Coffeeshopped
Happy November! Today marks the release of two new editors for Patch Base: the Korg M1 and its rack-mount sibling, the Korg M1R. Available now on Mac and iPad. Let's see what they've got going on:
Program Editor
The Korg M1/M1R calls its voice patches "Programs", and Patch Base shows you all of their parameters in an immediate and compact format. The Main page shows you an Oscillator at a time: for the M1, an "Oscillator" consists of a Multisound (sample), and Pitch, Filter, and Amp information. You can see, copy, and paste every envelope. Below the Oscillator you have the Effects units, and both LFOs. And on the right, all of the Controller modulation options. The whole patch is here on a page.
The Oscillators page gives you a side-by-side view of both Oscillators, which is really helpful for Double patches, which include 2 layers. You can copy and paste the entire Oscillator, which is great for fatter detuned patches, or just keeping things in sync.
Combi Editor
The M1/M1R has Combis, which are the same as "Performances" or "Multis" that you find on other synths. You can select up to 8 different patches to be played multi-timbrally, each via a separate MIDI Channel, or stack multiple parts on a single channel. The Timbres page shows you the 8 parts for fast editing.
And then the FX page lets you set up the 2 effects units for use with your Combi.
Global / Drum Kit Editor
The Global page here lets you set up your scale/tuning on the unit, as well as assign what your optional Pedal controls do.
And then beyond that page, you have the 4 drum kits that can be saved on the M1/M1R. Each Kit is spread across 2 pages, for a total of 30 drum sounds per Kit. You can copy/paste entire kits, as well as intialize and randomize them.
Bank Editors
Finally, included are the usual Patch Base bank editors, allowing you to back up and organize your Programs and Combis. Save them to disk, organize new banks, and back up your sounds.
Quick Demo
Thank You
I want to give a special thanks to Lucas Fowler for lending me his Korg M1R for testing. Lucas does video work with the venerable Syntaur down in New Braunfels, and he makes some good music as well!
As always, if there's one (or 20!) synth(s) you want to see editors for, then please cast your vote.