I’m SansNom, an Audulus user since version 1. You probably don’t know me but I used to be pretty active in the old forum. This thread is the continuation of this thread.
Today I’m posting a special “module”, a project I’ve been working on for many years, literally thousands of hours of work.
This is an instrument based on the Roland VP-330 and RS-505 string machines. Since I don’t own the original instruments (never ever seen one for real either!), I built this emulation using:
the extremely detailed service manuals for the original machines published by Roland
analog circuit simulation techniques (using the now defunct SPICE MultiSim touch app for iPad)
samples and videos found around the web
Disclaimer: This module has been developed and tested in Audulus v 3.5.3. I have not installed the latest version of the app since one critical node has been modified, in fear that it would completely break the instrument. It is also quite demanding in cpu, tested and working fine on an iPad pro 12.9 1st gen. That’s probably the minimum requirement. Hoping that it works on the last version of Audulus (3.6). Edit: it works!
VS-305 specifications:
phase-locked oscillators mimicking the divide-down circuitry of the original instruments
emulation of the original waveforms using analog modeling techniques
strings section with feet mixing knobs (taken from the RS-505)
human voice section
bass section (taken from the RS-505)
VP-330 ensemble effect
modeling of the pitch shifting modes of the VP-330 and the RS-505 (Manual and Auto modes)
vibrato sections for the human voice or all voices (taken from the RS-505), with correct timings
the instrument voicing can be paraphonic (original) or fully polyphonic
includes a BBD harmonic distortion model
includes a compander model
mono/stereo control
Note that the instrument will only play with keys depressed from C1 to C5. Any notes played non legato outside this range will only reset the envelope (paraphonic mode).
Bass section of the RS-505, contrabass, tuba and cello. This section is monophonic (even in polyphony mode) and the lowest note has priority.
HV vibrato
Vibrato control of the human voice
Main vibrato
Controls the vibrato that will affect all sections
Pitch set
Controls the maximum range covered by the ptich shift knob (Manual mode) or the lower starting point of the pitch shift (Auto mode). The mark represents the “realistic” setting for the human voice
Time
Time for the pitch shift (Auto mode). The mark represents the “realistic” setting for the human voice
Pitch shift
Controls the pitch shift in manual mode, the range being defined by the pitch set knob
Pitch control
Set the pitch control to manual or auto
Tune
Global tuning
Balance
Controls the volume balance of each section
Para/Polyphonic voicing
The original instruments were paraphonic (Envelope shared) but you can switch to full polyphony (except bass, remains monophonic)
Mono/Stereo
Progressive control over the stereo field. The instrument is designed to be used in stereo, but you can merge the outputs with this knob to produce phasing that is characteristic of some recordings.
Due to the nature of this project and the considerable amount of time devoted to its development please do not distribute your own versions of the instrument, and post instead your comments and suggestions in this thread. Thank you!
That’s all! I hope you’ll enjoy it and make music with it! I’ll share later some details on some specific parts of the instrument.
I’m seconding that
I wasn’t even on the old forum but still know your name for that reason
Now to the VP-330:
This sounds amazing!!!
I just wanted to check if it works in version 3.6 and immediately got sucked in for an hour or so.
From what I can tell, everything seams to work as intended in 3.6. At least everything sounds like it is supposed to sound the way it does.
Bear in mind I don’t know the original, so I might me missing something but it certainly doesn’t sound broken.
I have to make one little bug report though:
It seams like the note input for G#3 is also wired to G#4 for the upper voices (Male 4’ and Female 4’).
(G#3 sounds like it has two octaves layered and G#4 doesn’t produce any sound)
I downloaded the file from the URL above, and copied it to the « Audulus » folder (on my iPad), but I can’t find a way to have Audulus 3.6 actually open that file — can you help?
Hi and welcome to all the new peope nice to have you on board.
This works theoretically. However, there is no native way to change the file extensions on iOS (as far as I know). You can do it using the shortcuts app, but we usually use another workaround (also using shortcuts)
See here:
Yes, thank you: I realized this doesn’t show unless you display the ‘info’ tab from the ‘files’ contextual menu… the problem is the ‘.txt’ suffix is appended over the ‘.audulus’ suffix and, as far as I know, there’s no way a ‘rename’ operation can remove the extra appendage!
New version uploaded, master output separated (+ phaust XL phaser included). It’s now easier to add effects on the master output and integrate the instrument in other projects.
I’m strictly using Audulus 4 beta right now, mostly on macOS. I can open it, but I can’t see how to get it to start making sounds, at least in a conventional way.
If I go inside the module I can see indicator lights from my midi keyboard presses, but no sound from key presses. I can also open, for example, the Bass Priority sub module and “manually” press the buttons and get sound.
What an I missing?
By the way, on my journey exploring Audulus, I too have hugely admired the things you have shared. Those filters, for one, wow.
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nice to have you on board.