Update: 2020-08-18
EnvelopedSine is an additive synthesizer that computes 64 sine waves for each note. Difference to IterativeSinCluster is that this synth has AD envelope and saturator for each oscillator. EnvelopedSine is better suited for percussive sounds.
EnvelopedSine requires CPU which supports AVX or later SIMD instructions.
The package includes following builds:
macOS build isn’t tested because I don’t have Mac. If you found a bug, please file a issue to GitHub repository or send email to ryukau@gmail.com.
Linux build is built on Ubuntu 18.0.4 and tested on Bitwig and Reaper. If you are using distribution other than Ubuntu 18.04, plugin will not likely run. In this case, please take a look at build instruction.
Place *.vst3 directory to:
/Program Files/Common Files/VST3/ for Windows.$HOME/.vst3/ for Linux./Users/$USERNAME/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/ for macOS.DAW may provides additional VST3 directory. For more information, please refer to the manual of the DAW.
Extract preset zip, then place preset directory to the OS specific path:
/Users/$USERNAME/Documents/VST3 Presets/Uhhyou$HOME/.vst3/presets/Uhhyou/Users/$USERNAME/Library/Audio/Presets/UhhyouPreset directory name must be the same as the plugin. Make Uhhyou directory if it does not exist.
If DAW doesn’t recognize the plugin, try installing C++ redistributable (vc_redist.x64.exe). Installer can be found in the link below.
On Ubuntu 18.0.4, those packages are required.
If DAW doesn’t recognize the plugin, take a look at Package Requirements section of the link below and make sure all the VST3 related package is installed.
REAPER on Linux may not recognize the plugin. A workaround is to delete a file ~/.config/REAPER/reaper-vstplugins64.ini and restart REAPER.
When trying to run plugin first time, following message may appear on macOS.
<PluginName>.vst3 is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to
the Trash"In this case, open terminal and try running following command to unzipped .vst3 directory.
Plugin may be considered as unsigned/un-notarized application. In this case, try following the steps below.
sudo spctl --master-disable.Beware that steps above degrades security of your system. To revert the settings, follow the steps below.
sudo spctl --master-enable.At first time, create color config file to:
/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Roaming/UhhyouPlugins/style/style.json on Windows.$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/UhhyouPlugins/style/style.json on Linux.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty, make $HOME/.config/UhhyouPlugins/style/style.json./Users/$USERNAME/Library/Preferences/UhhyouPlugins/style/style.json on macOS.Below is a example of style.json.
{
"fontPath": "",
"foreground": "#000000",
"foregroundButtonOn": "#000000",
"foregroundInactive": "#8a8a8a",
"background": "#ffffff",
"boxBackground": "#ffffff",
"border": "#000000",
"borderCheckbox": "#000000",
"borderLabel": "#000000",
"unfocused": "#dddddd",
"highlightMain": "#0ba4f1",
"highlightAccent": "#13c136",
"highlightButton": "#fcc04f",
"highlightWarning": "#fc8080",
"overlay": "#00000088",
"overlayHighlight": "#00ff0033"
}Hex color codes are used.
First letter # is conventional. Plugins ignore the first letter of color code, thus ?102938, \n11335577 are valid.
Do not use characters outside of 0-9a-f for color value.
fontPath: Absolute path to *.ttf font file. Not implemented in VST 3 version.foreground: Text color.foregroundButtonOn: Text color of active toggle button. Recommend to use the same value of foreground or boxBackground.foregroundInactive: Text color of inactive components. Currently, only used for TabView.background: Background color.boxBackground: Background color of inside of box shaped components (Barbox, Button, Checkbox, OptionMenu, TextKnob, VSlider).border: Border color of box shaped components.borderCheckbox: Border color of CheckBox.borderLabel: Line color of parameter section label.unfocused: Color to fill unfocused components. Currently, only used for knobs.highlightMain: Color to indicate focus is on a component. Highlight colors are also used for value of slider components (BarBox and VSlider).highlightAccent: Same as highlightMain. Used for cosmetics.highlightButton: Color to indicate focus is on a button.highlightWarning: Same as highlightMain, but only used for parameters which requires extra caution.overlay: Overlay color. Used to overlay texts and indicators.overlayHighlight: Overlay color to highlight current focus.Knob and slider can do:
There is an additional control for number sliders used for Octave, Seed etc.
Control with many blue vertical bars (BarBox) have some keyboard shortcuts. BarBox is used by Attack, Decay, Gain and Saturation. Shortcuts are only enabled after left clicking overtone control. Cheat sheet can be popped up by clicking plugin title on bottom left.
| Input | Control |
|---|---|
| Left Drag | Change Value |
| Shift + Left Drag | Change Value (Snapped) |
| Ctrl + Left Drag | Reset to Default |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left Drag | Change Value (Skip Between Frames) |
| Right Drag | Draw Line |
| Shift + Right Drag | Edit One Bar |
| Ctrl + Right Drag | Reset to Default |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right Drag | Toggle Lock |
| a | Alternate Sign |
| d | Reset Everything to Default |
| D | Toggle Min/Mid/Max |
| e | Emphasize Low |
| E | Emphasize High |
| f | Low-pass Filter |
| F | High-pass Filter |
| i | Invert Value (Preserve minimum) |
| I | Invert Value (Minimum to 0) |
| l | Toggle Lock under Mouse Cursor |
| L | Toggle Lock for All |
| n | Normalize (Preserve minimum) |
| N | Normalize (Minimum to 0) |
| p | Permute |
| r | Randomize |
| R | Sparse Randomize |
| s | Sort Descending Order |
| S | Sort Ascending Order |
| t | Subtle Randomize (Random walk) |
| T | Subtle Randomize (Converge to 0) |
| z | Undo |
| Z | Redo |
| , (Comma) | Rotate Back |
| . (Period) | Rotate Forward |
| 1 | Decrease |
| 2-9 | Decrease 2n-9n |
Snapping is not available for all BarBox. If you’d like to have snapping for certain BarBox, feel free to open issue to GitHub repository.
Edit One Bar with Shift + Right Drag holds a bar under the cursor when mouse right button is pressed. Then only changes that one bar while holding down mouse right button.
Toggle Lock with Ctrl + Shift + Right Drag behaves as line edit. When right mouse button (RMB) is pressed, it holds the opposite state of the bar below mouse cursor, then use the state for the rest of bars. For example, if RMB is pressed on a locked bar, dragging unlocks bars while holding down RMB.
If the image is small, use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel or “View Image” on right click menu to scale.
Diagram only shows overview. It’s not exact implementation.
4 big controls on top right.
Gain envelope attack and decay for each oscillator.
Gain for each oscillator.
Saturation gain for each oscillator.
Both controls output gain. Peak value of output will be Boost * Gain.
When checked, the synth enables rendering of sine waves over nyquist frequency.
Roughly speaking, nyquist frequency is the highest frequency that can be reconstructed from recorded digital signal. When generating sound, it’s possible to set value that is higher than nyquist frequency. However, the result may contain unexpected frequency due to a phenomenon called aliasing. Add Aliasing is option to add those aliasing noise.
Note octave.
Change sine wave frequency.
Equation is noteFrequency * (1 + fmod(Multiply * pitch, Modulo)). pitch is calculated from note pitch and overtone index. fmod(a, b) is a function that returns reminder of a / b.
Scaling factor for overtone controls.
Amount of right shift to overtone controls.
Randomize parameters. These are more effective when used with Unison.
When checked, reset random seed for each note-on.
Random seed. This value change random number sequence.
Amount of randomization to overtone controls. Equation is value * random. Range of random is [0.0, 1.0).
Amount of randomization to pitch.
Amount of randomization to phase.
Time length to change some parameter value to current one. Unit is in second.
List of parameters related to Smooth. * represents wild card.
Gain section.Phaser section, except nStages.Other parameter uses the value obtained from the timing of note-on for entire duration of a note.
Maximum polyphony. Lowering the number of this option reduces CPU load.
When checked, unison is enabled.
When unison is enabled, 1 note uses 2 voices. 1 voice is placed on left and other is placed on right. Combining Unison with Random.To Phase, Random.To Pitch, etc. can be used to make sound with stereo spread.
Multiplier for Attack/Decay in overtone control section.
When checked, it reduces click noise that occurs when the value of Attack and/or Decay is 0.
Exponent to Gain in overtone control. Following is the equation of gain of an oscillator.
Gain.Boost * Gain.Gain * pow(Overtone.Gain, Modifier.Gain^)Mixing ratio of dry/wet signal of saturation. Dry : Wet becomes 0 : 1 when turned the knob to rightmost.
Number of all-pass filter.
Mixing ratio of dry/wet signal of phaser. Dry : Wet becomes 0 : 1 when turned the knob to rightmost.
LFO frequency.
Amount of feedback. Feedback is disabled when the knob is pointing to 12 o’clock. It becomes negative feedback when turned to left and positive feedback when turned to right.
Range of all-pass filter modulation by LFO.
Minimum value of all-pass filter modulation by LFO.
LFO phase offset.
LFO phase. This can be used to make sound with automation. Turning Freq to leftmost sets LFO frequency to 0.
EnvelopedSine is licensed under GPLv3. Complete licenses are linked below.
If the link above doesn’t work, please send email to ryukau@gmail.com.
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