I’ve finally uploaded an improved version of the Shortwave Emulator AudioUnit I put together last month. I think it’s a considerably better likeness of shortwave radio. I switched from a bandpass filter to a resonant lowpass filter. I actually used this version at an impromptu gig shortly after releasing the… Continue reading
ApulSoft is now doing Universal binary versions of his free AU ports. So far it’s just Crayon Filter by Betabugs, and Big Tick Audio‘s Cheeze Machine (but that one’s a biggie, because it’s a damn good string machine). Now if he does daHornet and the C3 compressor, I may not… Continue reading
SonicBirth, which is sort of like SynthEdit for OS X, has been GPL’d. This is almost as good as the Quartz Composer for AudioUnits idea I posted about a while ago. Now there’s no excuse for hundreds of new bizzare synths and effects for the Mac to start showing up.
I’ve finally finished a Quartz Composer composition that I’m comfortable sharing with the world. It’s a rendition of the clavier à lumières, a kind of light organ from 1915. As MIDI notes come in, it renders the QC view in the appropriate color for the note. So if you’ve been… Continue reading
MacWorld San Francisco is coming next week, and it’s pretty likely that iLife is going to get an update, with GarageBand getting revved to version 4. Here’s what I’d like to see in a GarageBand update: The ability to have multiple projects open at the same time. iMovie HD 6… Continue reading