neo Drone - virtual theremin vs WoodLofier Usage & Stats
neo Drone is innovative theremin like synthesizer. The pitch of the oscillators is controlled by moving your hand in the air without touching the device. The hand is tracked by the front face camera.
Description video to see it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qACS_XJ_cg
The algorithm behind was made by me on the second Music Hakathon in Sofia.
You can control the range of the synth by adjusting the light sensitivity, but the app is not working in dark environments. The tonal range is 2 and a half octaves and you can play in legato and staccato mode.
The touch area of the device is working as a kill switch so you can produce these talking synth sound.
Features:
- play without touching the device
- kill switch
- 2.5 octaves
- adjust camera range with light sensitivity slider
- core midi - so you can add USB midi keyboard to the show
- nice and fat sound
- visual color indicator for the playing note
- legato and staccato mode
- Apple App Store
- Paid
- Music
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The WoodLofier is both a standalone app and AUv3 plugin which combines 4 different sections to make your sound more lofi or to add some creative twist : filtering (and Sample Rate reduction), a Tape wobble unit, Noise addition and Crushing (clipping, bit reduction and saturation).
It also has 2 LFO’s to modulate several parameters to bring more life/variation in the mix.
And it has a built-in 8 steps sequencer which allows to save/recall all the available parameters per step.
- Has input low cut and high cut filters.
- Has a sample rate reduction unit.
- Has a tape wobble unit.
- Has a signal dependant noise addition unit.
- Noise color can be set with a LP/HP/BP filter.
- Noise levels can be set with 5 advanced parameters.
- Number of bits per sample can be set.
- Has a clipping unit with auto gain and a lowpass filter for heavy distortion.
- Has a more subtle saturation unit.
- Has an 8-steps sequencer : each step can save/recall all the parameters.
- Sequencer can be started manually or started when Playing (transport) starts.
- Sequencer has a convenient beat/bar timing popup.
- Has 2 modulators.
- Modulator source can be internal LFO or external side chain
- Modulator destination can be tape rotation, tape depth, noise level, clip level or input amplitude.
- LFO Square has slew-rate control. (control at 100% generates triangle waveform)
- LFO’s have convenient beat/bar timing popup.
- Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices).
- Presets can be switched with Midi Program Changes.
- Major controls can be set with Midi CC messages.
- Apple App Store
- Paid
- Music
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neo Drone - virtual theremin VS. 
WoodLofierDecember 19, 2024