Archive for March, 2005

Cycling ’74 Ships Mode For Windows

POPULAR PLUG-IN PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS USERS

San Francisco, CA USA • March 29, 2005 – Cycling ’74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced the release of Mode for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins is now available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An additional 18 plug-in “submodules” extend the package with creative effects, parameter modulators and CPU-saving mini-instruments.

The MODE collection’s featured plug-ins include:

  • BANG: A single-voice percussion module that combines sample playback, FM synthesis, and analog modeling drum synthesis for sounds ranging from simple emulation to outrageous percussive hybrids.
  • MONO: A monophonic synthesizer that combines the ease of use and warm filter effects of an analog synthesizer with the control and clarity of an FM engine, for an instrument that is equally at home in the studio or on stage.
  • POLY: A versatile polyphonic synthesizer loosely based on classic DCO synths. POLY uses waveforms sampled from some of the most popular vintage digital and analog instruments and features a unique polyphonic arpeggiator.
  • SPIN: A rhythm-based effects processor that features a state-variable filter, panning effects, rhythmic gating, delay, distortion and bit-reduction for sounds that range from subtle modification to extreme abuse.
  • WASH: A unique new effects processor built around an interconnected network of 6 fully controllable recirculating delay lines. More than a mere effect, WASH is an instrument in its own right–capable of anything from simple multi-tap delay textures to hour-long walls of morphing feedback.

The additional 18 “submodule” plug-ins take the effects, performance controls and instrument sections of the five featured devices and provide them as stand-alone plug-ins. This allows for mix-and-match sound creation, modulation, filtering and effects similar to modular synthesis environments. Price and Availability: MODE is now available for a MSRP of $99 at Cycling ’74 dealers worldwide and online directly from Cycling ’74 (www.cycling74.com).

About Cycling ’74

Cycling ’74 creates and distributes Mac OS and Windows software for audio, video, and multimedia innovators. Products include the Max/MSP/Jitter graphical programming environment, the Pluggo collections of Max/MSP-based audio plug-ins, the Radial loop-based composition and performance system, and the interactive algorithmic composition program M. Cycling ’74 also releases creative musical and multimedia works through their c74 recording label and audio source libraries for musicians, sound designers and media producers through its Cycles series. http://www.cycling74.com

Graphics available online at http://www.cycling74.com/pressimages.

Cycling ’74, 379A Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-974-1818, info@cycling74.com

The Poly Papers (part 1)

One of the more difficult things for many beginning Max/MSP users is dealing with polyphony. So I thought I’d write up a few articles about the poly~ object, and help take some of the heat off of a new user’s head.

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Things OTHERS wish people had told THEM

When I started this series of short “advice” pieces to Max/MSP/Jitter beginners, I also decided to ask a number of my friends and colleagues about what their ideas of what good advice might be so that you won’t be left with just my admittedly biased advice set.

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Things I wish HAD existed (so that people could have told me about them)

You, the beginner, are living in a golden age.

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Things I wish people had told me, continued

I learned Max, MSP, and Jitter as a non-student, which meant that I pretty much taught myself by reading and making patches and then trying to make them work. That means that my following two pieces of advice may not pertain to you if you’re taking a course that involves you needing to learn Max/MSP/Jitter. But I think they’re useful to consider anyway, even if they might seem a trifle odd at first glance:

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MI7 To Distribute Cycling ’74 Software In Europe

TWO INNOVATIVE COMPANIES FORM INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE

Malmo, Sweden and San Francisco, CA USA • March 1, 2005 – MI7, a distribution company for Media and Music Production Solutions based in Malmo, Sweden, and Cycling ’74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced a distribution agreement in which MI7 will distribute the entire Cycling ’74 product line in Europe. MI7 territories in Europe include: Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux and Spain. “For us the Cycling ’74 product range adds an extra amount of flavour to our range of media production tools,” said Per Larson, CEO of MI7. “It’s that extra spice that helps make a difference in an audio. We’re pleased and excited to add this eclectic and creative company to our portfolio.” “We are very impressed with MI7′s state-of-the-art distribution model,” said David Zicarelli, President of Cycling ’74. “We’re looking forward to a productive relationship based on our shared interest in innovative business methods.” The Cycling ’74 product line currently includes:

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