Xen-Arts IVOR2 Offers New Options For Microtonal Synthesis

Xen-Arts has introduced IVOR2, a major update to their free Ivor microtonal virtual analog synthesizer for Linux & WIndows. IVOR2 is designed to be microtonal sound-designer’s virtual analog synthesizer, with a workflow tailored to microtonal synthesis. It’s also designed to be an educational tool for learning about subtractive sound synthesis and musical instrument intonation (microtuning and xenharmonics).

microSketch Lets You Experiment With Microtonal Equal-Tempered Tuning

Op 133 Studios has introduced MicroSketch – an iPad music app for playing and experimenting with equal divisions of the octave other than the standard 12-tone scale. WIth MicroSketch, octave divisions can be anything from 7 to 96. The app is polyphonic up to the capabilities of your device’s processor (typically 24 voices) and multi-timbral with 16… Read More microSketch Lets You Experiment With Microtonal Equal-Tempered Tuning

New App, ScaleGen, For Musicians That Want To Explore New Ways Of Thinking About Music

Developer Jesper Nordin has introduced ScaleGen for iPad, described as ‘the ultimate tool for musicians who want to explore new ways of thinking about music.’ ScaleGen is a tool for organizing pitches into custom scales and tunings. It lets you create and audition scales within the app, and then export it as a MIDI file… Read More New App, ScaleGen, For Musicians That Want To Explore New Ways Of Thinking About Music