Parallel Inversions
Organ drawbars from a parallel universe
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The story
In a parallel universe to our own, something went wrong when organ drawbars were invented… And now an instrument from that universe has leached through into our own.
Parallel Inversions looks disarmingly familiar. There are strange ‘drawbars’ that look like they are based on the notes of the octave (which they are), a pure sine wave basic tone, comprehensive envelope control, and the mysterious A-K drawbars which do something with the tone. So the ‘drawbars’ actually do parallel notes, whilst a hidden feature does random inversions of notes and can’t be turned off.
The end result sounds like it definitely does not come from this universe.
Reviews
Warm pipe organ kind of texture
It sounds like a pipe organ. Very warm, tender sound. Detuned texture gives an interesting effect.
The Krell would love this.
More than 20 faders and a hand full of knobs in my iPad , with my eyes I cannot read what they do, nor do I get it by randomly adjusting stuff. This thing is wierd, playing the same chord again and again will have different timbres each hit. Each played interval will have different beat frequencies. It reminds me of krell patches on modular synths. Avant garde stuff Heinbach would love, and so do I, even if I do not have a clue what I’m doing.
Inspired by randomness!
If you are looking for an instrument to ingite your imagination, this is it. It's a synth sound with an uncontrollable octave randomizer, but that's not where it ends. Through the GUI you will be able to manipulate the pitches that come together, and add as many as you want, in any volume you want. It might take you some time to become familiar with it, but in the end it might be really worth it. The included ADSR settings make this even more versatile, so you can't really complain about anything!