Isotonik Sudios have released SICO (by LDM Design) and RCTTN (by Elisabeth Homeland). SICO is available for £16.00, RCTTN is available as a FREE download.
SICU
Sicu is a boutique physically modeled MPE Pan Flute instrument. Minimalist controls make way for simple and effective hands-on play which responds to Aftertouch / Channel Pressure and MPE pitch bends. Although optimised for a realistic pan flute sound, the instrument also allows for a much longer envelope to create breathing pad sounds.
The instrument has 3 components. First, the initial blowing sound, then the breath sound and a filtered square wave oscillator. The breath is created with blue noise running through a carefully designed bank of resonant bandpass filters, which is something you can’t really reproduce using most synthesizers. These sounds have then been carefully tuned to attenuate the tone across a range of notes to balance out the output. Care has been taken to give the widest range of useable notes, but there is definitely a sweet spot around C3.
The instrument is optimised for MPE playback, but any keyboard with poly aftertouch can produce beautiful expressive tones as the aftertouch attenuates the output, mimicking the variations of a real breath. MPE users also have the ability to subtly or dramatically alter the pitch of the notes.
The interface is minimalist, focusing on simply creating a realistic expressive sound. The top row of dials is for Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release, indicated by the simple descriptive icons. Then we have timbre control, velocity and pressure. Crossfade between the breath and the square tone, and change the amount that velocity and pressure will affect the output of the sound. At the bottom, we can select a mono or polyphonic sound and also modify the volume level.
RCTTN
RCTTN is a small utility to rename all clips with one click.
You can decide if you want to rename all clips to its tracks name on All tracks, or only on the selected. And where should it rename them: In Arrangement, in Session view, or both. The rename button is key or midi mappable, and every parameter is accessible from Push.
SICU & RCTTN require Ableton Live 10 / 11 / 12 Suite or Ableton Live 10 / 11 / 12 Standard with MaxforLive installed.
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