Four Free Applications Ready for Soundart's Chameleon
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December 29, 2002
Soundart, the Spanish company that conceived, designed and manufactures
the Chameleon, announced that the Chameleon now has four
different professional applications available for free and that many more
are coming soon, most of them available also free of charge for Chameleon
owners, from the Soundart's web site.
The applications currently available are:
- Australis. A powerful and very musically sounding polyphonic and multi-timbral analog synthesizer emulation.
- Chromasonic. A complete and versatile configurable multiFX processor.
- ReBorn. A virtual dance music machine with two analog TB bass synthesizers and the two different TR drum machines (beta version currently available, release version available in January 2003).
- FX Designer from SpinAudio. Fully configurable and very versatile multi-delay FX processor. First VST plug-in ported to the Chameleon (beta version currently available, release version available in January 2003).
Reborn
Reborn is a standalone emulation of
the legendary TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909 instruments with some important
enhancements.
Its main features are:
- 2 Bass machines both emulating the original TB-303.
- 2 Rhythm machines emulating the original TR-808 and TR-909.
- 4 distortion effects (1 dedicated to each sound machine).
- 1 Selectable compressor.
- 1 Global delay unit.
- Realtime triggering and control of any sound and parameter using MIDI.
- Individual MIDI channel for each sound machine and effects.
FX Designer
The first 3rd
Party application for the Chameleon is coming as well. Spin Audio has just released the
port of their FX Designer plugin to the Chameleon. FX Designer
is a delay based processor tool and currently it's in beta state.
The main features of FX Designer are:
- Six modulated stereo delay lines with Comb/Allpass filter type switch.
- Six assignable stereo LFOs with five waveforms and stereo shift controls.
- Flexible tap signal routing.
- 37 built-in routing schemes (not in Beta version).
- More than 70 Presets bank (not in Beta version).
About the Chameleon
The Chameleon opens a new trend that does not intend
to compete with the currently main established trend of computer
platforms, but rather is a complement thanks to the marriage of
several key advantages of the computer platforms and the standalone
devices. This is the key concept of the Chameleon, a concept that many
open-minded developers and programmers who are currently developing and
porting their plugins to the Chameleon could perceive since its early
introduction.
The Chameleon an audio device that combines the main advantages
of the computers (programmability and multi-functionality) with the main
advantages of the standalone equipment (reliability, transportability,
ease and speed of use) in the shape of an standard 1U rack unit.
The Chameleon is now shipping. Its recommended retail price is Euro 795.00
(equivalent to approximately U.S.$ 795.00) plus applicable taxes. The
Chameleon can be purchased directly to the manufacturer at special prices
on the Soundart's web site and it is shipped worldwide by DHL with an
average shipping leadtime of two days.
For more information, visit their web site at www.soundart-hot.com. | 
