This is a demo video for AudioRealism technoBox, an app that puts a Roland TB303, TR808 & TR909 onto your iPhone.

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AudioRealism has introduced technoBox – a complete techno music studio for your iPhone.

Description:

technoBox is a virtual techno studio on the go for iPhone / iPod touch, featuring stunningly accurate emulations of three classic boxes: the legendary 303 bass line machine, together with the smooth 808 and punchy 909 drum machines.

technoBox has easy to use sequencing capabilities which lets you tie together patterns, or use it live by improvising pattern switches on the fly!

The drum section features 11 parts with 808 or 909 sounds (for a total of 22 sounds) with variable amount of shuffle per pattern.

technoBox comes with a session manager which allows you to load/save sessions in realtime without stopping the internal sequencer — great for saving realtime improvised patterns without interrupting the audio stream.

Coming soon to the App Store.

Features:

• Authentic 303 emulation based on the ABL2 engine
• Drum module with selectible 808 or 909 sounds
  Shuffle with variable amount for drum module
• Transpose and randomizer for synth module
• 24 patterns per session (12 for 303, 12 for 808/909)
  Pattern sequencer with up to 1000 bars
• Session manager with realtime switching
• High contrast GUI for use in clubs etc.
  Supports autorotation to your preferred landscape orientation
• On board quickstart manual
• Supports multi-touch for knobs

repeatle created this bassline showdown – a comparison between the x0xb0x, TB-303 and ABL 2.10.

And guess what? They’re all good…..

Probably no synth has been cloned more times, both in hardware and software, than the Roland TB303.

But while excellent hardware 303 clones (FR777) have been available for years, virtual versions have never been completely satisfying.

AudioRealism’s BassLine 2 changes that. It cranks out authentic 303 sounds, using a simple interface that will be familiar to 303 users

According to AudioRealism, “analog modeling techniques have been employed to create a DSP-algorithm that accurately emulates every aspect of the original Bass Line, from growling basses to hollow middles and beeping highs with metal rattling accents.”

While that may sound like typical marketing-speak, AudioRealism actually delivers.

Bass Line 2 creates all types of 303 sounds, it has a 303-like interface, it offers working techniques similar to the 303’s and it intelligently expands on the 303’s capabilities.

The only thing you’ll find missing is DIN-SYNC.

Enough blah, blah, blah, though.

Check out the samples below for a taste of what the BassLine 2 sounds like.

Other features:

In addition to the great-sounding 303 emulation, BassLIne 2 has a few other tricks up its sleeve, including:

• Standard or Analog-style tuning
• Three styles of filter: 24dB, 18dB (303) &18dB Pure
• A pattern analyzer that lets you read in audio bassline patterns and convert them to a BassLine 2 sequence.
• A massive pattern library

My favorite extra is the Random function, which offers several options for randomizing your sequences. Hit the Random options a couple of times and you’re sure to come up with something strange.

If I could change anything on the Bass Line 2, it would be to provide more options for taking the synths’ sounds beyond the capabilities of the original TB303. For example – it would be nice to have the option to increase the range for the filter cutoff, or to have other types of distortion.

In other words, I’d like to see AudioRealism worry less about making this a faithful recreation of the 303, and more about making it an Uber-303.

That said – AudioRealism promises a faithful 303 emulation, and it delivers. This is the best virtual TB303 yet.

It’s available for 95 Eur, for Windows and Mac, VST & AU.

Audiorealism has announced that their new uber-drum machine, Audiorealism Drum Machine (ADM) , is now available for Mac and PC.

Sounds

ADM contains three classic vintage drum machines from that era rolled into one, combined with a 32-step internal sequencer and pattern controlled fx (PCF). Get all your patterns into ADM via the Import Rebirth function or directly from your old 909 via sysex (we will provide a free tool for dumping sysex).

ADM contains 25 drum generators, each one carefully modeled after the classics’ analog circuits and 4 PCM players, for a total of 34 sounds (some generators have two sounds). Certain sounds have been extended with extra parameters, like the tuning and attack of the 606 bassdrum. The accents effect on bridged-T oscillators that make up the bassdrum and tom-tom sounds has been closely simulated and the hihats and cymbals sound and react very close to the originals.

Sounds List

BD808, BD909, BD606, SD808, SD909, SD606, LT808, MT808, HT808, LC808, MC808, HC808, LT909, MT909, HT909, LT606, HT606, RS808, CL808, RS909, MA808, CP808, CP909, CB808, CRASH909, OH606, OH808, OH909, CH606, CH808, CH909, CY606, CY808, RIDE909.

You can preview the sound of the new virtual drum machine below. More demos are available at the AudioRealism site.

PCF

The PCF can be used to automate any of the drum machines parameters, for instance it’s possible to change the cutoff and Q parameters for each step. In fact it can control any of the drum machines parameters, for example you can set the amount of snappy on each step or switch from maracas to handclap on specific steps, giving the illusion of more polyphony (something that had to be done by hand on the original machine). The PCF can also control the amount of mangle (a type of distortion) on specific steps, and if the FX should be applied to a sound or not.

Features

• Three realtime switchable drum machine models
• Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four prescale selections per pattern, flam and shuffle, 128 patterns per instance
• Pattern transformation functions: Expand, shrink, swap, duplicate steps, randomize pattern, randomize part, cut/copy/paste pattern and parts
• Undo function for pattern transformation functions
• Pattern Controlled FX (PCF) which can control any of the parameters for each step
• Various pattern transformation functions
• Full MIDI CC with learning function
• Rebirth pattern import
• Imports 909 Sysex
• Two MIDI modes (Pattern and Note)
• Tempo sync to host
• Polyphony: 11 parts total
• Outputs: 11 individual unprocessed (VST version only to date), 2 master outputs (processed)
• Pattern library
• Trigger your own .wav and .aif samples
• 80+ example patterns

Pricing and Availability:
95 Eur (+ VAT if applicable)
All registered ABL, ABL2 and ABL Pro users will obtain a cross-grade offer so you pay a total of 55 Eur (+ VAT if applicable)

AudioRealism has announced a new virtual drum machine, AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM), that promises to capture the best of the sounds of drum machines of the early 80’s.

Features

• Three realtime switchable drum machine models
• Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four prescale selections per pattern, flam and shuffle, 128 patterns per instance
• Pattern transformation functions: Expand, shrink, swap, duplicate steps, randomize pattern, randomize part, cut/copy/paste pattern and parts
• Undo function for pattern transformation functions
• Pattern Controlled FX (PCF) which can control any of the parameters for each step
• Various pattern transformation functions
• Full MIDI CC with learning function
• Rebirth pattern import
• Imports 909 Sysex
• Two MIDI modes (Pattern and Note)
• Tempo sync to host
• Polyphony: 11 parts total
• Outputs: 11 individual unprocessed, 2 master outputs (processed)
• Pattern library
• 100% Laser gun free

You can preview the ADM below.

No release date or pricing has been set yet.

Description:

Booming bassdrums, saucy cymbals and crispy snares can be used to describe the sound of drum machines from the early 80’s. ADM contains three classic vintage drum machines from that era rolled into one, combined with a 32-step internal sequencer and pattern controlled fx (PCF). Get all your patterns into ADM via the Import Rebirth function or directly from your old 909 via sysex (we will provide a free tool for dumping sysex).

Sounds

ADM contains 25 drum generators, each one carefully modeled after the classics’ analog circuits and 4 PCM players, for a total of 34 sounds (some generators have two sounds). Certain sounds have been extended with extra parameters, like the tuning and attack of the 606 bassdrum. The accents effect on bridged-T oscillators that make up the bassdrum and tom-tom sounds has been closely simulated and the hihats and cymbals sound and react very close to the originals.

The complete list of sounds is as follows: BD808, BD909, BD606, SD808, SD909, SD606, LT808, MT808, HT808, LC808, MC808, HC808, LT909, MT909, HT909, LT606, HT606, RS808, CL808, RS909, MA808, CP808, CP909, CB808, CRASH909*, OH606, OH808, OH909*, CH606, CH808, CH909*, CY606, CY808, RIDE909*.

* Denotes sampled sound, all other sounds are synthesized (including the 606 and 808 cymbals). ADM will be shipped with a replacement sample instead of the original 909 samples (we respect the copyright holder’s rights to the ROM), but can easily be replaced by the user with an appropiate sound, or any other .wav or .aif sample the user wishes to use.

PCF with sequencer

The PCF can be used to automate any of the drum machines parameters, for instance it’s possible to change the cutoff and Q parameters for each step. In fact it can control any of the drum machines parameters, for example you can set the amount of snappy on each step or switch from maracas to handclap on specific steps, giving the illusion of more polyphony (something that had to be done by hand on the original machine). The PCF can also control the amount of mangle (a type of distortion) on specific steps, and if the FX should be applied to a sound or not.

Skins

ADM comes with two skins: Coal and Creme.

Formats

• VST 2.3 for PC
• VST 2.4 for Mac (Universal Binary)
• Audio Units for Mac OS X (Universal Binary)

Minimum System requirements

• Windows 2000/XP, P4 1 GHz, 256 Meg RAM or equivalent
• Mac OS X 10.3.9, G4 1 GHz or Intel CPU, 256 Mb RAM or equivalent