Cytomic "The Scream" stomp box distortion plugin

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[andy-cytomic]

Couldn't it just be behind a modifier key? Like holding ALT/Option/CTRL held while moving input gain would move output gain in the opposite direction.

A modifier key could work, currently I think there is already Alt on mac is used for reset, and ctrl on mac is right click, and shift is for fine drag. So perhaps a Alt+Ctrl? I'll look into it.

Any news on this? Ofc I'm happy with The Scream, yet a pad button or a key modifier would be highly appreciated.

This is still happening, but in a later update. I also want to add a pan knob to make it easier to re-balance stereo random patches without needing to go into the schematic editor.

[andy-cytomic]

Happy New Year everyone! This year I'm going to write more articles on various topics, including what I've been messing around with, as well as insights into ITB processing. To kick it off here is the first one:

https://cytomic.com/category/notes/

[jtsterays]

Can you write them articles faster?

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

I read that, and part of me thinks, "so there's a Cytomic Phase 90 plugin pretty much ready to go?" Even though I know that's probably far from the case.

[jamcat]

It's very close to being done. First betas to arrive in 2029.

[meloco_go]

It's very close to being done. First betas to arrive in 2029.

Just in time for me to practice some guitar licks.

[andy-cytomic]

News: The Scream v1.2.12 is available for download. Thanks to potscrubber (gearspace) for creating a preset that caused numerical issues with very large capacitance values, which is something I didn't think of checking previously. Normally capacitors are around a maximum of 100 micro (10^-6) Farads, but potscrubber typed in 1k (10^3) Farads for a bunch capacitors, which caused weird noise. I've now capped the maximum Farad value to 1, and spent a week re-doing the solver to have the best cpu vs stability and noise tradeoff possible. I've also re-generated

The Scream v1.2.12 (10 Jan 2025)
https://cytomic.com/product/scream
• Fix: warmup on VST3 version now works like other plugin versions
• Fix: HD and MD versions updated to support up to 1 Farad capacitors without excessive noise
• Fix: schematic view now shows correct component values after closing and opening the plugin UI

[gentleclockdivider]

I assume the "modular synth" is on the backburner ?

[andy-cytomic]

News: The Scream v1.2.13 is available for download. Sorry, I forgot about these two bugs in the previous release.

The Scream v1.2.13 (10 Jan 2025)
https://cytomic.com/product/scream
• Fix: mono and stereo depths now load properly from preset
• Fix: allow editing of equivalent resistance values for jfet switching approximation

[andy-cytomic]

I assume the "modular synth" is on the backburner ?

I'm still chipping away at it. The latest thing I've worked on for it is a way to do filter morphing in a very musical manner, where for any 4 pole filter you have control over the two notch positions and depth independently, so you can morph between all popular responses smoothly, for example low pass to bandpass to high pass, or low pass to notch to high pass, or band pass through twin notch to regular notch etc. So each filter has 6 controls: cutoff, resonance, notch 1 pos, notch 2 pos, notch 1 depth, notch 2 depth. I need to sort out an intuitive UI for it.

[zvenx]

News: The Scream v1.2.13 is available for download. Sorry, I forgot about these two bugs in the previous release.

The Scream v1.2.13 (10 Jan 2025)
https://cytomic.com/product/scream
• Fix: mono and stereo depths now load properly from preset
• Fix: allow editing of equivalent resistance values for jfet switching approximation

Hi Andy, so you know the link still points to 1.2.12.
rsp

[andy-cytomic]

News: The Scream v1.2.13 is available for download. Sorry, I forgot about these two bugs in the previous release.

The Scream v1.2.13 (10 Jan 2025)
https://cytomic.com/product/scream
• Fix: mono and stereo depths now load properly from preset
• Fix: allow editing of equivalent resistance values for jfet switching approximation

I've updated the web page now with the correct version in the download link.

[zvenx]

and just like that now 1.2.13 is up..
thanks
rsp

[andy-cytomic]

Hi Andy, so you know the link still points to 1.2.12.
rsp

Thanks, just spotted that as well.