Phonec3 Is Now Available

[jack [psychicmodulation]]

Phonec3 is the evolution of the original Phonec Synthesizer, retaining it's distinctive character while introducing new and expanded features with an improved workflow.

Inspired by the remnants of the video age, Phonec3 embraces the haunting qualities of decay and imperfection, exploring the various facets of aging sound. Drifting tones, fragile textures, faded melodies, distant atmospheres and irregular harmonics form a palette that feels organic and evolving. Aside from it's quirky nature, Phonec3 is a unique and powerful synthesizer, capable of producing a wide range of sounds in the realm of vintage analogue tones, lo-fi synthscapes, ethereal ambiance, minimal techno sequences, retro leads and hard hitting synth basses. Its intuitive GUI attempts to strike a balance between form and function, making it a very practical tool that can be creatively inspiring to work with.

Features:

• Dual Oscillators with various combinations: Mix, Ring, X-wave, logic.
• Sub Oscillator for beefing up the low end.
• Cascading lowpass filter with 4 stages + Milk & Acid Filters.
• Post Highpass Filter.
• Pre/Post Filter Distortion.
• 3-Stage Filter Separation.
• Melt: A unique feature that adds instant character to any patch with drifting pitch and amplitude fluctuations.
• Extended Melt functionality with extra tweaks under the hood.
• Arpeggiator that works in conjunction with a set of Note & Modulation Sequencers.
• Note Sequencer: 16-step pattern sequencer for pitch ranging -/+ one octave.
• Scale Mode: Locks the Note Sequencer to scale for snapping to harmony.
• Pitch Wheel Quantizer for note-stepped pitch bending that can snap to Scale Mode.
• Modulation Sequencer: 16-step pattern sequencer for amplitude and filter cutoff.
• 3 LFOs: BPM or Manual modes w/ Keytracking, and Note Retrigger.
• HFO (High Frequency Oscillator): FM style audio-rate modulator.
• 3 Modulation Envelopes for several additional parameters.
• Aftertouch and Modwheel control of multiple parameters at once.
• On-board FX include:
• EQ: A 3-Band Parametric Equalizer.
• Chorus: A lush chorus with multi-voice stereo spread.
• Echo: A dub-style delay unit with bandpass filter.
• Pan-Tracking.
• Patch Randomization of Sub-sections.
• Sub-presets: load/save settings for sub sections
• Preset Import from Phonec2 (bank import coming soon)
• Custom GUI scaling.
• Intuitive patch management system.
• Several presets to get you started.

**Note: MPE is currently not available in this version, but will be implemented at a later time.

Phonec3 is available as a VST3 and Audio Unit for $89.

More info, demo downloads and purchasing options here:
https://www.psychicmodulation.com/phonec.html

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Update 3.0.1:

• Fixed crashes that were occurring in some hosts.
• Modulation fixes and improvements.
• Several fundamental improvements.
• CPU optimization.
• Envelope Curve sliders (CRV) were not correct, now fixed; 0=Exponential, 50=Linear, 100=Inv Exp.
• Fixed: Envelopes not retriggering properly.
• Fixed: Osc Retrig not functioning.
• Fixed: Envelope clicking when Osc Retrig.
• Added sequencer indicators.
• Improved HFO functionality, added Pitch (PM) to modulation list.
• Fixed: Milk Res not updating.
• Fixed: Melt Jitter causing noise.
• Fixed: Knob values not displaying/updating consistently.

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Update 3.02:

• Melt modulation is now bipolar.
• Fixed Osc Retrig not working in poly mode.
• Fixed Osc Retrig not working with non-overlapping notes.
• Fixed Sub and Noise output affected by Logic gates.
• Minor GUI fixes.

[tlvid]

Congrats Jack, this is excellent. Just in case you didn't see them I'll echo a couple of feature requests that people posted in the previous thread:

"The Melt modulation seems to be unipolar, i.e. the pitch modulation only goes above the played note and never below. I don't think it works like that on Phonec2."

And a request to re-add the inverted saw wave and the option for oscillator drift.

And from me, would it be possible to have the option to save the window size after resizing? It saves a little time of course but also helps with muscle memory.

Many thanks!

[jack [psychicmodulation]]

Congrats Jack, this is excellent. Just in case you didn't see them I'll echo a couple of feature requests that people posted in the previous thread:

"The Melt modulation seems to be unipolar, i.e. the pitch modulation only goes above the played note and never below. I don't think it works like that on Phonec2."

And a request to re-add the inverted saw wave and the option for oscillator drift.

And from me, would it be possible to have the option to save the window size after resizing? It saves a little time of course but also helps with muscle memory.

Many thanks!

Yes, the Melt modulation is something that got overlooked and will be corrected very soon. It's on my priority list.

The inverted saw was mentioned and I'll look into this as well. Maybe I can add an option to flip certain waveforms. Might be better than adding an extra item in the dropdown.

Oscillator Drift is something I considered previously but got caught up in other areas. I think I was struggling with GUI space and kind of forgot about it. I'll try to get this on the next update as well.

GUI resize should already be saved, both when closing/reopening the editor, and with the project. What host/OS are you on?

[tlvid]

Congrats Jack, this is excellent. Just in case you didn't see them I'll echo a couple of feature requests that people posted in the previous thread:

"The Melt modulation seems to be unipolar, i.e. the pitch modulation only goes above the played note and never below. I don't think it works like that on Phonec2."

And a request to re-add the inverted saw wave and the option for oscillator drift.

And from me, would it be possible to have the option to save the window size after resizing? It saves a little time of course but also helps with muscle memory.

Many thanks!

Yes, the Melt modulation is something that got overlooked and will be corrected very soon. It's on my priority list.

The inverted saw was mentioned and I'll look into this as well. Maybe I can add an option to flip certain waveforms. Might be better than adding an extra item in the dropdown.

Oscillator Drift is something I considered previously but got caught up in other areas. I think I was struggling with GUI space and kind of forgot about it. I'll try to get this on the next update as well.

GUI resize should already be saved, both when closing/reopening the editor, and with the project. What host/OS are you on?

Brilliant, thanks! It saves the size in the circumstances you mentioned but it would be nice for it to save when opening a brand new instance. Just a small quality of life thing.

[htothehza]

Is it possible to fine tune the master/global pitch? Looking through the manual it doesn’t appear to be an option.

[exmatproton]

Congrats Jack, this is excellent. Just in case you didn't see them I'll echo a couple of feature requests that people posted in the previous thread:

"The Melt modulation seems to be unipolar, i.e. the pitch modulation only goes above the played note and never below. I don't think it works like that on Phonec2."

And a request to re-add the inverted saw wave and the option for oscillator drift.

And from me, would it be possible to have the option to save the window size after resizing? It saves a little time of course but also helps with muscle memory.

Many thanks!

Yes, the Melt modulation is something that got overlooked and will be corrected very soon. It's on my priority list.

The inverted saw was mentioned and I'll look into this as well. Maybe I can add an option to flip certain waveforms. Might be better than adding an extra item in the dropdown.

Oscillator Drift is something I considered previously but got caught up in other areas. I think I was struggling with GUI space and kind of forgot about it. I'll try to get this on the next update as well.

GUI resize should already be saved, both when closing/reopening the editor, and with the project. What host/OS are you on?

Brilliant, thanks! It saves the size in the circumstances you mentioned but it would be nice for it to save when opening a brand new instance. Just a small quality of life thing.

If you have any way to make a snapshot of it, it does remember the size cross projects. FL Studio has this. Not sure what you are using?

[jack [psychicmodulation]]

Is it possible to fine tune the master/global pitch? Looking through the manual it doesn’t appear to be an option.

Not currently, but this has been requested before. I'll see about incorporating it.

[Winstontaneous]

Congratulations! Is there any discount for Phonec 2 license holders?

[kejkz]

Nice plugin, haven't heard it before. It reminds me of some of the Buzz synths, in a lots of cases they had that crazy sound of digital quirkiness. To me that aspect of sound was lost, since most of the synth developers nowadays seems to be chasing either emulations or novelty sound synthesis methods, not as simple ones as these. It sounds rather raspy, I quite enjoy it. Worth taking it for a drive.

[XorXisT]

No talking, only sound (I'm not affiliated):

[jack [psychicmodulation]]

Congratulations! Is there any discount for Phonec 2 license holders?

Yes there is. Sending you a PM.

[gnu23]

Hi Jack,

I prepurchased back in December but the FastSpring account shows no download link. I can see my other PM product links, just not Phonec3.

Many thanks

[mrcleats]

I had the same Gnu, emailed Jack at phonec support yesterday with my order details - he came back to me quickly, all sorted.

[Echoes in the Attic]

So Melt used to have an option for circuit based melt or as an effect on top. Is that still possible? Or which one is it now?

[vitocorleone123]

Nice plugin, haven't heard it before. It reminds me of some of the Buzz synths, in a lots of cases they had that crazy sound of digital quirkiness. To me that aspect of sound was lost, since most of the synth developers nowadays seems to be chasing either emulations or novelty sound synthesis methods, not as simple ones as these. It sounds rather raspy, I quite enjoy it. Worth taking it for a drive.

It can sound raspy. I’m using it and it’s sounding incredibly smooth, like Softube synth do.