Chaosynth is a software synthesiser which uses cellular automata and granular synthesis to create a new sound set for the electronic musician. It can be used as a one-shot sample generator with direct to disk recording, or it can be driven by MIDI as a fully functioning monosynth.

Cellular automata is the primary guide to the timbre of sound generated by Chaosynth. It 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 neighbors. 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.

Chaosynth combines cellular automata with granular synthesis to produce a much more distant, controllable and varied sound than traditional granular synthesisers. This combination of cellular automata and granule synthesis is a first of its kind. The sounds produced include ambient, strange and effects based styles amongst others.

Features

• Synthesis - Cellular Automata and Granular synthesis
• Oscillators - 64
• Waveforms - Sine, Square, Saw-tooth, Triangle and Noise
• Control - One sample to disk recording, MIDI real-time control
• Soundcard support - MME and DirectX
• Effects - Reverb, Modulation
• Filters - Envelope, Low/High/Band Pass filters
• Channel rendering - Mono, Stereo, Surround (2 channel)
• Output quality - 8,16,20 or 24-bit 11kHz - 200kHz
• Output options - WAV or MIDI
• General - Multiple undo and user defined presets

Purchase Information

• ~$40

Requirements

• Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or higher
• Pentium or better (Pentium 200 MHz recommended)
• 16-bit sound card or better
• Microsoft DirectX 6.0 or higher for DirectX support

Note that there are two versions of the program. One for Windows 95/98 and the other for Windows NT. Make sure to download the correct version for your system.