Arboretum Previews Hyperprism 2.5
September 30, 1999
Arboretum Systems is demonstrating new real-time sound
processing technologies today at the Audio Engineering Society conference in New
York. Arboretum's forthcoming Hyperprism 2.5 software for Power Macintosh computers
includes the following innovative new real time processes:
Granulator - An aggressive, adventurous effect as only Arboretum can do them.
Imagine chopping up your audio into lots of tiny pieces, rearranging it in interesting
ways and spewing it out the other end. User controls the grain size, randomization
and speed as well as density and spread. It's like a sonic food processor.
Formant Pitch Shift - An entirely different technology from time-based pitch
shifting, offering a more natural sounding result. Real time formant shifting
also allows the creation of some very unusual effects, allowing one to virtually
change the size of the singer's head and throat. Pitch shift and formant shift
in are adjusted in semitones.
HyperPhaser TM -This unique "modulated filtering" effect has eight
separate resonant filters, configurable as either band pass or band reject, all
under LFO control. The name derives from its sound, reminiscent of a flanger or
phaser.
Hyperprism 2.5 also includes the Harmonic Exciter, Bass Maximizer and Tube/Tape
Saturation effects as found in Arboretum's Hyperprism Plug-in Pack 1.5.5.
Built especially for electronic music production, film/video, broadcast and
multimedia sound design, Hyperprism is a stand-alone program offering more than
forty different audio processes - a virtual rack of effects - which can be "played"
much like any musical instrument. Hyperprism's distinctive Blue Window(TM) permits
easy gestural control of every effect parameter. Change the resonance and cutoff
of a filter, or the mix and regeneration of a reverb simultaneously, with a single
mouse movement. Hyperprism 2.5 remembers and replays every mouse gesture, so you
can create sounds which incorporate dynamic, evolving parameter changes, sounds
that change and mutate in real-time, effects which seem to dance with the music.
Hyperprism 2.5 includes Arboretum's exclusive HyperEngine recording/editing/playback
engine and features a real-time analog-style Vocoder for classic funk, rap, and
robotic vocal effects. Arboretum's exciting HyperVerb(TM) offers strikingly realistic
reverb and ambience simulation. Other Hyperprism modules include the Frequency
Shifter, the Z-Morph(TM) talk box effect, soft-knee Compressor, a professional
Limiter, tape style Vari-Speed pitch shifter and Doppler effect.
Hyperprism 2.5 runs on Power Macintosh computers, 120 MHz minimum, 200 MHz
suggested, with no additional audio software or hardware required. Hyperprism
2.5 does not include the plug-in versions of Hyperprism, which are available separately
and in combined packages for platforms including Pro Tools AudioSuite and TDM,
VST, DirectX and Adobe Premiere plug-in formats. Scheduled for October 1999 release
Hyperprism 2.5 has a suggested retail price of $299.00, international pricing
may vary.
For more information, contact Arboretum at www.arboretum.com. |
