WaveBlender by Michael Kaisser (Released)

Pixel · April 30

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6764826333

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING

WaveBlender is an AUv3 effect that combines two audio signals into one. To use it on iPad you need an AUv3 host that supports multi-bus routing, such as AUM. It cannot run as a standalone instrument, and single-input hosts will only feed it one of the two signals it needs. Full setup recipe is further down this page.

WHAT IT IS

A sonic playground where two waveforms collide to create the unexpected. 21 blend modes, from classic vocoders to bin-interleaved spectral chaos, driven by a 16-step modulator. Built for sound designers, producers, and musicians who like turning two ordinary sources into something strange, beautiful, or both.

WHAT IT DOES

WaveBlender takes two audio sources and runs them through one of 21 blend modes:

Spectral: Classic Vocoder, FFT Vocoder, Distorted Vocoder, Frequency Splice, Spectral Gate, Phase Swap, Bin Interleave
Modulation: Frequency Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, Ring Modulation
Dynamics: Sidechain Duck, Amplitude Follow
Stochastic: Probabilistic
Time: Scrub
Math: Min, Max, Subtract, Absolute Difference, Divide, Sign Multiply, XOR

Additional features:

Use the 16-step modulator to sweep the blend in time with the host.
Three Randomize options make exploration fast
Use the Morph dial to crossfade between Audio 1, the FX result, and Audio 2.
Every parameter is fully automatable from the host.

WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE

WaveBlender can be glitchy, trippy, and aggressive. It can also be smooth and musical. The same plugin that produces brutal ring-mod overtones can produce a gentle vocoded pad two dials later. Many modes are extreme by design, and the Soft-Clip Ceiling acts both as a safety net and as a tone-shaping saturator.

SETUP IN AUM
1. Load WaveBlender as an effect on the first channel. That channel feeds Audio 1.
2. On a second channel, choose 'Multi-bus Audio Unit Instances' as the source and pick WaveBlender. That second channel feeds Audio 2.

Without this routing, WaveBlender only receives one signal and most blend modes will sound silent or dry. The standalone app on the App Store exists only to register the AUv3 with iOS and shows the same routing instructions on launch.

REQUIREMENTS

iPad with iOS 14 or later
An AUv3 host that supports two audio inputs, e.g. AUM

Details:
Universal: No
Minimum OS version: 15.0

Robin2 · April 30

Seems really interesting but why no video or audio examples on AppStore or website?

Gavinski · April 30

It is interesting, I'm checking it out now. It's farcically brutal on cpu tho. In AUM on my M1 iPad, loading two instances into a session with 2 other apps in it makes my cpu load jump from 14% to around 90....

Edit: see below. Restarted AUM and cpu use seems less heavy.

waka_x · April 30

Gavinski:
it acts odd on cpu indeed but strangely only if its sequencer is used.
disable that and its ok. some algos are cpu hungry some not
but as a start is mindblowingly good

also Resolution knob (fft resolution) on some algos
if smaller (to left) ---> lower cpu

for experimental textures - its the best iOS tool so far:)
and only 2 euro.

thanks Pixel for sharing it
and thanks its maker
for an amazing FSU tool.

Gavinski · April 30

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waka_x · April 30

Gavinski: very odd.
I use Shoom as source and a sampler as modulator
and CPU is around 34%.

iOS 17 and old iPad Air 3!!!!

*no sequencer - disabled

Gavinski · April 30

@waka_x said:
Gavinski: very odd.
I use Shoom as source and a sampler as modulator
and CPU is around 34%.

iOS 17 and old iPad Air 3!!!!

*no sequencer - disabled

I reopened that aum session again, and cpu is lower now, but yeah, seems like a risky purchase. Let's see how it is after more testing. Soundwise it's pretty cool

waka_x · April 30

Gavinski:
same cpu 3x - same apps - on Air M2 with iOS 18.
it is very very cool. I hope the coder will optimize it...
*with its sequencer ON

skiphunt · April 30

@Gavinski said:

@waka_x said:
Gavinski: very odd.
I use Shoom as source and a sampler as modulator
and CPU is around 34%.

iOS 17 and old iPad Air 3!!!!

*no sequencer - disabled

I reopened that aum session again, and cpu is lower now, but yeah, seems like a risky purchase. Let's see how it is after more testing. Soundwise it's pretty cool

How would you describe the sound in general? If it doesn’t calm down with cpu, is it worth the $2 even if you have to keep the session minimal to reduce cpu as much as possible?

waka_x · April 30

skiphunt:

it has various ways (21) to blend sound.
from glitchy/metallic FFT based ones to sidechain-ish ones to noisy/distorted ones to vocoder-ish ones.
it can do 'em all...:)

its worth 20$ to me, not 2...:)

Gavinski · April 30

@skiphunt said:

@Gavinski said:

@waka_x said:
Gavinski: very odd.
I use Shoom as source and a sampler as modulator
and CPU is around 34%.

iOS 17 and old iPad Air 3!!!!

*no sequencer - disabled

I reopened that aum session again, and cpu is lower now, but yeah, seems like a risky purchase. Let's see how it is after more testing. Soundwise it's pretty cool

How would you describe the sound in general? If it doesn’t calm down with cpu, is it worth the $2 even if you have to keep the session minimal to reduce cpu as much as possible?

Hard to describe, I mean, it'll depend so much on what you feed it. Mainly it's going to sound like some kind of distortion. Still experimenting. About cpu, as Waka says, the Resonance knob on the first mode seems to be maybe the worst culprit.

waka_x · April 30

my advice how to test it to hear what it does:

source: smth synthetic - pads/chords/synth lines
modulator: smth sampled with lots of texture - a field recording (inharmonic)

also tip:
it has a switch on top so modulator could become source and source the modulator.
push that too:)

@Gavinski:
if some1 could find the coder's email
we should contact him for cpu issues and to thank him:)
( I wasnt able to find it...)

Gavinski · April 30

@Gavinski said:

@skiphunt said:

@Gavinski said:

@waka_x said:
Gavinski: very odd.
I use Shoom as source and a sampler as modulator
and CPU is around 34%.

iOS 17 and old iPad Air 3!!!!

*no sequencer - disabled

I reopened that aum session again, and cpu is lower now, but yeah, seems like a risky purchase. Let's see how it is after more testing. Soundwise it's pretty cool

How would you describe the sound in general? If it doesn’t calm down with cpu, is it worth the $2 even if you have to keep the session minimal to reduce cpu as much as possible?

Hard to describe, I mean, it'll depend so much on what you feed it. Mainly it's going to sound like some kind of distortion. Still experimenting. About cpu, as Waka says, the Resonance knob on the first mode seems to be maybe the worst culprit.

Yeah, cpu has been calmer since that first session. Will be interesting to hear from more people. I do like what it can do to the sound.

Squishy · April 30

Sounds akin to audiothing Arguments. Or maybe that new spectral sugarbytes plugin. Transmoogerfooger? Either way, With a two buck admission fee, count me in!

egobeats · April 30

s0meone post an example.....

ElektrikDiva · May 1

Hi Gavinski

I found this one: [email protected]

Happy may! Cheers, ED

1ktone · May 1

I probably missed the launch hubba bubba, but has anyone anything to share about snorkel synth?

garden · May 1

convolve all the things

Pxlhg · May 1

It's a bit like Volbot I guess.
I have no issues with cpu riding two(4) different instances with Fluss inst. + Hilda and the second with AuDSPr*2. I also added Volbot for comparison.

Aum DSP run at 37% on a 1024 buffer (iPad M1).

It's pretty good.

@Mountain_Hamlet said:
I probably missed the launch hubba bubba, but has anyone anything to share about snorkel synth?

That one has it's own thread, try a search and see if it's been indexed.

Gavinski · May 1

Update already submitted fixing the cpu spikes, dev says

egobeats · May 1

How does it compare to Vancouver? Totally different?

Pxlhg · May 1

A small xample, look at dsp and this is before update Gav mentions

Gavinski · May 1

@Pxlhg said:
A small xample, look at dsp and this is before update Gav mentions

As Waka X said, the dsp jumps tend only or mainly to be related to cranking the Resolution knob in Classic Vocoder mode to its highest value. Cool jam!

egobeats · May 1

thx @Pxlhg kinda sounds like a spaceship glitching out - roswell preset

Pxlhg · May 1

@Gavinski said:

As Waka X said, the dsp jumps tend only or mainly to be related to cranking the Resolution knob in Classic Vocoder mode to its highest value. Cool jam!

Missed that, sorry. Thank you

daddyfalldown · May 1

@Mountain_Hamlet said:
I probably missed the launch hubba bubba, but has anyone anything to share about snorkel synth?

https://forum.loopypro.com/discussion/67898/snorkel-synth

watari_banzai · May 1

@egobeats said:
How does it compare to Vancouver? Totally different?

The Korg Gadget Vancouver? If yes, totally different. Vancouver merely layers two samples without affecting each other on a molecular level.

skiphunt · May 1

Haven’t noticed any cpu spikes here on 11in M1 Pro, but I haven’t pushed it that much yet

Pxlhg · May 1

@Gavinski said:

As Waka X said, the dsp jumps tend only or mainly to be related to cranking the Resolution knob in Classic Vocoder mode to its highest value. Cool jam!

Missed that, sorry. Thank you

Robin2 · May 1

So, what hosts will this work with other than AUM? Drambo presumably? Ape Matrix? Any others?

Squishy · May 1

@Robin2 said:
So, what hosts will this work with other than AUM? Drambo presumably? Ape Matrix? Any others?

I believe Cubasis supports multiout as well (version 3 not 2)

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WaveBlender by Michael Kaisser (Released)

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