Raphael Radna has released a virtual synthesizer that implements and extends the Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis (DSS) algorithm invented by Iannis Xenakis: Xenos.
Programmed in C++ with the JUCE framework, Xenos is open-source, cross-platform, and can be built in a number of plug-in formats.
Xenos features
- Authentic DSS engine.
- Xenharmonic pitch quantizer.
- Custom scale import in the Scala format.
- Ten stochastic distributions with up to two parameters each.
- First- and second-order random walks.
- Variable number of segments per wave cycle.
- Variable amplitude envelope.
- Polyphonic (64 voices by default).
- MIDI implementation (notes, sustain, pitch bend).
- External MIDI controller assignment.
- Parameter automation.
- Simple and streamlined interface.
Binaries of Xenos are available to download for Windows and Mac (VST3, AU), and the synth can also be built from source.
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