KVR Audio

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:59 am

Once again, we have requisitioned an ageing relic which we have re-fashioned for our purposes.

This time, from a 1950s of the future where science fiction and science fact were somewhat blurred ... a portable communications device intended for an over-ambitious and abandoned manned mission to Mars...

With two oscillators offering a wide variety of true analogue, ring modulated waveforms which can be tuned and mixed, modulated further by a multi-wave LFO and envelope as well as FM and AM modulated, there's a broad palette of sounds to play with and mix and match before these pass to an ADSR envelope and an array of speaker simulations and lo/hi cut filters to create a wider range of antiquated, retro sci-fi sounds that could have originated in an old black and white B-movie or the early experimental electronic music studios of Europe.

These then pass to a comprehensive chain of effects comprising distortion, chorus, phase shifting, echo and a convolution reverb featuring a wide range of impulses.

Furthermore, touch the 'scope/sonar/radar in the centre of the panel and Altaerion will come up with a randomly generated sound for you. Not just that but touch it in the effects page and it will generate a new effects configuration at random. Between them, Altaerion will create good starting points for you to tweak and take you in creative directions you might not have thought of. All good fun!

Altaerion is available now for £10

DETAILS

Altaerion audio demo

Cheers,

Stephen

optofonik · Post by **optofonik** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:20 pm

Nice. The MLM series keeps growing. Growing into an "MLM Suite Part Deux" perhaps?

losan · Post by **losan** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:14 pm

Just gorgeous !

Both the graphics (love it !) and the weird sounds you can get out of this !
(not to forget the scripting behind it... !)
The random function is just sick - I came up with 10 new variations of useful
(well, kinda...) sounds within just 5 minutes...just plain fun.

Sorry, just have to mention it - I really love this MLM thing...

Cheers

dmbaer · Post by **dmbaer** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:47 pm

Just beautiful, as always with the MLM interfaces, Stephen!

You might want to check your web site, however. You've got the main panel showing twice. I assume the second slot was to show the effects panel.

Delfinoverde · Post by **Delfinoverde** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:53 pm

Hollowsun Altaerion

Bought it!

I like unusual Instruments very much.
This should be precious & perfectly apt for making Ambient music.

Thanks a lot Hollowsun!

Check my music @

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http://optipix.wix.com/ambraduna

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www.ambraduna.com

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:49 pm

So far I don't have a concrete use for all these wonderful music laboratory machines since I make pop-like songs. Yet these wannahave gadgets are so tempting with their great UI's and retro scifi sounds. It makes me want to endlessly fiddle with them in the dark and silent moments of the night.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:49 am

Thanks for the kind comments, chaps.

dmbaer wrote:You might want to check your web site, however. You've got the main panel showing twice. I assume the second slot was to show the effects panel.

Eh? I see the main panel and the FX panel here.

Cheers,

Stephen

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:00 am

Timfonie wrote:since I make pop-like songs.

There's your problem right there!

Mind you, nothing stopping you using them in pop songs. As one customer commented on other MLMs - they're good for injecting a "WTF was that" sound/effect into a song.

Timfonie wrote:Yet these wannahave gadgets are so tempting with their great UI's and retro scifi sounds. It makes me want to endlessly fiddle with them in the dark and silent moments of the night.

Do it - you know it makes sense.

Actually, even if it makes no sense at all, do it anyway - it's great fun!

Cheers,

Stephen

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:02 am

optofonik wrote:Nice. The MLM series keeps growing. Growing into an "MLM Suite Part Duex" perhaps?

Yes... maybe/quite likely.

Although I'd spell 'deux' correctly!

Cheers,

Stephen

vicshere · Post by **vicshere** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:20 pm

Love the look of this thing, Stephen, very cool - and the sounds are brilliant as ever!

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:36 pm

hollowsun wrote:
optofonik wrote:Nice. The MLM series keeps growing. Growing into an "MLM Suite Part Duex" perhaps?
Yes... maybe/quite likely.

Although I'd spell 'deux' correctly!

Cheers,

Stephen

i bought them nearly all seperately then the first MLM series cames out. Now with the new machines - the same story, as i said i couldn't resist!

esl · Post by **esl** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:44 pm

I know it's probably not possible, but it would be so awesome if you could port these instruments over to Reason.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:41 pm

None of Reason's samplers offer scripting, so... porting to Reason won't happen. Plus, I don't own the software, and it's a bit too expensive to purchase it for something I won't use actively.

dmbaer · Post by **dmbaer** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:34 pm

hollowsun wrote:Eh? I see the main panel and the FX panel here.

Whoops, my mistake. Most of the MLMs have an effects panel layout that's distictly different from the main panel. In Altaerion, both panels have a very similar look. I just didn't examinine them very closely. Sorry for the false alarm.

optofonik · Post by **optofonik** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:41 am

hollowsun wrote:
optofonik wrote:Nice. The MLM series keeps growing. Growing into an "MLM Suite Part Duex" perhaps?
Yes... maybe/quite likely.

:wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee::wheee:

hollowsun wrote:Although I'd spell 'deux' correctly!

Okay, but only if part Deux is out for the New Year.

hollowsun wrote:Cheers,

Stephen

Back atcha.

Altaerion - new MLM from Hollow Sun...