MusiKraken vs RingsFX Usage & Stats

MusiKraken is an Experimental MIDI Controller Construction Kit. Winner of the 2022 MIDI Innovation Awards in the category "Software Prototypes / Non-Commercial Products". Make music using device sensors like Touch, Accelerometer, Microphone and Camera (face, hand, body joint and color tracking and depth sensor support), or connected devices like Game Controllers or an Apple Watch. Choose from several types of modules in the editor and connect the ports to create your own MIDI controller setup. Use Route the MIDI signals through effect modules to control multiple instruments simultaneously or generate creative combinations. MusiKraken supports sending and receiving MIDI data over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or via Core MIDI (for example by using Inter-Device Audio and MIDI (IDAM)). And it can host Audio Unit Instruments. Important: Please note that some of the modules only work on iOS devices with specific hardware: ARKit Face Tracking and the TrueDepth module need a TrueDepth front camera, and Hand and Body Joint Tracking needs at least iOS 14, and might be too slow on older devices. Input Modules: -Keyboard: MPE support, scale highlighting, control multiple values by sliding and touch pressure or finger radius. -Chords Pad: Play chords and its inversions of a selected scale. -Touchpad: Slide multiple fingers on a touchpad to control up to 5 values simultaneously. -ARKit Face Tracking: Uses the TrueDepth camera to generate notes or control parameters using your mouth, eyes, tongue or by moving your head. -Mouth Tracking: Uses the normal camera to control parameters using your mouth. -TrueDepth: Use the depth signal of your camera to generate MIDI data by moving your hand (or anything else) in front of the device. -Hand Tracking: Uses the camera to convert your hand position and simple hand gestures to MIDI. You can use one or two hands and it can also use the TrueDepth sensor if available. -Body Tracking: Uses the camera to track hand, feet and head positions of up to two persons. -Color Tracking: Track objects by color. -Motion Sensors: Uses the combination of Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Magnetometer to detect the current rotation of the device. -Accelerometer: Measures the acceleration of the device. -Apple Watch: Use the motion sensors, heart rate, touch and digital crown. -Game Controller: Use buttons, thumbsticks and everything else. -Microphone: Detects pitch and volume using the microphone. -External Input Device: Receives MIDI events of connected input devices. Output Modules: -External Output Device: Send MIDI events to any device accessible via Core MIDI. -AudioUnit: Load any Music Device or MIDI Processor Audio Unit and generate sounds directly in the app. -Core MIDI Network: Send MIDI via WiFi. -Snarp Network MIDI: My own implementation to send MIDI via WiFi. -SimpleSynth: Generate simple synthesizer sounds directly on the device. Effects: -Chord Splitter: Splits incoming chords into separate notes and sends these to separate channels. -Channel Switcher: Change the MIDI channel of events. -Value to MIDI Converter: Converter to convert numerical values (green ports) to MIDI events (orange ports). -Transposer: Transpose MIDI notes. -Arpeggiator: Cycles through the notes of incoming chords in a specific pattern. -Speed: Computes a new value based on the change speed of another value. -Beat: Play a beat if a value is changed quickly. -Threshold: Plays notes if a value goes over a specific threshold. -LFO: Generates an LFO from incoming values. -Envelope: Generates an ADSR output value based on note input. -Latch: Keeps notes alive until the same note is played again. -Filter: Filter events by channel, note, velocity or CC. HealthKit is used in the app to access Apple Watch data like heart beat or motion sensors. The app only uses sensor data to generate MIDI events.

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RingsFX

RingsFX is an AUv3 plugin based on the famous Mutable Instruments Rings, one of the most dedicated and fully-featured Physical Modeling Eurorack modules ever created. At its core is a resonator that needs to be 'excited' or 'strummed' by MIDI input, noise, or external audio excitation. RingsFX emulates vibrations of structures simulated by 3 different synthesis techniques that can be plucked or process external signals: Modal Synthesis, Sympathetic Strings, and Inharmonic Strings. Traditionally, Rings was only monophonic but used a unique approach to polyphony that allowed the previous note to 'ring' out and decay while a new note was played. Rings FX provides these same modes (Mono, Duo, and Quad), but expands it with a true Polyphonic mode. RingsFX also expands the capabilities of the original engine by adding support for velocity sensitivity and MIDI MPE mode. The new polyphonic mode allows RingsFX to play up to 12 notes of true polyphony, depending on the settings. Doing so requires RingsFX to use multiple Rings resonators, but the more true polyphony you use, the more processing power it requires. Running in the traditional Monophonic, Duophonic, or Quadrophonic modes may be preferred in order to keep CPU usage under control. RingsFX has 7 modes in total, by combining the 3 basic modes with additional properties such as chords or specially tuned reverbs. The original hardware also had a secret 'Easter Egg' mode, which in RingsFX is simply calling 'Synthesizer' mode, rumoured to be based on one of the early Korg synthesis methods. This mode supported a number of mutable effects which now work on in all resonator modes. RingsFX also has a Mod-Matrix which allows you to combine the built-in LFOs and FEGs to great effect by manipulating parameters and mutable effects in realtime. Finally, RingsFX can be loaded as an AUv3 effect plugin. Set the Exciter Source to 'INPUT', and you can pass any audio through RingsFX and use this audio as an external exciter. For example, it can be used to great affect on a drum beat to create some crazy rhythms. Use the Output Mix to combine the original audio with the synthesised resonator output to create some stunning effects. Features ○ 7 unique synthesis modes. ○ Supports Mono, Duo, Quad and true polyphony. ○ Supports 2 fluid LFO's per note. ○ Up to 4 FEG's per note. ○ External Exciter modes. ○ White noise Pulse Sequencer. ○ Supports 6 mod-able effects and 6 global effects. ○ Mod Matrix ○ Input and white noise filters. ○ Program Manager with drag and drop. ○ Preset Search and Favourites. ○ Easy export and import of banks and presets. ○ Extensive help manual. ○ Web Transfer for backing up to PC/Mac. ○ MPE Support.