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    Chaosynth, from Nyr Sound, a software synthesiser for the PC is now available as a pre-release version for the Mac. Chaosynth uses cellular automata and granular synthesis to create a new sound set for the electronic musician. Chaosynth can be used as a one-shot sample generator with direct to diskrecording, or it can be driven by MIDI as a fully functioning monosynth.

    Cellular Automata: The primary guide to the timbre of the Chaosynth sound comes from cellular automata. These consist of a group of cells that evolve over time following a pre-defined rule. At each time segment, every cell changes its state depending on the conditions of its neighbours. Starting with a random state, the cellular automata quickly settle to form organic and eventually oscillating patterns. When this is translated into sound, a complex evolving waveform is formed with a rich texture.

    Granular Synthesis: This is the process of synthesising a large sound using a stream of small packets (granules) of sound. Traditionally, the characteristics of the granules have been determined by probability mathematics or used as an effect by chopping up a sample into granules and streaming them back randomly.

    Chaosynth's use of cellular automata as a controller produces a much more distant, controllable, and varied sound than traditional granular synthesisers. This combination of cellular automata and granular synthesis is a first of its kind. The sounds produced include ambient, strange, and effects based styles amongst others. The programme was even once used for producing fruit machine sound effects, but in general it is targeted at dance/electronic musicians and academics.

    Sporting a rich graphical interface, Chaosynth eases the user into the sound possibilities opened up by the new sound technique. At the same time, precise timing information allows seamless integration of the sounds into recordings.

    One of the main strengths of Chaosynth is its output quality. It can save to disk with a sample rate up to 24bit at 11 - 200kHz. Real-time synthesis also supports 24bit output on some soundcards.

     




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