De Bastion Inc. have updated Pixelsynth: AUv3 Visual Synth, available as a FREE download.
What’s new on version 1.1:
- Play Pixelsynth from MIDI controllers and other apps. Standard controller numbers work with no setup, and MIDI learn maps any knob, fader or pad.
- Open and close tanks from a controller.
- Key & Tempo: play in any of Pixelboop’s 12 keys and 8 scales, and sync the delay to tempo. Inside a host, it follows the host’s tempo.
- Pitch glide: hold a pad, then slide sideways to bend the note or add vibrato. You can switch it off
- The new Rainbow menu: tap the colour- cycling button at the top left of the instrument.
- Bluetooth MIDI, OSC and a “Pixelsynth” virtual MIDI input in the app.
- More reliable playback in AUM and other hosts when Pixelsynth’s window is closed.
- Host sessions now restore the tank positions you saved
From the developer of Pixelboop: turn touch into music on a one-screen visual synth. Play colorful notes, shape every sound live, and watch your ideas move.
Make a sound in seconds–and shape it while it plays. Pixelsynth turns taps, drags, melodies, and chords into a colorful instrument you can understand by watching it. Everything lives on one screen. No setup and no menu-diving. Touch a note and start exploring.
Pixelsynth is a new visual instrument from the maker of Pixelboop. Both apps share a love of playful grids, immediate feedback, and musical ideas that begin with one touch.
Sixteen pads invite you to find a melody, hold a chord or strum across the screen. Notes light up as you play, and every sound control moves in front of you. You can see what each gesture is doing while you hear the result.
- Switch waveforms to change the character of your sound.
- Sweep the filter from bright and open to soft and focused.
- Shape attack, decay, sustain, and release for crisp plucks, swelling notes, and long tails.
- Add motion with LFO, repeating echoes with delay, and depth with reverb
Each control is a colorful tank. Touch higher or lower inside it to set the value directly. Values in the upper half stay where you leave them; notes in the lower half drain away after you lift. It feels immediate because the picture and the sound follow the same gesture.
Created by a Deaf musician, Pixelsynth treats visual feedback as part of the instrument. The entire musical surface is drawn on a 40 by 24 pixel grid– just 960 pixels–so everv control stays visible and every change has a visual response.
Open Pixelsvnth as a standalone instrument on iPhone or iPad, or load the included AUv3 instrument in a compatible iOS music host. Your host can seno MIDI notes and save the instrument state with your project. A compatible host is available separately,
No account. No in-app purchases. No third-party The instrument works offline. The standalone app may occasionally show developer news or an introduction to Pixelboop, which you can close immediately. Pixelsynth does not track you or collect the music you play.
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