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Modartt has released Pianoteq Pro – the advanced version of Pianoteq. Its major feature over Pianoteq is per note adjustment for physical parameters.
Features:
- Note per note adjustment for 22 physical parameters: detune, unison width, direct sound duration, hammer hardness piano, hammer hardness mezzo, hammer hardness forte, spectrum profile, hammer noise, strike point, pickup symmetry, pickup distance, impedance, cutoff, Q factor, string length, note resonance, quadratic effect, damper position, damper duration, damper noise, key release noise, volume. Restricted to detune and volume in the Standard version.
- Internal sample rate available up to 192 kHz. Restricted to 48 kHz in the Standard version.
Pianoteq Pro is available now for windows, Mac OS X and Linux for 399€.
This is a quick look at amSynth, a Linux-based software synthesizer.
amSynth stands for Analogue Modeling SYNTHesizer.
It provides virtual analogue synthesis in the style of the classic Moog Minimoog/Roland Junos. It offers an easy-to-use interface and synth engine, while still creating varied sounds. Read more…
Synthesizers On Linux
This video looks at Zynaddsubfx, a Linux software synthesizer. Read more…
The miniAudicle is a light-weight integrated development environment for the ChucK digital audio programming language. It’s free and is available for Linux, Windows & Mac
It can be used as a standalone ChucK development + runtime + on-the-fly programming environment, or in conjunction with traditional command-line modes of ‘chuck’ operation and with other chuck tools.
The miniAudicle is a great way to learn, use, and experiment with ChucK for audio synthesis and music generation, with or without using the command line / terminal.
Some features:
- embedded ChucK runtime engine
- on-the-fly programming support
- syntax highlighting + coloring
- GUI building API in ChucK (MAUI elements)
LMMS is a free cross-platform multimedia studio which lets you product music with your computer – sort of like Garageband for people that didn’t buy a Mac.
Features:
- Song-Editor for composing songs
- A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
- An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
- An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
- Many powerful instrument and effect-plugins out of the box
- Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
- Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and full MIDI support
- Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops® Project) files
You can’t beat the price, so give it a try and let me know what you think of it!
via Lifehacker
