Camel-Audio

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Electronic Musician has an interesting article penned by Dennis Miller that looks at 8 tools for turning photographs into audio and manipulating audio visually:

Eerybody knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. But did you know that a picture can also buy you the frequencies of a thousand oscillators?

Using any of several modern music applications, you can convert the data that forms a picture on the computer screen into information that will generate an audio file. In most cases, the program uses the vertical position of each pixel of the image to control frequency and one or more color (RGB) values for parameters such as amplitude and stereo position.

Applications covered include:

1. Adobe Audition 3,
2. Thomas Baudel’s HighC 2.2
3. Camel Audio’s Cameleon 5000 1.5
4. Rasmus Ekman’s CoagulaLight 1.66
5. Nicolas Fournel’s AudioPaint 2.1
6. Image Line FL Studio 8
7. U&I Software MetaSynth 4
8. VirSyn Poseidon 1.4

It would have been nice if the online edition of this article had included audio or video demos of these apps, which would have made it more clear why these can be useful tools.

Camel Audio has announced new presets for NI KORE, as well as KORE presets for the Biolabs Absynth Sounds collection.

Camel KORE is a collection of 35 presets for NI KORE which exclusively use Cameleon 5000, CamelSpace and CamelPhat, and demonstrate the wide variety of sounds which can be made by combining these plugins. The presets were expertly programmed by Biomechanoid with full controller assignments, and are free to all registered users of the required plugins.

Visit the Camel Audio website to download free demos or buy online.

Volumes 1-6 of the Biolabs Absynth soundsets are now available in KORE format for use in KORE or Abysnth 4, providing easier access to this unparallelled collection of sounds. Biolabs Sounds Vols 1-3 and 4-6 may each be purchased for $99 / €89 / £66. Visit the website to download 60 free example presets.

Camel Audio have released updates to their multi-effects plugins, CamelPhat, a phattening processor featuring distortion, compression filtering and bass enhancement and CamelSpace, a rhythmic multi-effects plugin.

These new versions implement full VST 2.4 compatibility and support for Cubase 4. A ‘Universal Binary’ build (VST and Audio Units versions) is provided for Mac OS X. Minor bug fixes and other improvements have been made in all versions.

The community section on the Camel Audio website has also been updated with new interviews with famous users. Grammy winning film composer Danny Elfman whose credits include ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’, had this to say:

“Of all the plugins on my recently-upgraded workstation, CamelPhat and CamelSpace are the most frequently-used.” – Danny Elfman

Registered users can download the latest update for free by visiting the support page of the Camel Audio website. New users can visit the Camel Audio web site where they’ll also find an updated demo version, example MP3s, and lots more. CamelPhat and Camel Space are available to buy online for just 85 USD/76 EUR/53 GBP each.

Looking for distorted, compressed sound? Camel Audio have announced CamelCrusher – a new free VST and Audio Unit plugin.

CamelCrusher is a versatile ‘colouring’ multi-effect that borrows some features from its big brother CamelPhat. It offers two different distortion algorithms which can be blended together to create a wide variety of tones and textures. Great for guitars, drums and plenty more!

There’s also a warm, smooth analogue-style low-pass filter, with buckets of resonance. Assign a MIDI controller and start tweaking. Finally, let’s not forget the easiest-to-use compressor you’ll find anywhere. It can ‘phatten’ up your sound as quickly as you can turn up the ‘Amount’ knob!

Features:

• Two different distortion types.
• Warm, analogue-modelled resonant low-pass filter.
• High quality, easy-to-use compressor, with ‘Phat’ mode.
• Powerful ‘MIDI Learn’ function.
• A collection of useful Preset patches to get you started.
• Randomize for instant inspiration
• Available as a Universal Binary for Mac