Are you wondering what happened to all those fidget spinners that children were playing with several years ago? Well, NoodleVolt has part of the answer. Its new Eurorack module uses one of these swirly stress relievers to control the rate of an LFO.
Additional control is restricted to an attenuator that limits the range of the output; this can be controlled via a CV input (plug in a gate, LFO or envelope to add a rhythmic pulse, for example). And there is a CV output.
NoodleVolt is selling its first run of Fidget Spinner prototypes for $120 on its Reverb shop with the aim of funding mass production. We are assured that each unit has been hand-wired and tested carefully.
Spectrasonics has unveiled its new Sonic Extensions, add-ons for Omnisphere 2 that grant users new sounds, features and effects.
Four new themed instruments for Omnisphere 2:
There are currently four Sonic Extensions: Undercurrent, which is designed for “dark electronic scoring”; Nylon Sky, an ambient acoustic guitar; the retro-sounding Unclean Machine; and Seismic Shock, which is suitable for heavy, modern electronica.
At launch, each of these comes with a deep, multi-gigabyte set of multisampled sounds and two new and exclusive effects. Once you have the Sonic Extension, these effects can also be applied to all of your other Omnisphere content, and also to ‘satellite’ Spectrasonics instruments such as Keyscape and Trilian.
In addition, each Sonic Extension has its own bespoke control set, so it looks like an instrument in its own right. Note: You will need to have Omnisphere v2.8 or later installed if you want to run any of them.
Four Sonic Extensions:
Nylon Sky
From guitar sampling legend Bob Daspit
Exclusive new “Sky Verb” shimmer reverb effect
Exclusive new “Sky Channel™” Class-A channel strip effect
Hybrid ambient guitar sounds and organic textures
Realism control adds lifelike imperfections – breathing, noises
Easily mix between three mic channels – Tube, X/Y, Wide
Fingerstyle, Picked, and Flamenco performance styles
Muted, Tremolo, Harmonics, and other playing techniques
Extraordinary new Strumming feature with Humanity and Life
Build your own strum patterns with new Arp step modifiers
Round Robins, Legato articulations and more…
Undercurrent
A “dark masterpiece” by Spectrasonics designer Ignacio Longo
Exclusive new “Under Fire” saturator/comp/EQ effect
Exclusive new “Under Echo” pitch-shifted ambience effect
Over 2,000 sounds in eleven different categories
Powerful Custom Controls for creative sound manipulation
Over 300 extraordinary new Soundsources (over 7GB)
If you have a Roland TR-8S or TR-6S drum machine, this Roland’s free TR-8S and TR-6S editor lets you dive deeper into your drum machine than ever before, and this software editor comes in handy, as well.
A software editor that could enable you to get more out of your hardware.
Enter the TR-Editor, a new free PC and Mac app that is designed to offer a different and improved TR workflow.
This features a graphical interface with expanded visual controls and organizational tools. The tabbed GUI enables you design new kits and sounds without any menu diving, with all parameters available on a single screen. You can draw motion data, as well and view all effect parameters simultaneously.
In addition, there is a breakout librarian window that makes it easier for you to organize and manage patterns and kits. This enables you to access the complete TR library and use the filtering options to customize sounds.
