Noise Engineering Alia Platform: Basimilus is back!
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Basimilus Iteritas is back on the all-new Alia platform, but with easier controls, added extras and a future of alternative firmware and hot-swappable overlays.
Alia Platform
Back in August, we were mourning the loss of the Basimilus Iteritas Alter and other modules from the Iteritas line. But now, armed with a new DSP platform, Noise Engineering has brought back not only the Basimilus but the Manis Iteritas as well. Rounding it out is the all-new Debel Iteritas Alia hybrid additive PM voice.
BIA and MIA
Basimilus is a strange and crushingly noisy digital drum synth that can fold and harmonise its way through broken waveforms and multiple forms. It generates ever-evolving fits, fizzes and squits that can cut through any mix to bring you the edgiest of percussion lines.
Manis, on the other hand, managed to find some dark industrial melody in the heart of Basimilus. It’s gritty and aggressive, using sawtooth waveforms that are extruded through controls such as Bash and Profundity.
BIA and MIA · Source: Noise Engineering
Both these classics get a clearer layout, a pitch encoder for easier tuning, a self-calibrating pitch input and a dedicated envelope output.
Debel Iteritas Alia
Debel delves into the murky world of additive phase-modulation synthesis. It uses three configurations of 4-operator phase-modulation where each operator has four oscillators and finds a huge range of FM and additive sounds to play with. The 2-stage envelope takes centre stage for modulation with a huge range of shapes and timings.
Debel Iteritas Alia · Source: Noise Engineering
Power of three
With these three modules, you’ve got quite a powerful little setup of digitally edged sound generation and intentional aggression. You’ll find none of your warm and comforting analogue ooze here.
They all share the same DSP platform and so the firmware can be installed on each other’s hardware. So if you buy one, you can try them all out.
All three are available for preorder now for $385 and will ship by the end of the week.
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