Ctrl-clicking the notes chains patterns so one will play after the other. In internal mode you can select one of the 24 existing patterns by clicking one of the 8 white note buttons in combination with a bank number (note: when using your host you can use MIDI notes to trigger all 96 patterns). When not in edit (pattern write) mode, most of the controls will not be active. This section might be slightly confusing at first. The bottom half of the interface is dedicated to manipulation of your sequences. Pre routes the signal through the equalizer and then through the diode clipper, while Post routes the input through the clipper first and then the EQ.Īs I mentioned earlier Phoscyon can be sequenced in your external host as well as with the internal pattern based sequencer. Pre/post switch, determines the signal path.Brightness, a cross-fade control setting the amount of filter and non-filtered signal.Wetness, boosts the cutoff frequency of the LP/HP filters and the bandwidth of the BP filter.Density sets an offset value (from the BP mid freq) which affects the LP and HP cutoff frequency. Size, sets the middle frequency of the bandpass filter from 0Hz to 22kHz and also controls cutoff of the low- and highpass filters.
Clip, sets the clip level of the incoming signal (determines whether signal comes through or not).On the GUI the following controls are available: It features a preamp, diode clipper and three filters (HP, BP and LP). The distortion was designed to be an equivalent to a transistor amplifier with equalization. Some 20+ presets in the Phoscyon distortion presets group do a good job in showcasing the variety of sounds you can get with this effect. This type of effect is often used in combination with the 303 so it’s great to have one included with Phoscyon. If you have never seen a real TB-303 you might be surprised it originally does not come with a distortion effect.
Furthermore there’s a knob for setting the tempo multiplier and arp repeat, which both do exactly what you would expect one multiplies the arp tempo so it plays more notes per step, and the repeat defines how many times a note is allowed to repeat before moving on to the next note in the arp chord/mode sequence. A shuffle parameter sets the swing/syncopation from 0 to 100, to add some groove to your arp notes.
It also marks the first official release of an AudioUnit version.
#PHOSCYON MAC UPDATE#
The long awaited (almost 2 years) version 1.8 update brings some new features like new shuffle/swing parameters, oscillator tuning settings, updated preset management and MIDI learn (similar to other D16 plug-ins), accent velocity level settings and lots more. Its first official release was in February 2006 and it received a few updates since then.