Developer Marcus Dunn has introduced Acid Drip, a DIY bassline synth and drum machine.
Here’s what Dunn has to say about it:
“Have you ever heard a Roland TB-303 Bassline synth being played? Well if you’re listened or danced to house, trance or techno music, then there is a good chance you have heard one before.
I decided I wanted to make my own (you can actually by a Behringer TD3-303 clone for relatively cheap – but why buy when you can make!) using a Raspberry Pi and a handful of components.
The original 303 uses a lot of passive and components like Op amps and matched pairs of transistors to build the classic filters and sound effects you hear. However, I’m a little too lazy these days to have to work with all those components and built the synth on a Raspberry Pi.
Unlike the original, Acid Drip is very easy to play – you can turn it on and start busting out grooves straight away.”
Acid Drip is available now as a DIY project via Github.
Sugar Bytes recently introduced the DrumComputer Claude Extension, a free add-on that lets you make beats via text prompts.
The DrumComputer Claude Extension lets you generate complete DrumComputer sounds from a single text prompt. Watch the video demo for examples of this in action.
It’s available now at the Sugar Bytes site.
Forma Labs Audio has introduced Filament, a real-time MIDI orchestration engine for macOS.
Filament hosts and controls up to 64 AU/VST3 instruments inside a single DAW track. It combines instrument hosting, MIDI routing, voice allocation, clips, arpeggiators, keyswitch management, mixer states, and reusable performance setups into a single workflow.
Filament has an automatic chord re-voicing engine that adapts incoming chords into orchestration-aware voicings, while remaining highly configurable for different instrument types and arrangements.
The result is that you can play live, with full orchestral, synth, or percussion setups from a single track. The automatic re-voicing ensures that you have full arrangement, without the ‘chipmunk’ effect of instruments being played outside their ranges.
Watch the video demo, embedded above, and share your thoughts in the comments!
Filament is available now, with an intro price of £99 (normally £149).
