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Hopefully the possibility of a new Krakli plugin may get some of you interested..

Every year Computer Music magazine in the UK release a Freebies Special and Krakli plugins have been featured a number of times.  Once again, this year, they have asked if i can contribute and rather than offer one of the old krakli pugs (which I am sure have been downloaded by all that would want them already) i have dusted off my computer and attempted to develop something new..

Presuming that I can iron the bugs out and get patches added in time for the editorial deadline, then expect to see that rarest of beasts: a new krakli Plugin!!

Return of the YAVA !!

OK, so its been far too long without anything new falling out of the windows at Krakli towers. So I am starting work on YAVA3.. Unlike normally when I start to post about a synth as it is reaching release, with YAVA3 all I have at the moment is a series of paper sketches of the architecture and some broad GUI ideas..
So what can you expect to see, well howzabout:

• 4 oscillator lines each with dual oscillators, multiple waveforms and multiple modulation sources.


• ADSR enveloping of the oscillators before the filter


• two filter banks each of which sharing their internals with the filters from S3K and R.I.P.


• Oscillator Sync but also Oscillator cross modulation with various configurations.


• 3 modulation LFOs


• 3 Modulation Envelopes


• 4 keyscale controls (similar Stringz2)


• Full stereo output paths, with multiple effects and mixer sections

So I am hoping to post a running commentary on this one and I have a pretty good idea of the final concept so I am not expecting this project to fizzle out as some other recent ones have ..

R.I.P. Computer Music Special, Publication date.

I recently had an email from the jolly nice people at Computer magazine, giving me a heads-up on part of the coverage that they plan for the R.I.P. synth that will be featured in the October freeware special, certainly they are very complimentary and if their comments are anything to go by R.I.P. should be quite a success.

Computer Music Mag. says:

“R.I.P. is a synth enthusiast’s synth, filled to the brim with proper, synthy electronic noises. It’s almost like a ‘best of’ compilation of the finest sounds to be produced by electronic machines over the last three decades... if you want great atmosphere, the sound of pure electronics and simple programming, then you need look no further than this top-notch plug-in.” Computer Music
Featured exclusively in Computer Music Special issue 44. Available from 20 October 2010 from:
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/Computer-Music-Specials-Back-Issues/Computer-Music-Specials-Issue44.html

Also I had promised to prepare some videos of the beefy blue beast in action and although I've had precious little time lately I still intend to do so prior to the magazines release, keep your eye on the Krakli Youtube channel

R.I.P. Its official!

I have already mentioned it but now I can confirm that fans of Krakli can look forward to the release of a Computer Music exclusive in their freeware special which will be released in the UK in October. Hopefully you have already checked out the CMSpecial_Himalaya_demo in the previous post but now here is a screen grab and further details organised by the nice folk at Computer Music magazine:

R.I.P. will be featured as part of a collection of 99 amazing free-plug ins for music producers, as selected by Computer Music magazine. The collection – containing 99 effects, synths, other instruments, utilities and more – will be issued with Computer Music Special 44, which also includes a complete guide to all the featured plug-ins, plus step-by-step tutorials. The magazine/DVD will be available from 20 October in the UK, with worldwide distribution to follow.
For more information -
email: computermusic.special@futurenet.com
web: www.computermusic.co.uk

CM special!... what can I say?

Its quite a long way off, and I don't see any point in getting all dressed up with nowhere to go but... here are a few spoilers.

• It's finished construction and already has a large number of patches.


• It's quite Blue.


• It employs a similar idea to RMXL where you have two totally independent synths both with their own bend, mono-poly, arpeggio etc.


• I have used its name once before many, many moons ago.


• It's architecture is a superset of an existing Krakli favorite.


• Did I mention that it's Blue.


• The mag isn't on sale until October so you have a little wait.


• I will release more teasers and audio demos prior to that though.


• It's Blue.


• It is quite a large GUI probably only usable on a 1024  x 768 screen, but most off you have them anyways don't you?

So as is my usual way, I will be drip-feeding little bits of information about this in the coming weeks.. in the meantime lets see if  we can guess what the name of this plugin will be, if you remember I said I have used the name before, a long time ago!