ToyBox have updated Buzz Zone, available to desktop and iOS users.
- Desktop – $22.00, (usually $44.00).
- iPadOS – $9.99
What’s new in version 3.0.3:
- Six new sequencers, each with its own piano-roll MIDI editor and per-note expression editing
- The Utility Strip, a modular workspace for building your own MIDI setups, arpeggiators, note repeaters, chord generators, LFOs, CC mappers, snapshot switchers, sequencer launchers and lots more, from a large factory library of Triggers and Panels
- New oscillator modulation modes with 16 modulation types (FM, AM, hard sync, eight phase distortion modes, and others), applied to all oscillators, the main or harmony oscillator, or each unison voice separately
- Sub Routing, sending the sub oscillator straight to the outputs or through the filter, the phase distortion section, or both
- New Envelope Banks A & B with crossfade, which can follow velocity, modwheel, aftertouch or pitchbend to morph between envelope shapes as you play
- New envelope editing modes – Smart, Lines and Steps, Draw and Record modes for freehand curves, grid snapping and lasso selection, a right-click editing menu and per-envelope presets
- New effects added with a total of 25 reverbs and effects
- Snapshots, storing complete variations of a sound (parameters, envelope shapes and sequencer loop regions), with smooth morphing between them and up to 64 slots per preset
- New Mirror Modes, repeating the keyboard into stacked note ranges for doubling and power-chords, with detune to spread the stacked voices
- New Pitchbend Modes for per-voice and per-note bends
- Unison Chords, spreading the six unison voices into a chord with a depth control for special effects
- Global Tuning, a library of tuning systems including historical temperaments, just intonation and world tunings
- Over 100 new presets
- General GUI improvements and bug fixes
Buzz zone is a boutique ‘performance-oriented’ polyphonic synth with a rich set of features, cutting edge DSP and a streamlined modern interface, a hybrid of warm analog modelling and state of the art digital processing with a focused feature set for endless inspiration and experimentation.
The synthesiser features two powerful engines that can be layered together for a variety of complex sounds and textures. The ‘Synth’ engine features a great sounding ‘wavetable’ oscillator with a unison function for buzzy, harmonically rich timbres, hence the name! The ‘Sample’ engine can be used to layer additional textures or transients over the sound.
Features include:
- 9 Powerful multi segment envelopes, one for each of the 9 main controls, with an intuitive ‘auto curve’ function
- Streamlined yet versatile interface with all controls on a single screen
- Deep analog modelling based on the cream of Eurorack modules and legendary vintage synths
- State of the art DSP, with the latest ADAA anti aliasing techniques for rich analog sounds without digital artefacts, even when pushed into extreme territories.
- Creative routing, unusual filters plus FM, AM, ring modulation and wave folding to creating harmonically rich analog timbres ideal for modern sound design
- Extensive library of meticulously crafted wavetables
- Vocoder mode allows you to imprint tonal characteristics of the loaded samples on to the output of the Synth engine
Watch Doug’s overview HERE.
Buzz Zone is available to PC, Mac and iPadOS users (VST3, AU and AUv3).
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