sonicLAB Instrument
COSMOSF
SATURN 9s
a dynamic stochastic synthesiser
Designed & programmed by Sinan Bokesoy.
First sonicLAB product, first release February 2012.
The Engineer
of Sound Art
Cosmosf Saturn is the engineer of sound art, it is a real-time dynamic stochastic synthesizer, which does generate complex textures with various generative event distribution processes.
Discrete sonic events of certain density are distributed in a time space with onset time and duration parameter calculated with stochastic / deterministic functions.
The event distribution engine of Cosmosf Saturn is a unique hierarchical embodiment of multiple time scales.
Cosmosf Saturn imagines the sonic being as a multi dimensional vector in space being transformed in continuum.
It is possible to form quickly complex sonic creations that cannot be handled by traditional synthesis methods.
The user intervenes with the system by controlling the parameters for the sonic event distribution on meso and micro events.
Hierarchical
Event Engine
Sound designers, composers for media, installation artists... Cosmosf Saturn opens up entirely new sonic territories through its unique stochastic event distribution architecture.
- Distribution Functions Many distribution functions deciding the onset/duration of each event. (uniform, gaussian, cauchy, lognormal, weibull, exponential, triangular)
- Frequency Distribution Custom or harmonic frequency distribution of voices with variable spread ratio and tuning scales.
- Quantisation Independent quantisation assignable to onset timing of meso and micro events.
- Time Control Powerful function to control time over the distribution process (clock loop speed, phase shift, rate division).
- Modulation Unique audio precision modulation scheme with 6 LFO and 7 LineGEN's (Xenakian stochastic ramp generators) for each micro event and 5 LFO / 5 LineGEN's for each meso event.
Powerful
Synthesis Engines
- Oscillator Function Each micro event can work as a powerful oscillator with various synthesis engines including a unique digital noise distributor and KSS synthesis.
- Additive Synthesis Additive synthesis with 12 part partials which can play sine waves or sample waveforms with controllable freq and amp values.
- Filtering Multi mode filters independent for each micro and meso event, also a morphing formant filter.
- Granular Delay Granular delay with various windowing functions available for micro events.
- Ring Modulation Ring modulation for micro and meso events.
Beyond
Traditional Synthesis
- Sieves Engine Makes it possible to calculate the known musical scales for various micro event parameters including freq, amp and filter cutoff. One can import Scala tune table files as well.
- Morphing Smooth transition possibility between the sieved output and the raw output as a continuous morph.
- Arpeggiator Offers audio precision arpeggiator with stochastic features.
- Parallel Processing Parallel universes as a new paradigm, two macro event universes of Cosmosf are running in parallel!
- Preset Morphing Stochastic preset morphing.
- Convolution Convolution engine with stochastic signal send for each meso event.
Object Engine
The Object engine can record every gesture you apply on the parameter space as a giant sequence.
16 meso events with 16 micro events inside each meso event provide a vast hierarchical event structure for complex sonic creation.
Surround Sound
& OSC Control
"there are no shortcuts in evolution.."
Cosmosf Saturn9S supports 1st, 3rd order, 5th order and 7th order ambisonics up-to 64 channels encoded output in ACN/SN3D.
The meso events are distributed in spatial space with stochastic or mathematic path functions in real time. One can automate all the parameters on the DAW as well.
Please choose a compatible DAW to deliver the necessary channel numbers on the operational track. Saturn 9S can now also be targeted on sonicLAB SPATAI, our AI assisted spatial movement generator.
Control Cosmosf fully from external sources via OSC accessing all its parameters.
Enjoy manipulating huge amount of data at simple gestures on the interface of the surround sound engine.
Cosmosf Saturn8 is available for OS X, Windows platforms as VST3, AU, standalone formats.
All sonicLAB products are 64bit only.
Recommended system: OSX Catalina or higher, Windows10 or higher.
Apple Silicon M1 1st gen. equivalent or better.