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Thomas Hammer, sound designer of Waveformer has introduced the Berlin School and Ambient Construction Kit Vol 3, their 3rd Berlin School inspired Wavestate sound library.

They shared this extended video preview, which offers over an hour of audio demos, and showcases how the library goes beyond sounds to include powerful Performances that can create layered, interlocking sequences.

The sound library is designed with both the Wavestate hardware synthesizer and with the Wavestate Native software plug-in. It features 21 original Performances. All Performances contain four Layers with multiple Lanes of Wave Sequences, designed to be easy to tweak and reshape as you play them live.

Most of the Layers use Arpeggiators, which interact with the Wave Sequences to transform the rhythm, pitch, timbre and dynamics of the notes from the Arpeggiator. The individual Layers in a Performance are designed so they work well together and can also stand alone.

The accompanying user manual describes each Performance in detail, with a guide to both playing and twisting knobs. It also includes tips and tricks for the Wavestate and some insights into how the Performances were designed. Berlin School and Ambient Construction Kit Vol 3 is available now for $9.

Video Timings:

00:00:00 – Intro / WF3 Wavetrain

00:02:39 – WF3 Wide Binary

00:06:21 – WF3 Memory of a Dream

00:10:04 – WF3 Vortex

00:14:05 – WF3 Northern Lights

00:17:46 – WF3 Ethereal Nebular Drift

00:22:39 – WF3 Chronosphere Flux

00:25:16 – WF3 Black Hole Tide

00:27:50 – WF3 December Snow

00:34:05 – WF3 Gamma Ray Bursts

00:36:15 – WF3 Graviton Waves

00:38:55 – WF3 Heisenberg

00:43:49 – WF3 Kuiper Belt

00:47:53 – WF3 Magnetar Flares

00:54:03 – WF3 November Melancholy

00:56:47 – WF3 Oort Cloud

00:59:56 – WF3 Remembering Earth

01:05:19 – WF3 Snowing on Jupiter

01:09:56 – WF3 Stargazers Trail

01:13:20 – WF3 Strange Attractors

01:16:17 – WF3 Theseus Surveyor

Korg Multi-engine gurus Sinevibes has introduced Dense, a new custom oscillator for the Korg Prologue, Minilogue XD & NTS-1.

Dense is a vintage virtual analog oscillator Multi-engine plugin that features four separate oscillators with saw, square, triangle waveforms. In addition to mutual detuning, each oscillator has its own random pitch drift LFO, and global pitch can also be slightly off on every key press. Together, these features simulate tuning instabilities and per-voice discrepancies of old analog synthesizers, ranging from very subtle to “badly needs calibration”.’

Dense includes a total of 50 sound source configurations, with different settings for individual oscillator parameters such as waveform, coarse tune, output level, as well as optional ring modulation or bit depth reduction for an even wider sonic palette.

Sinevibes says that, as a result of the various fluctuations and dynamic interactions happening between the oscillators, as well as between the oscillators and the synthesizer’s filter, Dense can produce beautiful vintage-style sounds that are full of life and organic movement.

Dense Preset Demos:

Features:

• Four virtual analog oscillators with saw, square, and triangle waveforms
• 50 oscillator configurations featuring different settings for waveforms, coarse tune, fine detune range, output level, ring modulation, and bit depth reduction
• Four random modulation generators (one per oscillator) for simulating vintage analog-style pitch drift
• Adjustable key pitch randomization for simulating vintage synthesizer tuning discrepancies between multiple voices
• Adjustable one-pole high-pass filter with cutoff frequency key tracking
• Built-in sine LFO for additional global pitch modulation
• Built-in lag filters for noise-free, ultra-smooth parameter adjustment and modulation

Dense is available now for $29.

Tall Dog Electronics has launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of a desktop conversion kit for Korg Wavestate, Opsix & Modwave synthesizers.

The kit replaces the replaces Korg’s plastic keyboard case with a machined aluminum body. The result is a desktop synth that’s about half the height and depth of the original keyboard.

Installation takes about a half hour, and it is reversible, if you decide you want to convert your synth back to having a keyboard.

An overview of the conversion process:

Production of the Desktop Conversion Kit for the Korg Wavestate, Opsix & Modwave synthesizers is being funded via a Kickstarter project, and it is available to backers starting at $164

*Note: All crowdfunded projects can involve risk. See the project website for details.