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Sunvox 1.3 is Out

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Here’s what’s new in v1.3:

  • fixed bug with ping-pong loop in the “sampler”;
  • fixed bug with big values in scrollbars;
  • fixed bug with wrong song lenght calculation;
  • fixed bug with panning in the FM synthesizer;
  • new keyboard shortcuts: F9 – play; F11 – play pattern; F12 – stop;
  • added new parameter “P.Modulation” to the “generator” for phase modulation with input signal;
  • added possibility to load samples from RAW and JPEG files;
  • added support of 32-bit (floating point) samples;
  • added new effect 8 – arpeggio;
  • added new effect 9 – set sample offset;
  • added new simple examples: phase_modulation, phase_modulation2, arpeggio;
  • added right-click pop-up menu in the pattern/synth editors;
  • added button for changing the piano keyboard size;
  • added UTF-8 support to engine;
  • pattern icons became resizable in the timeline window;
  • now the timeline and the synths network may be shown at the same time if initial window size is greater than 640×480;
  • inproved ALSA support (thanks to Will Light);
  • updated manual;
  • code optimization;
  • fixed various small bugs.

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Sunvox 1.1 Appeared

Sunvox is a modular synth/tracker. I have used it before, and it gets some cool chippy sounds with very minimal hardware requirements.

A web of sound

A web of sound

Features:

* Modular interface.
* Highly optimized synth algorithmes.
* Flexible architecture: SunVox can working on variuos devices. For example: PDA with slow CPU – 16bit sound (fixed point arithmetic); or big PC with powerfull CPU: 32bit sound (floating point arithmetic).
* SunVox engine (without GUI) is open source and distributed under the terms of BSD license.
* Built-in synthesizers:
o FM synthesizer;
o Generator (saw,triangle,square,noise waveforms);
o Sampler (supported formats: WAV, XI);
o SpectraVoice (FFT-based synth for analog-like pads);
o Kicker;
o Stereo Delay;
o Distortion;
o Echo;
o Filter (Low-pass, High-pass, Band-pass, Notch);
o Flanger;
o LFO;
o Loop;
o Reverb (with DC Blocking Filter).
o Vocal Filter
* Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, PalmOS, WindowsCE.
* Export to WAV.