Kushview has announced the release of a software synthesizer which transforms classic telephone keypad tones into a playable musical instrument with modern features.
PulseDial is a professional-grade DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) synthesizer plugin designed for musicians, sound designers, and telecommunications professionals.
Perfect for sound designers creating retro communication sounds, vintage tech simulations, or authentic DTMF signaling. The Spec mode enforces ITU-T Q.23 timing requirements with minimum 40ms tone duration and 40ms gap between tones, ensuring compatibility with telephone systems.
PulseDial features
- Authentic DTMF Synthesis: Precisely generated dual-tone frequencies with ±1.5% precision, meeting ITU-T Q.23 compliance standards
- Interactive Keypad: 4×4 telephone-style keypad for mouse/touch operation with visual feedback
- MIDI Compatibility: Full MIDI note and controller support with 16 consecutive notes mapping to keypad keys
- Multple Tone Modes: Hold, OneShot, and ITU-T Spec compliance modes for different playback behaviors
- Advanced Arpeggiator: 8 pattern slots with up to 16 steps each, featuring multiple play modes (Forward, Reverse, PingPong, Random)
- Phone Line Simulation: 6th-order bandpass filter emulating authentic telephone line frequency response (300Hz to 3400Hz)
- Creative Effects: Noise, saturation, quantization, and stereo width controls for sound design possibilities.
Available as standalone software for Windows, Mac and Linux and in VST3, AU, AUv3, CLAP and LV2 plugin formats, PulseDial is offered for free through December 25th, 2025. The regular price is $20 USD.
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