the creation of complex repeating modulation patterns;
  • Per-patch storage of performance controller response curves ensure a sound will always respond the way you
  • expect it to;
  • A patch randomizing feature that they say is designed to always produces usable sounds; and
  • Built-in multi-band upward/downward compressor, providing control over a sound’s dynamics and punchiness.

 

Megalit is available now, with the following intro pricing:

  • Desktop: intro price $49 / €49 (instead of ($99 / €99)
  • iOS: intro price $14.99 / €17.99 (instead of $24.99 / €29.99) until December 5th.

 

AudioThing releases Filterjam as a Free Download for Linux

 

AudioThing has informed us that Filterjam, their free multi-band resonant filter audio effect for Mac and Windows, is now available as a free download for Linux.

 

Filterjam is a multi-band resonant filter, designed to create weird ringmod-like filtered sounds. The input signal is divided into 4 bands that are then summed or multiplied together according to the selected mode.

Filterjam is available now for macOS, Windows, and Linux (VST, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP).