Alessandro Guardascione has released Battuta 8, available for $7.99.
Build tuned percussion from dual VCOs, FM, noise and a resonant filter, then drive it from the direct 8- step impact deck with IMPACT, FLAVOUR, FX and SIG.
BATTUTA 8 is a patchable percussion instrument built around a dual-VCO impact voice and a direct eight- step performance sequencer. Create grounded kicks metallic hits, noisy pulses and unstable mechanical strikes, then shape and recall them as complete musical states.
The sequencer is part of the main instrument surface, not a hidden editor. Work with eight pitch steps and eight velocity steps, set tempo and pitch routing, and use dedicated PLAY,
STOP, STEP, RESET, TRIGGER and CLOCK actions with live step feedback. Seven sequence slots auto-save independent complete instrument states: sequence, synthesis, patching and performance settings move together. Hold a knob or slider across a slot change and the touched value carries into the new slot and keeps writing there until release. MIDI keyswitches can recall slots, and the transition is dezippered to suppress hard audio discontinuities during playback.
Two wide-range oscillators provide waveform selection, hard sync and oscillator-to-oscillator FM. Mix them with noise, drive three fast one-shot envelopes, and shape the result with a resonant low- pass or high-pass filter and output VCA.
IMPACT BODY adds a tuned damped resonator with mix, tuning, feedback and damping controls. FLAVOUR exposes oscillator colour, pulse bias, filter drive, slope, profile and character for more deliberate variation around the core voice.
Open EXT for family FX, sequence slots, MIDI/MPE controller setup and Learn, performance controls, IMPACT BODY detail and SIG. The IMPACT signature macro has an editable target map and reusable signature presets, so one gesture can be tailored to each kit or performance.
A 24-socket patch system covers trigger, velocity, envelopes, oscillator CV/FM, filter modulation, external audio, clock and audio outputs. The preset browser stores complete states, supports User memories, and recalls synthesis, sequence and patch configuration together.
Features include:
- Dual wide-range VCO percussion voice with hard sync, FM and noise
- Direct eight-step pitch and velocity impact deck
- Fast VCO, VCF and VCA percussion envelopes
- Resonant low-pass / high-pass filter
- Tuned IMPACT BODY resonator
- FLAVOUR oscillator and filter character controls
- Seven full-state auto-saving sequence slots withtouch-write and MIDI keyswitches
- Editable IMPACT SIG mapping and signature presets
- Family FX, MIDI/MPE controller setup and Learn
- 24-point audio/CVclock patch system
- Complete-state Factory/User preset browser
- Standalone + AUv3 instrument operation
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