BLEASS has introduced Dragonfly, described as “a completely new approach to tremolo effect”.
Dragonfly is designed to let you make your synths, voices or melody “vibrate” in correspondence with its own frequencies. Or – as with sidechain compression – you can have the effect synced to your bass or other track.
Dragonfly automatically syncs the tremolo effect applied on a track using various triggers:
First, you can use the pitch tracking module on either the input audio track (“self mode”) or a sidechained audio track (“sidechain mode”).
You also can use the MIDI input to trigger Dragonfly with accuracy: the tremolo will automatically sync with the notes’ frequencies.
Finally, a manual mode allows you to set a fixed frequency. Then you can finetune your settings by adjusting the fine, factor, smoothness, stereo, attack & release.
The “Wild” mode applies a waveshaper to the signal to produce a subtle saturation. The final tremolo effect rate is mirrored by the flapping wings of the Dragonfly.
Open-source DAW Ardour 7 is getting Ableton Live-style clip launching.
They note that “Things are far from finished, and there’s a lot left to do, but this video will give the first sense of one way that Ardour might present this functionality.”
Details on release date for Ardour 7 are to be announced. The current stable version is 6.9.
If you want to go down the open-source route with your DAW, Ardour is a great option, and it is soon set to benefit from the addition of Ableton Live-style clip launching in version 7.
The Session View-style workflow has found its way into quite a few other DAWs over the past few years – the likes of Bitwig Studio, Logic Pro and Digital Performer all offer their own takes on it – and Ardour looks to follow a similar pattern.
Check out a preview in the video above. While this is by no means the finished article, it does give you an idea of how clip launching in Ardour will work.
You can download the Ardour source code for free, while the ready to run version can be had on subscription or for a single payment. There’s also a free demo that periodically goes silent after 10 minutes.
Can you make a tune out of the Mac startup sound and the click of an iPod wheel?
Apple put music front and centre at today’s launch event, which saw the arrival of brightly-colored HomePod minis, new AirPods, a Dolby Atmos-toting update to Logic Pro and, of course, those new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros.
The company also celebrated its contribution to music production by giving us Start Up, a new track made from 45 years of Apple sounds.
This clever composition – created in Logic Pro, obviously – comes from artist-producer AG Cook, who created the track using just (deep breath) the following noises:
iMac G3 Startup
MacBook Pro Startup
AirPods Case Closing
iOS Alert
HomePod Minimum Volume
iPod Click Wheel
Note Alert
Email Whoosh
MagSafe Charger
Night Owl Ringtone
HomePod Nope
HomePod PingPong
Mac 2020 Alert
Empty Trash
Message Sent
Message Received
HomePod Device Identify
iPhone Keyboard
Airdrop Invite
Mac Sosumi
Apple Pay
Watch the video and listen, and see how many you can spot.
