OBSCURIUM by Sugar Bytes

 

Discover Obscurium, an avant-garde synthesis tool designed to revolutionize your approach to music production and sound design. More than just a synth, Obscurium is a "Timbral Organism" that transforms your input of scales and chords into futuristic soundscapes and vivid harmonics. It's a surprisingly versatile tool that encourages you to explore new creative paths, offering the complexity of a modular system with remarkable accessibility.

Key Features & Revolutionary Workflow:

• Powerful Synthesis Engines: Dive into rich sound with an 8-voice Saw, Pulse, Supersaw, and FM Synthesis engine. Obscurium features two deceptively basic-looking sound generators: an emulation of an analogue oscillator with unisono functionality, and a second oscillator using FM synthesis with a flexible ratio. Both can be routed through an effect section and modulated via the sequencer.
• Integrated VST2 Plug-in Hosting: Resurrect your library of long-forgotten plug-ins! Obscurium allows you to host any of your sound generator VST2 plug-ins, sending trigger, pitch, and 11 automation lanes to take your existing plug-ins to new levels. Setting this up is incredibly easy – simply pick a plug-in's preset, use a random mode to assign parameters, or utilize Obscurium's Learn function.
• Generative Harmonies & Intuitive Sequencing: Explore boundless melodic and chordal possibilities through generative harmonies or direct MIDI-Input.
  • Draw Tools, Modifiers, and Super Obscure Mode: Craft sequences with precision or let Obscurium inspire you. The Super Obscure Mode automatically draws sequences in a variety of ways. Modifiers allow you to "paint" all parameters at once, defining a different sound for each individual step.
  • Dynamic Parameter Shifting: Experience organic and complex sound changes by rotating parameters and their motion lanes. This unique feature can be modulated for endlessly evolving results.
  • Morphing Between Sequencer States: Seamlessly morph between two sequencer states, allowing you to vary parts of a sequence as it repeats. Copy and paste functionality between states makes this incredibly useful.
• Advanced Obscure Clock: Take rhythm to a new dimension. The clock tab regulates master speed, swing, and direction. Combine its two mini-sequencers for clock and direction with the main sequencer to create the finest colorful rhythm tapestry. Sequencer steps can be assigned to MIDI notes, and playback speed and direction can change at any time, enabling tumbling rhythms, rolls, triplets, and a different sound for each note of a melody.
• MIDI Out Functionality: Integrate Obscurium seamlessly into your studio setup.
• Extensive Preset Library: Get started instantly with 400 Presets covering a wide range of Pads, Drums, and Atmos. These modulated presets are a feast for the ear and eye, serving as excellent inspiration and starting points for your own unique ideas. Obscurium truly invites you to experiment.

Ignite Your Creative Flow:

Obscurium promises to transform your music-making process into a fun and playful state of flow. You'll find yourself coming up with "patch after patch of cool melodic and chordal passages that initiate new tracks". Its scope is matched only by very large and costly modular setups.

Who Is It For?

If you are a sound designer for films, adverts, or games, or simply looking for a fresh shortcut to your creative cloud, Obscurium is for you. It's an instrument with a mind-boggling scope.

Technical Specifications & Compatibility:

• macOS: Requires macOS 10.13 or higher. Available as Audio Unit, VST2, VST3, AAX, and Standalone.
• Windows: Requires Windows 7 or higher. Available as VST2, VST3, AAX, and Standalone.