The VOSIM66 software is a new Vosim generator and creator, based on the Vosim model. It is written in GNU Octave script language (which is more or less the same as Matlab). The GNU Octave shell can be downloaded and is free. With Vosim66 you can create single Vosim sounds and more complicated series of sounds. You can write a score and play it with your sound or you can design a soundscape. Each sound is the sum of two Vosim signals (two generators). Series of sounds can be layered in four layers. The software is controlled via the terminal of Octave, using the keyboard for editing. Learning how the Vosim signal works needs some study, but the result is therefore very precisely controllable. The VOSIM66 software is still work in progress. It can be downloaded freely.
To install VOSIM66, you first have to install GNU Octave on your computer. On Windows platforms its quite easy, because all additional libraries are in the basic package. On Mac OSX there can be more problems especially when your OS is older. Check it via the link below. Extra Octave packages can be loaded directly from Octave forge or via Homebrew or MacPorts. Which packages are necessary for running Vosim66, you can find in the VOSIM66 manual, which you will receive together with the software. Before you can download, we ask you kindly to register yourself. Your data will be stored in Mailchimp and only used for informing you about new updates and all other relevant information about the VOSIM66 development.
System requirements:
Minimum: Windows 7,8,10 with GNU octave 5
Minimum: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan)
Soundcard
In the last two years Heinerich Kaegi and Ludger Hurts investigated many different sounds with the VOSIM66 software. This resulted in a wide range of Vosim files. These files will be available in the future for use in VOSIM66 as a library and can be the basis for many new sounds you can design yourself by changing parameters. Our goal is not to compete with existing sound libraries of samples or to create a new production tool for music with "traditional" instrumental sounds. Our goals is to find new sound worlds. To reach this goal it is the best way to start in the field of known sound classes.
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