AJH Synth has introduced the Tone Science Chance Delay, the second of its Eurorack modules designed in collaboration with composer & synthesist Ian Boddy.
The Tone Science Chance Delay is a unique concept in Eurorack modules, as it combines chance and randomness with pulse delay and pulse conditioning. It can be used in many ways – as a variable Chance generator, pulse stretching for Trigger to Gate conversion, pulse shortening for Gate to Trigger conversion, Gate Delay, Sub Bass Generation and also “divide by n” clock division.
The firmware for the Chance Delay has been developed and coded by “Electric Druid” Tom Wiltshire, and is optimized so that they module can work into the lower audio range.
Features:
Chance, Gate Delay time and Pulse Length can all be set manually or controlled using external CV voltages.
The ’TRIG’ push button allows manual triggering, and Chance will be applied to any manual triggering too.
Fast processing allows operation into the lower audio range, so it can perform sub bass generation on drone type sounds. In this mode the Length pot (or an external Length CV) can be used to change the PWM of the output waveform.
After the initial trigger pulse has been acted on, further incoming pulses are ignored until the current cycle has finished. This useful feature allows it to perform “divide by n” division on gate pulses, so it can be used for clock division, and the delay function can be used to add a “swing” away from the rhythm.
Gate pass through mode – if the Length pot is set to zero, then the incoming gate length is preserved, so in this case the gate has Chance and Delay time applied to it, but the outgoing gate length is the same as the incoming gate length.
By setting Chance to 100% and Delay to zero (0.5mS) it can be used as a Gate to Trigger converter, or a Trigger to Gate converter, depending on the Pulse length set with the LENGTH control. We can also use an external Length CV to shorten or increase the length of the output pulse in real time.
Fast and slow ranges for both DELAY time and PULSE length – Fast range is 0.5mS to 2 Sec and Slow Range is 2 Sec to 30 Sec.
Green status LED shows when the output pulse is high.
The Tone Science Chance Delay is available now, see the AJH website for details.
Developer Igor Vasiliev has introduced NoInputMixer, a new application that’s designed for sound design using feedback, modeled on no-input mixing.
NoInputMixer consists of a seven-channel mixer and an effects rack with eight slots. Each effect slot can be configured as an insert effect for a mixer channel or used with two send/return buses. Effects has an option for hi-res or lo-fi sound processing. Each mixer channel has its own algorithmic generator of different types of noise, which can be added to the feedback signal or used separately. The input selector switches between multiple points in the signal path to make different types of feedback loops or can be switched to an external input for any channel to use it as an effect processor.
Because this is a modeled mixer, it can provide options not found in physical mixers, such as preamp tube type and mode selection, op-amp type selection, adjustment of overload protection circuit, and other features that greatly expand the possibilities for experimenting with sound. The user interface can be presented in the form of a classic mixer, or in the form of complete control of a single channel.
NoInputMixer is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later):
NoInputMixer works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link.
On MacOS, NoInputMixer can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins.
All application features are available on macOS and iOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters.
Larix-Elektro – New Eurorack maker – let us know that they have introduced four Eurorack modules:
RITOURNELLE CV Generator
RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator
RITOURNELLE Shift-R extension module
CONTROLE AttV-4
Here are the details on each:
The RITOURNELLE CV Generator enables you generate CV sequences, up to 16 steps, using four parameters:
The number of steps NB from 1 to 16; and
3 parameters adjusting the sequence.
Each of the 4 parameters has its own CV entry, meaning that you can dynamically vary the sequence using CVs.
Two expansion modules are available, the AttV-4 and Shift-R.
The CONTROLE AttV-4 is a bank of 4 Attenuverters that can be used in several ways, including:
4 independent Attenuverters;
4 input mixer, with the SUM output; and
1 to 4 signal dispatcher, with the MAIN IN input.
The RITOURNELLE Shift-R is an extension for the CV Generator, that adds 8 triggers out.
It converts the 8 bits that are used to generate the CV output of the module, into 8 outputs: 1 per bit.
The RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator is a Trig sequencer. It has 8 steps, which can be modified using a single parameter – using Euclidean rhythms and other techniques.
The number of steps is adjustable, as well as the choice of the first step.
Details on the 4 new modules are available at the Larix-Electro website.
