Lunacy Audio’s CUBE Lets You Explore Sounds Through 3D Interface

Lunacy Audio has introduced CUBE, a new dimension of sound.  A new software instrument that lets you create and explore sounds through a 3D interface.

 

CUBE maps samples to the corners of a virtual ‘cube’, and then lets you explore the sonic space as you ‘move’ within the cube.

 

Features:

  • 100+ Sampled Instruments
  • Over 3000 samples with multiple dynamic layers
  • 400+ Presets
  • 40+ Orbits – Creative motion presets for transforming your patches
  • 8 Samplers – Each with an arpeggiator, filters, envelopes, step sequencers, reverse, monophonic, glide, pan, and tuning
  • 13 FX Modules – Filters, Visual EQ, Saturation, Waveshaping Distortion, Bitcrusher, Compressor, Chorus, Phase, Delay, Algorithmic Reverb,
  • Convolution Reverb, Limiter
  • Powerful Modulation System – 4 detailed LFOs, macro control, and a beautifully-designed modulation matrix
  • Custom Graphics Engine – A proprietary OpenGL graphics engine for visualizing your presets and transforming your sound in real-time
  • Orbit Customizer – Build and save your own orbits from scratch with per-axis control
  • Randomization Algorithms – Quickly create new patches by randomizing sounds, orbits, and FX
  • Eco-Mode – A special CPU saving feature that minimizes RAM usage and CPU load
  • Custom MIDI Control – Set global CCs for the Orb position and main page controls

 

Lunacy Audio CUBE is available now, for macOS and Windows, for $249.

 

Free Editor and Librarian Software For Jupiter-X, Jupiter-Xm Synthesizers

 

Roland has introduced a free graphical editor and librarian app, Jupiter-X Editor, for both macOS & Windows.

 

The Roland Jupiter-X and Xm synths offer plenty of fast hands-on control, but they are also deep machines that have a lot going on under the hood.

 

To help you access the instruments’ finer details, Roland JUPITER-X Editor – for both the Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm –  a standalone graphical editor and librarian for managing scenes and individual tones in one place. The editor offers a powerful Scene Builder for designing complex layers and performance setups, and a Part Editor that features the massive parameter section available for the ZEN-Core engine and Model Expansions.

 

When connected, the hardware and editor work together seamlessly, with real-time updates when changes are made.

 

The JUPITER-X Editor can be downloaded for free today via Roland Cloud Manager.

IK Multimedia SampleTron 2 plugin Goes Beyond Creating The Mellotron

 

IK Multimedia SampleTron 2 plugin is more than a Mellotron, offering tape-based instruments galore.

 

IK Multimedia SampleTron was released more than a decade ago, but a new version looks set to put it back on the vintage keyboard plugin agenda.

 

The SampleTron II represents a complete overhaul of the original software, which emulated tape-based instruments such as the iconic Mellotron. Version 2 combines the sound engine from IK SampleTank 4 with its tape-modelling technology, and includes ‘deep-sampled’ versions of vintage Mellotron and Chamberlin tapes.

 

Besides, you also get a new collection of ‘non-Tron’ acoustic sounds such as choir, strings, brass, organ, piano and bass, along with synths and vocoders. These all come with tape processing, too, and the flexibility extends even further with the option to import your own samples.

 

 

 

In addition, Presets in SampleTron 2 are formed from up to three ‘Tracks’ with more than 400 are included and all ten of the vintage keyboard models are designed to look like their hardware counterparts. You can adjust the volume, pan, finetune, transpose, and high and low note range for each Track, and there are additional synth-style controls, including a filter that can be applied to each track individually or all of them combined. Effects include a channel strip with EQ and compressor, a multi-modulation effect, and a vintage plate reverb.

 

The SampleTron II can works both standalone and as a plugin (VSTS/AU/AAX), and can also be used as a library in SampleTank 4.1.4

SampleTron 2 is available now with an introductory price of $200/€200. Existing customers should see the site for upgrade pricing.