Homegrown Sounds have released Audio Morpher, available at the intro price of $29.99, increasing to $49.99 after the promotion.
Audio Morpher is about using various ways of re-imagining existing samples into new ones. It is still in beta but getting very close to v1.0, there are few bits of tidying up & the theme system to fully integrate, but other than that it’s now feature complete. Note that is hasn’t been tested with much with very short samples and so until v1.0 it might be wise stick to larger Files.
It makes 2 types of useful files & uses relevant Meta Data to do so, the first is making seamless loops so they can be dropped into samples and will loop correctly for chromatic use. The second is creating sliced files which can be used by software that understands cue markers. it is built as companion to sidetrack with a focus on creating samples useful for it’s various playback modes, but outside of that is a unique application for generating content. It also supports Octatrack Sample chain export and along with manual mode makes it a simple Sample chain editor.
The modes include:
- Re-Sample only – This mode is for processing files that are already save and simply applies the input/output re-sample options an then saves to a new file in the export folder.
- Morph profile – This mode uses a Morph Profile which is a total of 8 Volume Shapes similar to an ADSR Envelope. Each shape is applied to a random WAV and the results are then mixed together. The WAV Amount decides how many are used by the next process or RANDOM will use a random number of stages.
The WAVs used are selected randomly from the sample Pool & then cropped to the shortest of the selection so they are all the same size. The Volume Shapes are then applied and the WAVs are then mixed together. Although the profiles are linear, the slope parameter if less than 1 will make them concave & greater than 1 = convex. The Profile editor allows creating as many profiles as you want, each has 8 shapes which can be viewed & edited by clicking on the number buttons. The profiles are listed on the left, can be renamed via the dit box & press Enter/Return, and the currently selected can be duplicated to a new Profile which will be added down the bottom. If there are more Profiles than can be displayed, a scroll bar will be added. To edit the shape drag the nodes. - Chain Fixed/Variable – This mode is uses an Attack/Decay Envelope to apply to each sample, they are then cross faded at the mid point to produce a morphing chain of WAVs.
- Chain Hits – This mode mixes up to 4 Audio files per slice to create a unique ‘hit’ for each slice, think of it as a kit of one shot samples.
- Cycles Fixed/Variable – This mode grabs small samples defined by the Cycle Size to use as single cycle oscillators, it then uses the size parameter to produces longer tones from them and the morphs these together to create a complex morph. Depending on the mid point setting it can either produce a flowing sound/seamless loop, however with the mid Point set to 0 it will produce stab type sounds suitable for saving as a chain. Setting the Mid Point to 1.0 will bypass the volume shape completely. The Variable Option will use a different size for each slice for a non grid based output.
- Cycle Chain – Anyone who has used sample chains on an Octarack likely know that you can use each of the slices as a single cycle oscillator and then modulate the Index Id for interesting sequences. This mode is about creating chains for that scenario which Sidetrack also supports. Select the cycle size in samples, generally 512, 1024 etc… the amount of slices to use and that number of WAVs will be loaded and a random cycle pulled from each to create the chain.
- Ring Modulator Fixed/Variable – These modes are similar to the Cycle Modes except the first cycle is used as a solid tone for the entire length and the subsequent tones are used to modulate the volume. Above this is using the variable version with Mid point set to 1.0 which disables the volume shaping to produce a selection of tones.
- RM Chain – This is the same as Cycle Chain, for making sample chains/cue files with single cycle waveforms except it uses Ring Modulation to create the sound.
- Manual Mode – This mode allows manually building a chain of WAVs/AIF Files, either drop files or use the File Browser to add WAVs, using the top buttons you can remove from the from or back, shift left & right. Beyond being useful for making drum/sample kits for use in SideTrack it also serves as a simple Sample Chain builder for the Elektron Octatrack.
Audio Morpher is avaulable to PC and Mac users (VST3 and AU).
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