Cytomic‘s first product arrived 17 years ago and our lives have never been the same since! A very happy birthday to The Glue, an industry standard, still going strong. Thank you to all our customers who are using it to make amazing music. Whether used natively, or as part of Ableton, The Glue will continue to bring your mixes together by controlling dynamics in a transparent way, for years to come.
And listen out for upcoming news about The Glue 2… But don’t worry, support and sales of v1 will continue, as we will sell both versions as parallel products. Existing Cytomic Glue customers will get an automatic update to version 2.
Category: News
Announcements and other news.
Cytomic Drops a new filter into The Drop
MS20, OSCar, Jupiter 8, SH101, Prodigy…
These are names with pedigree, gravitas and a lot of history—and great music—behind them. All these famous synths have been loved for decades for their distinctive warmth and growly tones.
The main filters from each one of these synths are replicated in The Drop, all with Cytomic’s precision modelling. Released in 2012, The Drop gives you:
- MS1 and MS2: Korg MS20 rev 1 (BJT SKF Sallen Key Filter) and rev2 (OTA SKF)
- OSR: Oxford Synthesizer Co. OSCar (SVF State Variable Filter)
- JRP: Roland Jupiter 8 / Juno 6 (IR3109 OTA Cascade)
- SHR: Roland SH101 / SH-09 (IR3109 OTA Cascade) and
- PRD: Moog Prodigy (BJT Ladder Cascade)
- WSP: Wasp filter with full frequency range stable self oscillation modifications (CMOS SVF)
And, you also get:
- SMP: Andy’s own filter creation, a custom filter half way between a Sallen Key and a SVF with an OTA filter core and strong resonance tone
- AMU: a unique sounding transposed SVF as used in the Odyssey Mk1
- KSM: a variation on the MS2 SKF but with stronger resonance
But now, with added Prophet!
In case you need a little something extra, we’ve added another classic filter to the lineup, one of the most sought after filters ever made:
- PT1: Prophet 5 rev1 discrete OTA cascade filter
The PT1 filter—identical to the one released in our CF100 VCV Rack module—is a highly detailed analog model of the classic cascade filter found in the early Prophet synthesisers which used the SSM2040 filter chip. We also made a custom designed 4-pole high-pass version of the filter using the same filter core, and made sure each stage flips and clips the signal to make it as similar in operation to the low pass version as possible.
Trial or buy now at https://cytomic.com/product/drop/
Read review here https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/cytomic-the-drop-615520
Andy chats to Mr Bill: Two Aussies in Audio
Recently, Andy was delighted to be a guest on Mr Bill’s podcast, and you can listen to them audio geek out for an hour and a half here: https://mrbillstunes.libsyn.com/mbp-174-andrew-simper
Summary
Bill Day (aka Mr Bill) and Andy Simper had a great chat, where they discussed a huge range of aspects of Andrew’s work, in depth. From audio programming and DSP algorithms, to the past, evolution and future of music production tools, Andrew outlines the challenges of hardware development, like optimising CPU, and recalls his early days of writing VST plugins. Cytomic’s compressor, The Glue, has been part of Ableton Live since 2013, and he has contributed to Ableton’s filters and EQ8. The conversation also explores the technicalities of filters, the transition from bi-quad to state variable filters, and the nuances of summing engines in audio quality. Throughout, they emphasize the importance of efficiency in DSP and the future of audio processing. It was a great chat, thanks Mr Bill!
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
06:02 Early Days of Audio Programming
11:56 The Glue Compressor and Its Impact
18:01 The Transition to Better Algorithms
23:55 The Future of Audio Processing
30:33 Understanding Audio Summing and Its Implications
36:06 The Complexity of DSP Equations
41:18 Optimizing CPU Usage in Audio Plugins
52:12 Challenges in Audio Feature Extraction
59:17 The Complexity of Circuit Simulation
01:06:18 Modeling Analog Gear: The Importance of Realism
01:11:39 Criteria for Meaningful Emulation vs. Mimicry
01:20:40 Imagining Unlimited Computational Power in DSP
01:25:42 Unsolved Problems in Digital Signal Processing
More about Cytomic’s partnership with Ableton here: https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/cytomic-on-ableton-partnership and
The Scream, all done, and in Sound on Sound
And… you can buy here:
USD 29 / USD 20.30 if you are already a Cytomic customer and have spent USD 99 with us – you get it at 30% discount! As SOS says, it’s a steal!
Our thanks to everyone who has already bought a copy – including everyone who has been enjoying The Scream from its long time in beta!
Emma & Andy
10/10 for The Drop
“Computer Music magazine has given The Drop 10/10 and all award badges…”
Computer Music magazine has given The Drop 10/10 and all award badges: Value, Performance, and the prestigious Editor’s Choice. Check out the full review in Computer Music January 2015.
Ableton and Cytomic
“Cytomic is proud to announce a collaboration with Ableton, including the inclusion of The Glue as a native Live 9 device, and a new algorithm for their EQ 8 device…”
Cytomic is proud to announce a collaboration with Ableton, including the inclusion of The Glue as a native Live 9 device, and a new algorithm for their EQ 8 device.
The Live 9 device Glue Compressor features the same award winning algorithm of The Glue, as well as an integrated sidechain selection and EQ panel.
The new algorithm for EQ 8 is an analog model of a linear SVF circuit, and as such shares the excellent noise performance, as well as ultra smooth modulation properties, of the ideal circuit. The cutoff of EQ 8 can be swept smoothly with automation without the horrible artefacts of commonly used EQ algorithms.
Cytomic looks forward to helping out with further advice and improvements to the outstandingly intuitive and wonderful Live software made by Ableton.