We are launching a major update to our Preparation instrument on August 7th. Preparation 2 is a ground-up rewrite with all new features to the physical model, as well as a new effects unit and modulation with 2 LFOs, velocity and keyboard tracking. The model now contains a dynamic fret alongside the rattle, and all new excitations from a custom pluck designer, a bowing mechanism and side-chain audio.
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Preparation 2 launch
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Guitar modelling
We’ve just finished work on a new version of a guitar simulation. There have been a lot of recent advances in algorithm design that have allowed us to speed up performance for a full six-string guitar to the realtime threshold.
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Inaugural Lecture of Andrew McPherson
This is Prof McPherson’s inaugural lecture at Imperial College. An excellent talk on technology in music and his journey through instrument control design.
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Modus with side chain audio
We’ve updated Modus to v1.3. There is a new feature that allows side chaining of external audio into the Plates configuration. The set up for this depends on the DAW.
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Seminar at IRCAM
Last week Physical Audio’s Michele Ducceschi gave a seminar at IRCAM in Paris. Here he discusses some of the theoretical background that we use in our plugins, as well as an overview of sound synthesis. There is also an outline of his new project NEMUS at the University of Bologna.
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Our new instrument
Our new instrument Modus will be launching on July 11th! Modus is based on physical models of strings, plates and connecting elements. Three different configurations of models allow for a huge range of timbres, from leads to pads and evolving soundscapes.
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Modelling gongs
The nonlinear vibration of plates is what leads to the characteristic sounds of gongs—pitch glides, crashes and swells—that we all know. A linear model is insufficient to capture these effects, which vary strongly with the striking force.
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New album by Nathan Moody
Californian sound designer and composer Nathan Moody has released a new album ‘A Vast Unwelcome’. This album is inspired by and features our Derailer and Preparation instruments throughout.
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The Audio Programmer Meetup
We were invited to take part in the Audio Programmer monthly meetup for March. Here’s the full video of our panel discussion on physical modelling synthesis, discussing the latest research in the field and how we translate this into real-time plugins. Many thanks to Joshua Hodge for arranging this.
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