Revised wave envelope display (Microwave I/II) with Scrollbar and better loop feedback.
(Update) Extended parameter value ranges for MicroWave I Version 2.0:
Panning Modulation: invers
Instrument Mode: solo
LFO 2 Phase Shift is multiplied by two for display.
LFO Sync and Humanize goes up to 7
- Fixed crash in registration dialog if the entered code had too many chars.
- Show warning if requested sound bank is incomplete due to slow response.
- Fingered glide/portamento modes were missing (Microwave I w/2.0 ROMs).
- Wave envelope display for Microwave I was wrong because key off point, loop start point and loop mode were mixed up.
Better file (.syx/.SYX) filtering on MacOS X.
New Additive Synthesis Window gives finer control to define partials for User Waves. This screenshot shows the functionality.
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Harry Gerber Kybernetik proudly presents: arpXT, a reverse engineering of the famous Microwave II’s Arpeggiator.
It can be downloaded either as a standalone (23.7MB, Mac only) or a collective (1.3MB, Mac/Windows), which requiresMax 5.0.7 Runtimefrom cycling74.com). For the curious, here is a screenshot of the software.
Version 0.7 is still unfinished, there’s one shortcoming:
- Direction alternate/random is only working in hold mode.
Possible Bonus features planned (from Blofeld with love):
- Additional “One Shot” – mode for Active parameter.
- Additional “Alt Down” for Direction parameter.
- Length parameter for arpeggiator notes [1/96 .. 48 bars / Legato]
- Overlap: optional noteoffs for notes with same pitch.
- Timing Factor: optional time shift (”shuffle”) the arp timing of individual arpeggiator notes [0..127]
- Additional “Velocity Each Note” / Fixed Velocity [fix 32 / fix 64 / fix 100 / fix 127]
- Additional Pattern Parameters:
- Step (position -> [off, on, prev, first, last, first+last, chord, random
- Accent [silent, -96, -64, -32, +0, +32, +64, +96]
- Glide sends channel message 65 [off / on]
- Timing [random / -3...+3] (if Timing Factor == 127 -> a 1/16th note is delayed up to a 1/32th, pos or neg.)
- Length [legato / -3...+3]
Happy sequencing, Michael
New version compiled with Xcode 3.2 / GCC 4.0 on MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). The application now requires at least MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger).
Microwave Editor for Classic is also still available and has been tested successfully on MacOS 9.2.
Individual waves from any non-algorithmic wavetables can now be stored/loaded. The 64 values are written in floating point format to a text file. (Look at the screenshot to get the idea)
Fixed problem with larger MIDI sysex requests on certain configurations.
The latest build (4.0.040) for MacOS 9/OMS is also available now. I wonder, if it still makes sense to support such old system? However, my G3 B/W is not dead yet, it just smells funny …