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TEA ! that,s a bit tame for a room full of muso's.. i'll have a coffee.
i Love sunvox.
@Littlewoodg
WITH YOUR SHIELD OR ON IT!
I felt obliged to point this out, there is massive depth in Sunvox, in part (I said massive didn't I?) due to the standard effects available:
http://www.warmplace.ru/wiki/sunvox:manual_en#standard_effects
The term "standard effects" may be confusing, but these are essentially automation controls to be entered within a pattern. Thing is, the place where you enter them are turned off by default, and you have to go to the pattern menu (upper right corner) and tap on hide/show effects (I think that's what it's called). When you do this you will see more rows added to the channels in the pattern.
The structure for patterns can be found here:
http://www.warmplace.ru/wiki/sunvox:manual_en#pattern_format
Each track is set up with values (that you enter) from left to right: note, octave, velocity, module (synth, effect, etc.), controller (parameter within selected module), standard effect (automation to be applied), value (or amount of automation to be applied).
If that last little bit confused you, or if I got it wrong, don't worry Sunvox shows you want section you're on.
So for example if you want to automate the volume of a synth, tap on the synth, look to the section on the left to see what number the volume is, and enter that number into the "controller" section of the pattern. This will direct Sunvox to automate that control. Next you enter values in the "value" section of the pattern editor. This will tell Sunvox what value you want the volume to be at that point in the pattern. Enter different values throughout the pattern and you get automation!
Okay maybe it's not as easy as I made it sound, but trust me once it clicks you will see it's not that hard. Or maybe I should have covered data entry in the pattern editor first?
I guess I'll say a word about that here too. Pattern editing is done by unlocking the lock sign, moving the cursor around to your desired place, then entering data. The cursor will automatically move down by the number you have set in the upper right, so for example if you want to place a drum beat every 4th line set the number in the upper right to 4.
Also, when you tap the unlock button you will open up a few controls for pattern editing to the left of the unlock icon. Use those and the keyboard to enter data in a pattern.
Sunvox really is pretty sweet. Play around with the standard effects as I have showed and I'm sure you will agree. Hope this helped people see some of the depth!
You're scaring me.
Detailed, generous and all round impressive post.
Lol, like I say I felt obliged, so that people can experience the goodness of Sunvox.
Another small point to make:
Perhaps the best way to dive in to trying out the standard effects is to use standard effects 22 and 23, which are randomizers. Just assign them to a control within a module, enter values, and then you can even open up the interface and see that control being automated upon playback.
Remember that those automation values can also be 'drawn' in too! It's not necessary to manually enter a value for each line. (I like it easy)
@aleyas Yeah worth mentioning (I think this is what you're talking about):
To quickly enter values you can enter the starting value, at line 1 for example, then goes to line 16 and enter another value (like say for a volume fade in), then tap the select button in the upper right and select lines 1-16, then go to the menu and select "Interpolate ctrl values" and it will fill in line 2-15 with a smooth transition.
While I'm here, to create a song in the bottom section, use clone pattern from the song menu to essentially loop the pattern, or use copy pattern to create a copy which you can use for quick variations of a pattern (without having to enter everything again). You can even draw and color the pattern icons by tapping on the pattern icon in the pattern section.
It really is a clever app once you learn it's language. As for the greater depth beyond the standard effects, that would be the miscellaneous modules:
http://www.warmplace.ru/wiki/sunvox:manual_en#misc
Combine all this with the modular environment and it really blossoms into a massive garden of sound possibilities.
@1P18 Actually that wasn't what I was referring, but that's a good tip as well - interpolating ctrl values.
What I mean is that by placing your finger on a track column you can change control values by just sliding left or right on the screen. Just like using a fader. Makes the process lightning fast. No more manually inputting hexadecimal values! To do this:
1) Open the Pattern Menu on the top right of the screen (trigram of three lines)
2) Select "Hide/show levels"
3) Click the lock icon to engage entry mode (to unlock it)
4) Place your finger in any of the track columns (0-3, etc.), slide left or right and behold the yellow bars indicating your controller values!
Easy to draw smooth curves by running down vertically. You could draw automation on 128 steps of music in two seconds.
I hope that made sense! If you want to see the numerical (err, hexadecimal) values of your drawn automation go back to the Pattern Menu and select "Hide/show effects". I can make a video if there are any requests. It's really just a matter of three quick finger taps though
Thank you both. I'm doing it. Johnny, will PM soon as I've decided we're going to conquer this mother together. @aleyas and @1P18 Please PM us your phone numbers and Skype handles. Kthx.
@aleyas Lol, that feature is new to me! Was it added recently? Just today I even toggled it on and was confused by it. Yes, there are things even I don't know about Sunvox.
Edit: A quick search at the Sunvox forum, looks like it's been in there for a while. No mention of it in the manual, which is probably why I missed it.
All good. Would suggest a base camp somewhere warm, well-serviced, but perhaps with padded walls. Do have to write a country song this month. Not certain if Dolly Parton uses Sunvox. Will check. Maybe Glenn Campbell did.
SolarLune is one of the better Sunvox tutorial spots, check his videos at
If you check Dolly's videos you'll see that she uses Sunvox on every song. If you can't see Sunvox it means you're staring at Dolly too much and shame on you!
I've neglected sunvox getting distracted by the abundance of music apps I feel compelled to buy, but to this day very few have the depth of sunvox, some great advice in this thread, two things I'd add is the metronome, hit the sunvox logo in the top left corner (main menu), preferences > recording > metronome.
Also this, that got me excite when it popped up on palm sounds years ago.
Thanks Mister Z, great list, hope it gets me over the hump....
Sampler eats JPG images...
I almost want to delete all my other music making apps and just stick with Sunvox, but just yesterday I dumped a sample from Alchemy into Sunvox and thought better of that idea. Now I learn it takes JPGs too.
As for learning Sunvox, I've always known there are videos out there, but have only gone so far as to read the online manual and explore the app. I found my plate to be quite full after that. I did end up watching a few videos and saw what some people were doing and kind of said, ah okay, Sunvox is light years ahead of everyone else. Ironic that it got there with the old school-ish interface.
BUT WHY NOT MAKE IT OF THE PRETTYNESS ALSOS?
Or add a piano roll?
Man, just watched the utube video of the guy showing a multisynth driving two synths and saying its possible to have another multisynth driving the whole thing!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL62F503E7722DB7CC&v=lo9W2HzJm_s
Wow!
I'm not too much interested in the recording part of it but in fi GC uring out hoe to best use this app live.
@syrupcore and @1P18 and @JohnnyGoodyear
Just want to spread that Sunvox love!
Like many users here, Sunvox was left alone and rarely used in my 'Samplers' folder, for that was the purpose toward which I initially sought the app. Sunvox saw some use in those times, but quickly came to languish in no-app land for several months thereafter - though not before I became witness to its awesome powers. Knowing what lurked within I returned to the app not long ago, this time to approach it as an effects sequencer, understanding full well its potential for deep, multichannel CC automation. Letting it sit for as long as I did I believe was a wise decision.. some apps just need a little digestion time. Navigating the interface this second time was far less daunting. A couple hours with the ipad in my lap, desktop before me, watching youtube demos and tutorials, asking google such things as 'sunvox midi', browsing the warmplace forums, and being floored by Mr. Zolotov's beautiful Sunvox compositions went a long way in clearing up the Sunvox operational hierarchy and UI. We were finally becoming friends! It does have learning curve, but thankfully it doesn't require more than a few solid (and fun!) hours.
Now, in addition having used it as a sampler, effects sequencer, and quality instrument generator, I'm using it to design my own effects. The last one I tried to make was something of a harmonizer. I took one input (a spectral synthesizer) routed that into four parallel formant filters, into four parallel granular pitch shifters, into two parallel echo units, into a single stereo reverb and finally through the output. Now, each formant filter and granular pitch shifter was programmed differently, and the two echoes were slightly different as well. I could have taken it a step further by automating all of the vowels of the filters, for instance, but was already satisfied by the current weirdness. Want to save that patch? No problem! Effects chains, instrument settings and even whole songs can be saved as 'Meta Modules' and loaded up in other projects as a single module! Now instead of using that spectral synth as the input, I could route any of my favorite audiobus apps through an input module running it parallel to, or simply replacing the spectral synth. The CPU is really the limit with Sunvox.. almost. There is one thing that's missing from SV - Midi clock sync. It doesn't send or receive midi clock yet, though I have read from Zolotov that it is planned to be implemented. Can you imagine running Sunvox beside Gadget? I might never see the light of day again.
Syrup and Johnny, if you guys ever need hand or a shoulder to cry on just know.. we'll be here for you! I'm by no means an expert on Sunvox but I'll do what I can
@syrupcore @JohnnyGoodyear since Sunvox does midi, you can send it midi from whatever midi sequencer or keyboard you want if you don't like dealing with the tracker interface. You can record midi notes into a pattern too.
@aleyas @Paulinko you gentlemen are shaming with your kindness and I thank you for it. As well as the detailed under-the-hood insight. It is obviously a wolf in complicated sheep's clothing. But the message is clear: Gird down and grind on and you will be rewarded. Heard and understood.
In layman's language, what would be your answer to the question: What does Sunvox do or what can it do that you find better or more productive than other possible alternatives.
This is the coward's way of asking: What reward for the battle?
Add a piano roll to a tracker? That's some serious blasphemy, friend.
Nothing ironic about it. The retro UI is part of its charm and tracker roots. SunVox is reminiscent of Buzz tracker and the UI recalls old Amiga and DOS trackers, like FastTracker II.
@JohnnyGoodyear The reward for the battle are the unique sounds you can get. The combo of all that's been mentioned always seems to produce interesting results. Even if you don't do full songs within Sunvox, something I've never done by the way (just loops), it's always given me something slightly different that I don't think I could have easily done elsewhere.
As for the interface, here's a quick breakdown to get started:
Just remember, top section is the pattern section, the middle section is the sound section, and the bottom section is the song section.
@Musikman4Christ If you're just going to be playing live you can focus on the middle section and use it to build different sounds. If you need or want something accompany what you're playing you can also set up for example some drum patterns and just loop those.
@PHᐃNTᐃSM Ironic because even with the old school interface it seems very futuristic. Well, to me at least.
@Paulinko I found recording with midi to be a bit of a pain, because you always have to then go back and edit your pattern. The way it treats recording is old school as well: you press record it starts recording, and you press stop and it stops. Like I say this leaves you with editing to do. Certainly possible to record using midi, and maybe there's a trick to it that I'm missing, but I'd advocate manual note entry even if that thought horrifies people. Use the cursor skip function (the number in the upper right of the pattern section) and note entry becomes fairly easy.
Generally speaking I think you have to work with Sunvox, rather than trying to get it to do something it can't. Realize what it is: a modular system with a tracker for note input, patterns for loops and songs, and standard effects to apply to patterns.
The developer confirmed to me that a midi in module is on the roadmap for a future update, so we will be able to use SV in conjunction with external sequencer tracks. Then you won't always have to deal with the tracker interface unless you want to...
Sunvox looks great. Like @PHᐃNTᐃSM i also think it has a futuristic look..The Midi in will be very useful as well.
So much good stuff. Thanks fellas.
Piano Roll is on the to do list:
http://www.warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1046&sid=c7d28f03b2996e87962cbc7643675d2b
So is a Pixitracker style input. Pixitracker is another app by the same developer:
http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/pixitracker/
In the forum there is also mention of JPG import for iPad.
@JohnnyGoodyear To further answer your question, the standard effects (automation) and modulation options I think are what make it most unique, as they are slightly unconventional. I was just working on a loop and didn't like the sound I was getting from one module, so I unlinked it and ran it through the Sound2ctrl module to modulate a control in another module. Yes, Sound2ctrl lets you modulate a controller with sound! Pretty cool if you ask me. So yeah all the little tweaks you can get going in Sunvox, combined with building in a modular environment, are what set it apart.