Soundart Upgrades Australis Virtual Analog Synth for Chameleon
September 12, 2003
Australis version 1.21 analog synthesis emulation soundskin, and the first soundskih offered for the
Chameleon platform, is now ready for download. With Australis, the Chameleon becomes a synthesiser for creating
everything from pads and leads to percussion and wild sound effects. It now
boasts even more flexible modulation, enhanced FX and a host of new
industry standard goodies.
The new features found in Australis v1.21 include:
- Expanded multiwave oscillators with a list of complex waveforms, and phase initialization option per oscillator.
- Adjustable balance between filters when in parallel mode.
- Expanded LFOs functionality with adjustable fade in, and phase initialization. Square waveform with variable pulsewidth.
- Unison mode, with configurable detune and pan spread amount, to make the sound fatter.
- Expanded modulation matrix.
- Individual phaser FX available per part (with 3 and 6 peaks mode).
- Individual distortion FX available per part (with several distortion curves).
- Expanded arpeggiator with new modes and capabilities.
- Tempo Sync (external, internal, auto) for time based parameters (Speed in LFOs, Chorus and Phaser, DelayTime in Delay, and note length in arpeggiator).
- Downloadable arpeggiator patterns via MIDI SysEx.
- Audio input for running external sounds sources through the effects mixer.
- Enhanced front panel realtime controllers with several operating modes: absolute, relative, and pick up.
- Parameters assignable to external controllers, including support for sustain and expression pedals.
- Factory sound banks and demo songs included in the same application.
- Multi mode control of arp patterns and delay sends for individual singles.
- Greatly enhanced user interface.
Australis 1.21 is available now as a free download for Chameleon users on
the Soundart web site.
The Chameleon houses in a 1U rack the same powerful Motorola DSP processing
power as found in many top-name brands of audio hardware, along with
2x24bit I/O A/D D/A converters and MIDI I/O. Low-level Soundart code
allows it to effectively function as a "blank canvas" for talented
developers to use how they please. End-users load soundskins like Australis
via MIDI and the Chameleon instantly becomes a completely different tool.
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