Atmobits

Atmobits

Atmobits is a collection of eight Max for Live devices oriented towards the creation of atmospheric and unusual timbres and soundscapes. It features pocket synthesizers, sample manipulators and effects, that are both tweakable but also ready to deliver interesting sounds as soon as you load them. The devices featured are:

  • Bitmask: a synthesizer with an unusual signal path, based on bitwise operations. Even if you do not know how it works internally, tweak its parameters (or click the randomize button) and discover a world of weird digital patterns. And with the right parameters, it can deliver dreamy pads and leads, too!
  • Drainst: an additive synthesizer with detailed control over time of each partial. With little effort, you can mould the sound in complex and evolving ways.
  • Droplets: a granular sample player that generates droplets of sounds with the characteristics that you choose. Perfect for evolving walls of sound or for occasional appearances of sound fragments inside a wider picture.
  • Fastmos: a pocket effect that can easily turn any kind of input into a forest of echoing sounds. Try it with vocals first, but do not forget to experiment as much as you can with any other sound source.
  • Pokepad: a subtractive synth able to generate instant silky and beefy pads.
  • Perfume: a different take on FM synthesis. This small yet powerful synth gives its best with bells and pads, but you can tweak it to have unusual drones, basses and bizzare sound effects.
  • Vapasar: a complex sample player where you can fine tune the parameters of each of the five replicas of the original sound. You can use it to create glitchy soundscapes as well as subtle variations of loops and samples. Tweak the many parameters and discover how to turn even a single note sample into an universe of sounds.
  • Wotwisp: a tiny soundscape maker that creates ephemeral high pitched flames from an audio input or from an internal generator.

All the devices have all the parameters automatable. A comprehensive manual is included (and it can also be downloaded here).

Some sounds made and processed using Atmobits devices only:

Atmobits is available for 20 EUR. Atmobits needs Ableton Live Suite (11 or 12) or Standard with Max for Live addon to work. The devices can be used in Max/MSP 8, too. Both Windows and OSX are supported.

Max for Live Bundle offer: Æthernity and Atmobits

Do you like the atmospheres and the bizarre ways of manipulating sounds of Atmobits devices? You may also enjoy Æthernity, a collection of Max for Live devices for atmospheric and eerie sounds. Get them together for 25 EUR, in a single discounted bundle