Chromaphone

Factory library

The completely renewed factory library has well over 600 production-ready sounds classified for fast and intuitive exploration.

Drumhead resonator

This new model reproduces precisely how a real drumhead vibrates resulting in super realistic and responsive drums and percussions.

Envelope mode

The envelope generator for the noise source is now equipped with an AHD mode for carving precise one-shots.

Noise filter bank

The noise source spectrum can now be tailored with a 10-band filter bank for fine control of the tone.

Low-cut filter

Resonators have been complemented with a low-cut filter to control the clarity of an instrument response.

Arpeggiator

Add motion and give a new perspective to sounds with the new built-in arpeggiator module.

Source mixer

Fine control of the mallet and noise sources to shape the attack and sustain phase of sounds with precision.

Compressor and equalizer

These new additions are perfect to add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through any dense mix or stage.

Limiter

The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the synth’s parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics.

Streamlined interface

Redesigned from the ground up, the new interface now divides Chromaphone 2 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the performance and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you tweak and create your sound; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for a final sheen.

Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files

Chromaphone 2 now supports the Scala scale file format for microtonal music making.

Overhauled effects

Reinvigorated and polished, Chromaphone 2’s multi-effect processor features our best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date!

Backward compatible with Chromaphone 1 presets

Simply copy your banks from Chromaphone 1 in Chromaphone 2‘s bank folder to convert them.

Additions

Pro Tools 10, 11 AAX Native plug-in support.

Cubase 5 (circa 2009) or earlier support.

Fixes

Scrolling with some non-Apple mice.

MIDI control change assignments to handle messages with MSB and LSB data.

Drawing problem when using VST in Orion.

Stereo output when using VST in Acid Pro.

Notes

This installer can simply be run over your current installation to perform the update.

This installer is a full installer so you can use it as a starting point if you need to reinstall from scratch in the future.

Fixes

Fixed freeze with 32-bit VST plug-in on preset change;

Fixed crash with some presets (especially with KitNetix);

Fixed preset loading error on large Pro Tools projects.

Additions
* Added RTAS plug-in.

Fixes
* Fixed crash on quit with standalone application;
* Fixed buffer size changes of ASIO drivers on Windows;
* Enhanced snappiness to program changes on Windows;
* Enhanced snappiness to undo/redo on Windows.

Additions
* Added standalone application;
* Added native 64-bit VST plug-in on Mac OS X.

Fixes
* Fixed consecutive mouse click handling;
* Fixed Density parameter on Windows;
* Fixed crash on track suppression and project close on Mac OS X;
* Fixed keyboard focus with VST plug-in on Mac OS X;
* Improved mouse cursor behavior on knobs on Mac OS X.