Elastic OSC For iOS Features 24 Different Mutable Instruments Sound Engines, With 8-Voice Polyphony
Developer Oliver Greschke has introduced Elastic OSC, a new software synth for iOS that builds on the open source code of the Mutable Instruments Plaits Eurorack oscillator module.
Elastic OSC features 8-voice polyphony, and 24 synth engine options, based on Plaits. Where Plaits lets you control the main parameters of each synth engine using four knobs, Elastic OSC maps these an X/Y pad, for quick sound exploration.
What Greschke has to say about Elastic OSC:
“Elastic OSC is a synthesizer app based on the DSP code of the Mutable Instruments Plaits hardware oscillator module (generously made open-source by MI mastermind Émilie Gillet), one of the most beloved (and cloned) oscillator module in the Eurorack modular scene!
Like the original, Elastic OSC comes with a wide variety of possible sounds, from analog-style, FM, and additive sounds to physical modeling, percussive, to even drum sounds.
While Plaits is monophonic, Elastic OSC can also be used in 8-voice polyphonic mode. This means you can use it either as a sophisticated, experimental monophonic sound source, like the original, or as a regular polyphonic keyboard with a wide variety of great sounds. Of course, you can also combine both approaches!
You can play the app using the on-screen keyboard, or via an external keyboard / sequencer — whether it’s a DAW like AUM, Cubasis, Logic (using Elastic OSC as an AUv3 plugin), or external hardware.
The first release of Elastic OSC is for the iOS platform, available as a standalone iOS app or an AUv3 plugin. Desktop versions for Windows and Mac (Audio Unit & VST3) will come at a later time.”
Features:
- 24 different Sound Engines from MI Plaits DSP code
- 4 main parameters per synth engine (Frequency, Harmonics, Morph, Harmo)
- Recordable Modulations/Automations for almost all Parameters with a length of 1, 2 or 4 beats.
- ADSR Envelope for Amplifier
- LPG Envelope for Modulations of Timbre, FM, Harmonics
- Adjustable Velocity effect on Volume and/or LPG Modulation
- Arpeggiator with different Arp Modes, Rates, Octave Ranges and Skip Notes functionality
- Master FX:
- 5 effects (5 different Overdrive/Distortions, Hi-Low-Filter, Chorus/Flanger, Delay, Reverb)
- Automations for all effects parameters
- Master Gain and switchable Limiter effect
Elastic OSC is available now for iOS, with an intro price of $9.99 through May 15th (normally $14.99).
