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Sound designer Ian Dixon shared this video demo of his new Genesis Sound Collection for the Korg Modwave.

 

What Dixon say about it:

“From “Watcher of the Sky” to “Invisible Touch,” we’ve captured the essence of these classic tracks.

This collection features 36 performances inspired by legendary instruments like the Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist, Quadra, Korg Wavestation, and DX7.

Whether you’re a Genesis fan or a synth enthusiast, there’s something here for everyone.”

 

The sound library is compatible with Modwave, Modwave Native, Modwave mkII, & Modwave Rack.

The Genesis Sound Collection is available now as a free download.

Demo timings:

00:00 Introduction

01:21 Abacab Organ

01:51 Alien Afternoon

02:47 Cinema Show

02:56 ARP Pro Soloist Trumpet

03:11 APR Fuzz Guitar

04:04 ARP Pro Soloist Telstar

04:32 In the cage

04:48 Bass pedals

05:11 Behind the lines

06:27 Domino

08:02 Invisible Touch

08:04 Marker 5

08:30 Fading Lights Split

09:10 Home by the sea live

10:00 Invisible Touch

11:10 Home by the sea

12:49 Mellotron strings

13:10 Watcher of the sky

14:07 Mellotron Choir

14:30 Mellotron Flute and strings

14:54 Abacab

15:02 Alone Tonight

15:30 Quadra Chorused Organ

15:51 Follow you follow me

16:34 Quadra Phased Organ

16:50 RMI piano

17:15 CP80

17:29 Live lead sound

18:04 Wavestation Minilead

19:29 Warm strings from Fading Lights

 

 

 

 

 

United Plugins has introduced Randomachine , a new effects plugin that they say is “designed to relieve monotony wherever the need to quickly make many variants of one sample in next to no time arises”.

Randomachine randomly changes multiple parameters in each of its six effects, so that every hit differs from the next or last to avoid monotony.

Best of all – it’s available as a free download for a limited time.

The six effects include:

• DISTORT — randomly changes the distortion or saturation of the audio being processed;
• PAN (panorama) — randomly changes the panorama (left/right position) of the audio being processed;
• AMBIENCE — randomly changes the ambience (reverb time and space) of the audio being processed;
• TIME — randomly changes the timing of the audio being processed;
• PITCH — randomly changes the pitch of the audio being processed; and
• FORMANT — randomly changes the formants of the audio being processed (albeit with a caveat of the spectral analysis involved adding latency to the plug-in).

Randomachine can be triggered by three different trigger sources:

• TRANSIENT, which, as implied by name, triggers by transients, thereby igniting Randomachine’s engines with each incoming signal, so sonic hits instantly change the settings of the selected effects;
• SYNC, synchronises to the project tempo within the host DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), changing the settings of the effects regularly upon whatever interval is set (such as every beat as well as every hi-hat hit, for instance); and
• MIDI, meaning any MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) note coming from the dedicated source, be that track or controller, can reset Randomachine at any time.

Features:

• Avoids monotony wherever the need to quickly make variants of one sample arises
• Three different — TRANSIENT, SYNC, and MIDI — TRIGGER sources availability
• Randomly changes multiple parameters in six — DISTORT, PAN (panorama), AMBIENCE, TIME, PITCH, and FORMANT — effects
• Every hit differs from the next or the last

SounDevice Digital’s Randomachine is available for free from April 15 until April 21, 2024, followed by a time-limited introductory promo price of only €9.00 until May 21, 2024 — rising thereafter to its regular price of €49.00 — as an AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in.

 

 

The Vintage VST has not been officially launched and weblink ‘accidentally leaked’

A week on, the company has offered an explanation for the availability of the synth in a comment on Computer Music Magazine’s Facebook page.

“The Vintage VST has not been officially launched and the Weblink for our testers has accidentally leaked,” says Behringer. “We’re in the process of finalising the plugin and launching it soon.”

It seems that some people managed to get hold of Vintage by signing up to receive it on the Behringer website, but the registration page was quickly removed.

In another comment on Facebook page, Behringer has also confirmed that Vintage wasn’t created in collaboration with Tone2 Audiosoftware, which issued its own clarification on this last week. After some commenters noted the similarities between Vintage and Tone2’s Saurus synth, the company said: “The look and feel of the recently released Behringer Vintage has caused confusion among our customers. Behringer Vintage is NOT a new version of Tone2 Saurus. Both products have a different synthesis architecture and sound different. We are not involved in the development of Behringer Vintage.”

In response on this statement, Behringer says: “You are absolutely correct and this VST was designed by a famous designer who creates sound engines for many leading VST brands.”

The company hasn’t said which designer they’re referring to, but adds: “We’re very proud of this partnership and will introduce many more VSTs for free or a minimal fee to empower musicians that ‘have not and cannot’. We’re closely working with Playing For Change Foundation and encourage you to donate whatever you can. We will match any donation up to 1 million USD. Thank you so much.”

A release date for Vintage hasn’t been confirmed.