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KarmaFX Synth Modular 1.0 [Release Candidate 2] released !
Synth Modular has been updated. We are nearing completion of version 1.0 final, so no new features this time. Just GUI tweaks and bugfixes.
Final version will be released one or two weeks from now.
Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 1.0 [Release Candidate 2] changes.
This can reduce CPU load considerably, especially with polyphonic patches.
This also means that patches will consume 0% CPU when not playing and the GUI is closed.
Release Candidate expires November, 2007.
KarmaFX Official Sponsor for Drum & Bass Event in November
KarmaFX is again sponsoring 'Socialism' in London! This time November 13th.
The line up is:
SABRE, KUBIKS, DANGEROUS, ALTITIDE, KOMBINATE, DYMOND, DJ SWAY, SHABBA, M CD & BENNIE D, IRIE MC, NU-FLO
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.99 released !
KarmaFX Synth has been updated. Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.99 BETA changes.
Enable by clicking on "Enable pitchbend" in right click menu and choose the desired range.
The Sampler can also load multiple files this way.
Presets are stored in KarmaFX_Synth/Presets and named according to module class and type.
Fixed by subclassing a different window and changing the window's style flags. (Tested in Sonar 6 Trial).
This beta version expires October, 2007.
Feel the pulse ! - This month's CM Synth Essentials features KarmaFX Synth
KarmaFX Synth Modular is once again used in Scot Solida's excellent two-page Synth Essentials column.
This time he experiments with Pulse width modulation.
Scot writes:
... This month, I'm returning to that modular masterpiece KarmaFX Synth in order to unlock the arcane secrets of the pulse wave...
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.98 released !
KarmaFX Synth has been updated. Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.98 BETA changes.
Up to 1024 harmonics with support for user defined waveform presets.
This beta version expires August, 2007.
KarmaFX Official Sponsor for Drum & Bass Event in May
Once again, KarmaFX is sponsoring 'Socialism' in London. This time its on the 31st of May and the venue is Trafik.
Visit www.trafikinfo.co.uk for more information.
The line up is:
NICKY BLACKMARKET (bm soho), T.K.O. (parameter II), MISS WENDY (breakbeat kaos), DJ BASHER (ram), SNEAR (futuredrumz), KOMBINATE (lenition), DJ SWAY (futuredrumz),
MASSACRE (origin fm), MC CD (l.b.g.), YOUNGMAN MC (technique), MASTERMIND (aftershock), MC NINJA (futuredrumz).
KarmaFX Synth Reviewed in Computer Music Special Issue
One-page review and two-page tutorial in special issue of Computer Music on the top 50 free plugins of 2007:
"THE CM FREEWARE TOP 50".
CM writes:
Your fast track to the best free music production software available today! The CM team have spent months researching and testing hundreds of freeware applications to root out the Top 50 tools for every job in your home studio. Find out what they are and how...
...If there's a complaint to be levelled at modular synthesizers, it's that they're too complex. But KarmaFX Synth, built around a GUI that allows the user to instantiate and patch together various modules such as oscillators, filters and effects, won't leave you scratching your head.
After a few minutes of playing with a factory preset, you'll be able to get the gist of what this big, beatiful beastie can do...
The KarmaFX Synth as well as the KarmaFX Plugin Pack is included on the accompanying CD.
Cosmosis endorses KarmaFX Synth
Bill Halsey/Cosmosis writes about KarmaFX Synth in his "ask Dr.Bill" section on the Cosmosis website, under
Modular Synthesis vs Fixed Architecture.
In case you don't know:
Cosmosis are one of the few artists on the Psy-Trance scene with an distinctive sound,
Cosmosis were also one of the original artists that, along with Total Eclipse, Hallucinogen,
Man With No Name and Astral Projection, pioneered the Goa and Psy-trance sound in the early nineties.
Bill Writes:
"If you decide that you really want to get into modular synthesis and that is your thing, then save yourself some money and
download the excellent KarmaFX Modular synth. It's free/donationware and is an excellent piece of software.
There, I have just saved you 700 euros :)"
KarmaFX Official Sponsor for Drum & Bass Event in March
KarmaFX is sponsoring 'Socialism' @ Inigo Bar with free plugins.
A Jungle and Drum&Bass Event night Tuesday 27th March, 8pm til 2.30am,in London, SW8.
The line-up is pretty spectacular:
DJ PHANTASY (easy), MAGISTRATE (direct), DJ FU (hit & run), SIGMA UK (charge), DYMOND (advanced), KOMBINATE (lenition), DJ SWAY (futuredrumz)
UK APACHI (SOUR), MC FREESTYLE (extreme), YOUNGMAN MC (technique), MC RIZLABLU (dnbww)
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.97 released !
KarmaFX Synth has been updated. Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.97 BETA changes.
This beta version expires June, 2007.
KarmaFX site moved to www.karmafx.net !
The karmafx website has been moved to karmafx.net.
The contract with the previous webhotel was terminated since karmafx.dk was "using too many system resources".
We were basically thrown out.
After some technical difficulties, the site, forum, etc. has been restored and an auto redirection from karmafx.dk will be setup shortly.
Please note that forum posts (if any) for the last two days may have been lost.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause!
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.96 released !
KarmaFX Synth has been updated. Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.96 BETA changes.
This beta version expires April, 2007.
KarmaFX Synth Tutorial in this Month's Computer Music
Once again, KarmaFX Synth Modular is used in Scot Solida's two-page Synth Essentials column.
This time he looks at Exploiting Noise as a modulation source.
The magazine also has a quick tutorial on how to do sidechained compression in KarmaFX Synth !
KarmaFX Synth is Download of the Month in Electronic Musician !
KarmaFX Synth is Download of the Month in this months Electronic Musician.
EM writes:
...The presets sound great and make excellent starting points for your own experiments, which is always the best way to get a
handle on do-it-yourself soft synths. So download KarmaFX Synth, call up some presets, and start swapping modules.
Read Len Sasso's Full article here.
KarmaFX Synth Tutorial in this Month's Computer Music
Again, KarmaFX Synth Modular is used in Scot Solida's two-page Synth Essentials column.
This time its Pitch Envelopes that he's working on.
Scot writes:
If you've been following this column regularly, you'll know that I absolutely adore KarmaFX Synth. This modular powerhouse offers
the sort of flexibility we need to create just about any patch conceivable...
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.95c released !
KarmaFX Synth has been updated.
This is mostly a bugfix release, so no major version change. Full list of changes below.
KarmaFX Synth Modular 0.95c BETA changes.
This beta version expires February, 2007.