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Metamorph — The First Particles Pack for VS 2, Available Now
Metamorph is out: the first pack made for the particle engine in VS 2.4, by Fernando Kopp, the artist behind Minimal and Battles. Thousands of particles in constant transformation. Watch a head dissolve into shards, a…
VS 2.4 Is Here: GPU Particles, Free for VS 2 Owners
VS 2.4 is out, and it's a free update for everyone who owns VS 2. A layer can now be a GPU particle system: up to 131,072 particles simulated every frame, as streams, swarms, solids and clouds, some of them lit and ca…
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Imaginando COLAPSO Synthesizer Generates Sounds From Atomic Spectra
Imaginando’s COLAPSO is a software synthesizer that uses measured atomic emission spectra as the foundation for sound generation. Its additive synthesis engine derives oscillator partials from 422 measured emission li…
Imaginando COLAPSO, un sintetizador en plugin que traduce la luz de 22 elementos químicos en sonido
Portuguese developer Imaginando has presented COLAPSO, an additive synthesizer in plugin format that the manufacturer itself calls an “atomic synthesizer”. The premise is this: the partials of each note take their fre…
Imaginando Colapso, ein Synthesizer, der das Periodensystem spielt
Imaginando Colapso is an additive synthesizer that turns the periodic table into an instrument: the partials come from the measured emission spectra of 22 real elements. The “Observation” control trades temporal for s…
Colapso is a synth that plays the periodic table – somehow
Imaginando explains that the behaviour of atoms is such that “when an excited atom collapses, it gives off light in a few sharp colours”. Colapso apparently plays that light as sound. You can choose from 22 elements o…
Imaginando Colapso: an additive Synthesizer straight out of an atomic lab
You have to picture it like additive synthesis straight out of an atomic laboratory. Its sound engine is based on excited chemical elements that collapse and emit light in a few sharp colors. The synth plays that ligh…
Introducing COLAPSO, the Atomic Synthesizer
COLAPSO is out. It's our new synthesizer, built on what happens when an excited atom collapses: an electron falls to a lower energy level and releases the difference as light, one sharp line at a wavelength only that…
Minimal — New VS 2 Expansion Pack Available Now
Minimal is the latest expansion pack for VS 2, created by Fernando Kopp — an interdisciplinary visual artist and creative technologist who blends art, design and technology to craft immersive visual experiences. Strip…
VS 2.3.0 — Now on Android
VS is now on Android. It has been one of the most requested things on our list for a long time, and VS 2.3.0 is where it lands — a standalone app for Android, released alongside a refresh for Windows, macOS and iOS. A…
LK 1.16.0 — Introducing the Step Sequencer
LK 1.16.0 is out on iOS and Android, and it brings a new module: the Step Sequencer. It's a powerful new way to create evolving patterns, rhythms and melodies, with independent sequencing lanes and deep control over t…
Granular — New VS 2 Expansion Pack Available Now
Granular is the latest expansion pack for VS 2, created by Antony Kitson of OneTenEleven — an independent design and motion studio based in Leeds, UK, specialising in graphic design, 3D, and motion graphics. The pack…
Twelve years of asking the same question
Twelve years ago, in a small room in Braga, Portugal, a software developer with a curiosity for electronic music asked a simple question: can a computer become an instrument? That question became Imaginando. What star…
Battles — New VS 2 Expansion Pack Available Now
Battles is the latest expansion pack for VS 2, created by Fernando Kopp — interdisciplinary visual artist and creative technologist whose work blends glitch art, abstract visuals, and a retro-futuristic aesthetic fuel…
VS 2.2.0 just landed
We've been busy. VS 2.2.0 is out now, and it brings some things we're genuinely excited about: texture support inside shaders, drag and drop media, BPM detection, and a handful of improvements that make the whole thin…
Dimensional - Bold New Visuals for VS
We’re excited to introduce Dimensional, a powerful new expansion pack for VS – Visual Synthesizer. Inspired by brutalist architecture, warehouse raves, and underground club culture, this pack delivers bold geometric s…
Introducing VS 2 for iPad
Since the release of VS 2 September last year, we have worked constantly on improving the performance and experience, actively listening to your feedback and requests. Many of you have asked us when the iOS version wo…
New FRMS expansion pack: Ancient Tales
We’re excited to introduce Ancient Tales, a brand-new expansion for FRMS, created by The Sound of Merlin. This pack isn’t about recreating vintage gear for the sake of nostalgia, it’s about capturing the feeling those…
New Fusion City Grooves Expansion for BAM
We are pleased to announce the release of a new expansion pack for BAM - Beat Maker & Music Maker. Fusion City Grooves mixes live guitar and bass with modern urban energy. With fully sampled bass across every string…
New VS Expansion + VS 2.0.4 Update is Here
We’re excited to introduce a brand-new visual expansion for VS, created by visual artist PERPLEX ON, along with a new update to VS 2.0.4 packed with much-requested features. New Expansion Pack Step into glitch, textu…
10 Years of LK – The Journey Continues
Ten years ago, we launched LK as a simple, flexible controller for Ableton Live. Today, it has evolved into a full-fledged MIDI workstation, empowering thousands of artists worldwide to create and perform in their own…
Aural Alchemy 2 for FRMS - reshape reality through sound
Immerse yourself in a new realm of sonic creativity with the latest expansion by DMT Cymatics, crafted for artists seeking deep, textured, and evolving sounds. Catering to Space Dub, TripHop, Glitch, Cinematic, and A…
VSImaginando VS 2 Review – A Game Changer for DIY Music Visuals
There are very few tools that truly bridge the gap between music and visuals, and VS 2 is one of those exceptions. Beyond being impressive in terms of features, it is genuinely practical for creators.
From Print to Motion: VS’s New Expansion, Offset
Transform the precision of ink and paper into evolving, kinetic visuals. Offset reimagines classic Swiss layouts, halftones, grids, and textures through motion design, for artists who see rhythm in structure. Offset w…
Granular Power. Now Half Price.
We’re celebrating the release of FRMS - Granular Synthesizer 1.12.4, which adds one of the most requested features from our community: the ability to export and import banks and presets with custom samples bundled. In…
Glitch & Doom - VS 2's first expansion pack
This is not for the faint of heart. Glitch and Doom is the first expansion pack for Visual Synthesizer 2, a cursed broadcast of pure chaos. Doomed signals tear through corrupted bandwidth, flooding your screen with s…
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