v2.0 – 10/7/2020
– Avoid clicks when shifting components
– Avoid gain boost in host mode
– Bugfix: changing global levels bypassed the mute buttons
– Fixed some audio dropouts when moving dials
– Fixed memory allocation crashes on Mac OS Catalina
– Fixed crash when clicking on operation buttons after changing component number
– Fixed info window annotations
v2.0b4 – 4/6/2020
– Double/half tempo buttons
– Display left-right output as 2 superimposed waveforms
– New colors
– Fixed some undo issues
– Bugfix: display correct gain after shifting
– Normalize temporal shape displays if using algorithm B
– Windows bugfix: was not re-factorizing when reloading
– Bugfix: make sure output is zero if no components are selected
– Avoid loop clicks
– Bugfix: reset loop length after factorizing new master sound
v2.0b3 – 14/5/2020
– added zoom button
– increase the maximum gain to 16 dB
– Bugfix: show cancel button while exporting files
– Fixed crash when changing number of components while factorizing
– Fixed text overruns in Windows
– Fixed MIDI parameter names
v2.0b2 – 29/4/2020
– Fixed Max interface
– Some annotation fixes
– Bugfix: select right buffer for bouncing
– Updated manual to v2
v2.0b1 – 27/4/2020
– Import master sound by drag and drop
– Instant loading of warped or transposed tracks (instead of real-time recording)
– Playback and looping is now controlled from the device (solves sync problems)
– Loading from encrypted pack samples is now possible
– New decomposition algorithm available
– Iteration number is now a user parameter
– Panning controls for the components
– Possibility to select looping region on output waveform
– Temporal component shifting
– Playback cursor now covers all temporal shapes
– Thresholding of component amplitudes
– Factorizes right away when loading from presets
– Randomly add or remove individual components
– All-on operation buttons
– Hide cancel button while processing
– Avoid clicks when stopping
– Transport control and master file display on device window
– New output gain dial
– Button to open Max console
– Several small fixes is STFT computation
– Some memory optimizations in NMF computation
v1.5 – 2/5/2019
– Using the device from Max is now supported
– Multiple device instances are now supported
– Bugfix: keep saved switchboard connections after loading set with warped clips
v1.4 – 28/2/2019
– Manual MIDI assignment of the first 8×8 switchboard buttons.
– Automatic mapping of the switchboard for Launchpad and Push surface controllers.
– Allow to resize main interface window.
– Bugfix: correct instant launching of clips shorter than one beat.
– Prevent drag&drop to input and output waveforms.
v1.3 – 8/11/2018
– Added clear buttons.
– Avoid saving temporal and spectral elements to undo history (won’t be saved to presets).
– Bugfix in session view looping : was missing loop restart during heavy computations.
– Clear output waveform when changing tempo.
v1.1 – 27/8/2018
– Solved several looping problems in session view.
– Bugfix in element drawing when loading from preset or saved live set.
– Use fs_out.wav as default file name when bouncing to file.
– Bugfix: unwarped but transposed clips were not being recorded.
v1.0 – 10/7/2018
– Initial release
Jamie (verified owner) –
A super Max tool that is different and spectacular. You can break a sound loop into multiple granular parts and rearrange it in almost infinite combinations. You could get lost for days. Top notch work. I highly recommend it for music and sound design. It’s a secret weapon for creativity!
duneglow –
Amazing device. Looking very much forward to it’s future. Would love it if extracted elements could be made to have their own individual mixer channels, so they could be processed independently.
Kieron Johnson (verified owner) –
Factorsynth is absolutely essential. There is NOTHING else like this out there, and for that it’s worth its weight in gold to anyone looking for unheard sounds. It’s still surprising me after a month of heavy use. I can’t think of the last time a piece of software had me this excited.
Salvador España Ramirez (verified owner) –
Top M4Live device. Worth every euro spent. Thanks to J.J. Burred an Isotonik Studios for this jewel.
moritz meschonat (verified owner) –
I bought Factorsynth and Iota today, explored them both playfully and wow… these are creativity tools like I was looking for without even suspecting it.
Conclusion: unimagined possibilities for little money. buy.
details:
in my first (simple!) test i had “factorized” a 4 bar tape recording in Factorsynth. i faded out rhythmic elements, bass and piano. what was left were parts of the solo instrument with an interesting sound aesthetics. exported and with a portion of valhalla a really good start. i imported the new file into iota and created a rhythmic ambient chord accompaniment with three zones.
both tracks together a great foundation. let’s see where i end up with it…