Parallel Minds has announced a major update to its standalone ambient soundscape generator for macOS and Windows that turns any audio file into long-form ambient music.
Version 1.13 of Reverie is a full native rewrite, up to 5x faster than 1.0, and adds a Pro Chain Builder that lets users build their own effect chain from 37 DSP modules.
Two and a half months after our first public release, the Reverie Engine is no longer running through a JavaScript shell. The DSP has been rebuilt as native code on macOS and Windows, and the architecture that drives it has been retuned for long-form ambient work.
Under a strict pipeline-parity benchmark,depending on the style, the same 5-minute render runs anywhere from 1.05 to 5.2 times faster, with two to four times less peak memory across the board. The toolbox is also much deeper: the new Custom Chain Builder exposes the full set of 37 DSP modules and lets you arrange them yourself, where 1.0 only offered curated styles.
Changes in Reverie v1.13
- Full native rewrite, up to 5x faster than the 1.0 build.
- New Pro Chain Builder: assemble a custom chain from 37 DSP modules, reorder, tweak every parameter, save your own presets.
- 5 new factory presets, 20 in total.
- 4 export formats (WAV, FLAC, OGG, AIFF) at 16 or 24-bit.
- USeed (Universal Seed): share a single seed and reproduce a render byte-for-byte on any machine, macOS or Windows.
Read more on what’s new at the changelog page.
The free version (5 presets, 3-minute renders, no account) remains available. Pro is a one-time €19 EUR launch price (regularly €29 EUR), no subscription. Existing 1.0 Pro licenses migrate automatically at no cost.
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