SOUNDART RELEASE INFILTRATOR - A MONSTER VOCODER WITH FILTERBANK FX FOR THE CHAMELEON
(Press Release | Posted 2003-09-26)
At Soundart we promised from the start that our revolutionary product the
Chameleon would kick start independent development of unique, high quality
DSP audio tools, synths and FX. We have not been proven wrong. As the
development around the world rolls ever-onwards, Soundart are very proud to
release INFILTRATOR v1.0. It has been designed and developed by an
independent professional engineer from Norway who has believed from the
start in the creative power of the Chameleon platform. Soundart has been so
impressed with the work that it has decided to buy the highly unusual
soundskin to make it available to all Chameleon users for free.
Infiltrator is principally a monster Vocoder that can accurately recreate
classic vocoder architectures, but it can also be anything from a DJ
performance filter to a multiband compressor and detailed stereo EQ - a
Chameleon-like application in itself! Highlights include:
- Highly detailed control with physical units - e.g. 0.00001 seconds.
- Two 24 channel filterbanks with up to 2/4/6/8 pole, with 11 filter types.
- Re-configurable architecture to create EQs, Multiband compressors,
Vocoders and more.
- Multiple compressors / expanders / gates with lookahead.
- Sophisticated silence / voiced / unvoiced detector.
- Built-in MIDI synthesiser with twin oscillators and noise generator.
- Ring mod and FM synthesis features.
- 8 sets of 3 assignable real time controllers for instant control.
- Realtime control of all filterbanks for unheard-of Vocoding FX.
- 3 LFOs for controlling the realtime controls to create fantastic FX.
- Quick / full edit modes - different editing levels for speed and
simplicity or deep control.
- Extensive metering and monitoring of internal signals.
- Internal storage of 99 user programs, with over 55 factory setups.
- Dynamic allocation of DSP resources, allowing different configurations to
utilize the hardware fully.
- Delay FX on the inputs, outputs, or internally in multiband mode for
highly unusual frequency dependent delay FX.
- Very extensive 130 plus page manual for getting inside the highly
detailed soundskin.
As far as we can tell Infoltrator looks like it will be a killer
application that is truly unique, with nothing comparable on the market.
Through Infiltrator the Chameleon now starts to branch off into unexplored
territory for digital audio hardware, as independent developers unshackled
by big business concerns develop their ideas freely on our open
architecture, high quality hardware. Now it starts to get really
interesting...
Infiltrator 1.0 is available now as a free download for Chameleon users on
our web site:
http://www.soundart-hot.com/english/users1_7.htm
The Chameleon houses in a 1U rack the same powerful Motorola DSP processing
power as found in many top-name brands of audio hardware, along with 2 x
24bit I/O A/D D/A converters and MIDI I/O. Low-level Soundart code allows
it to effectively function as a "blank canvas" for talented developers to
use how they please. End-users load soundskins like INFILTRATOR via MIDI
and the Chameleon instantly becomes a completely different tool.
About Soundart:
Soundart is the Spanish company behind the Chameleon concept, the world's
first open-platform DSP hardware that marries several key advantages of
computers -- multi-functionality and re-programmability - - with the
reliability, transportability and highly optimised coding found in modern
hardware processors. We work in partnership with software designers
worldwide, creating the ultimate multifunctional studio and live tool. We
are the first Spanish company entering the realm of the design and
manufacture of DSP-based hardware music and audio products.
Soundart designs, manufactures and markets its own products, offers OEM
design, manufacturing and DSP audio programming services to manufacturers
of any kind of product related to audio.
