Chronium (Generative Sequencer for iPad and iPhone)

[MNSignalProcessing]

Hi everyone,

I'd like to announce Chronium, a new generative sequencer based on the same principle as Logique Analogique and equipped with a completely new, powerful synthesis engine (2 subharmonics-generating sawtooth oscillators, 6 FM operators, 4 multimode filters per voice).



The user interface is also a completely new design and lets you control frequency, rhythmic pattern, timbre, and modulation directly in an XY-pad like interface with pressure sensitivity (3D touch devices: actual pressure, other devices: screen area touched by finger).

So far, there are 28 presets to choose from, which can be modified with three sliders: Attack, Release, and Q factor/modulation depth. In the future (v2.0, probably around the end of this year), it will be possible to access the full parameter set of the synth engine (at least on the iPad platform, I'm not sure yet how to give access to over 160 parameters on an iPhone screen without reaching the "user-unfriendliness" level of sound editing on a DX7).

Chronium lets you record audio and/or video and you can share the recordings with other apps, social networks, by email, etc.

Audiobus support is planned for v2.0.

Currently, Chronium is priced at $4.99 on the App Store: https://appsto.re/ch/VOsxcb.i. From next week, the price will be increased to $6.99.

Chronium has a quite active user community on Facebook already (considering that it came out only 12 days ago): http://facebook.com/ChroniumApp

To make joining this community even more attractive, we're now giving away 10 promo codes to download Chronium for free to the first 10 people who claim one. Just visit http://facebook.com/ChroniumApp, like the page, and send a message to Chronium (there's a "send message" button on the top of the page) saying that you'd like a promo code.

Best regards,
Fritz (MN Signal Processing)

P.S.: Logique Analogique is currently being updated and will receive an improved landscape mode as well as the same recording/sharing features as Chronium.

[BMoore]

Very interesting. I don't have a Facebook account. Is it too much to ask for a code in pm here?

[Daags]

would be kool if it could output midi/osc ...

[MNSignalProcessing]

Actually, I'm thinking about making a MIDI version of Chronium. It would have a slightly different user interface with less morphing and only limited continuous frequency control (not easy to transmit via MIDI, as the only way to do it is using pitch bend messages), but would offer additional capabilities like sequencing control change messages. OSC could be interesting, too, but the question is how many iPad users actually use OSC...

[aMUSEd]

OK so this is a sequencer but it can't actually sequence other plugins and instruments?

[Daags]

Actually, I'm thinking about making a MIDI version of Chronium. It would have a slightly different user interface with less morphing and only limited continuous frequency control (not easy to transmit via MIDI, as the only way to do it is using pitch bend messages), but would offer additional capabilities like sequencing control change messages. OSC could be interesting, too, but the question is how many iPad users actually use OSC...

a midi version ? oh... i was surprised that this sequencer didn't actually sequence anything beyond it's own internal presets. i was hoping the midi update would make it in to this app.

anyway, ya an actual sequencer (i.e outputs control signals) version would be interesting. Much more interesting than the app as it currently stands (at least if you are stuck inside the app it would help not also being stuck with preset sounds). MIDI is obviously the primarily signal to focus on and no doubt the most popular. OSC was suggested just for the sake of being concise : )

[MNSignalProcessing]

Well, from v2.0 on, you won't be stuck with the presets (but that will only be around the end of the year). And Audiobus is coming soon (next week if everything goes well).

[BMoore]

nvm