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SACCARA^TM  is an ambience synthesizer. It utilizes Sphinx Modular Media technology. The purpose of this software is to produce all sort of ambient noise like wind and water. Version 0702 has 3 modulators, a generator with different pre-filtered noise sources, 5 different filters and a channel with adjustable volume, pan and pitch.
Until version 1.0 this software will be free for noncommercial use.

Saccara SA-01 consists of four sections.

• Modulators
  
  This section has 3 LFO's (Low Frequency Oscillator). The shape combobox selects a waveform. You can choose between * Sine
  * Triangle
  * Pulse
  * Sawtooth
  * Random
  The frequency is adjustable between 0.005 and 50 Hz.
  With 0.005 Hz the shape will repeat each 200 seconds. 
  The LFO outputs are connected to the other sections. Thus you can take any of the modulators to control a value in the other section. 
  
  
  

• Noise
  
  The type combobox selects a noise type. Noise is kind of random values.
  Currently there are the following noise types:
  * Phased White
  * Uniform White
  * Pink
  * Resonance Pink
  
  More colors and derivatives are planned.
  
  The hold slider sets the sample & hold rate. Moving it sets the rate at which a new random value  is produced. In down position new values are produced at the samplerate SR. This means that each sample has a new random value. Moving the slider up produces random values for SR/2, SR/4, SR/8 and so on thus producing lower frequencies.
  
  The smooth slider is disabled. The next version of Saccara will support interpolating between the random values to soften the random steps.
  
  The modulation section HM allows to control the Hold Time with one of the three LFO's.
  The modulation section SM is not yet implemented.
  

• Filter
  
  The type combobox selects a filter type. With the filter you can change the color of the noise.
  Currently there are
  
  * Classic LowPass
  * StateVariable LowPass
  * StateVariable HighPass
  * StateVariable BandPass
  * StateVariable Notch
  
  The frequency slider selects the frequency at which you want to operate. For a lowpass filter all frequencies below are passed. With the quality slider Q you can adjust the sharpness at the selected frequency. This also is known as resonance. Setting the Q slider to 1.0 produces a self-oscillating effect.
  
  The modulation section FM allows to control the filter's frequency with one of the three LFO's.
  The modulation section QM allows to control the filter's quality with one of the three LFO's.
  
  In this version only the Classic LowPass can be modulated by the LFO's
  

• Channel
  
  The input combobox selects between the noise generator and the filter output as source.
  
  The level slider manipulates the volume which is shown in db. 0 db means full level, whereas -100 db is not noticeable. You can mute the channel without affecting the current volume.
  
  The pan slider moves the sound between left and right position. The center button sets the balance at the center position (0).
  
  The pitch slider changes the playback samplerate. At 1.0 you have the original pitch which you always can reset with the button labeled Original. Moving the slider down changes the playrate down to 1/4 of the original frequency, moving it up produces a higher pitch up to approximately 2.5 SR.
  
  The modulation section AM allows to control the output level with one of the three LFO's.
  The modulation section BM allows to control the balance between left and right with one of the three LFO's.
  The modulation section FM allows to control the playback frequency with one of the three LFO's.
  

Use the play and stop button from the toolbar to start the playback. Clicking the stop button will also play a short segment of 882 samples. You can adjust any synthesizer parameter with a slider manually or you can select a modulation source to control the values automatically. Please note, that you can't adjust a slider when a modulation source is selected.
The slider will move automatically in correspondence to the modulation depth.


The current version is freeware. You can use it for any noncommercial purpose, but for mutual benefit we would like to get some response from you. We appreciate any comments and critics.

Caution!
Sound is starting immediatly after loading the program. 
This product may be capable of producing sounds which can damage your sound system. Please use with moderate volume settings and use this application with care.

Applications

• Music Production
• Game Production
• Video Production
• Fun Production :-)

Download and Installation Instructions

Just download the single uncompressed file to your computer. There is no installation procedure, so this application is easy to remove if you don't like it any more.
Make sure, that you have Directx 8.0 or higher installed and that the mfc42.dll is on your system. This is the MFCDLL Shared Library - Retail Version.You need 6.0.8665.0 or higher.
Saccara is very processor-intensive. We recommend at least a Pentium II with 400 MHz.

More information on audio shareware sites.

 

Version	0702 (MFC)
Last Build	2001-06-10
Size	100kb
Type of software	Multimedia/Audio
Minimum requirements	DirectX8.0, mfc42.dll, Windows98 or Windows2000, DirectX Soundcard, Pentium II >400 MHz
Screenshots	on this page
Download	Saccara SA-01 Version 0702
Related products	n.a.

Previous released versions:
Saccara 0614
Saccara 0615
Saccara 0701

Coming soon!
Preview Saccara 0801

This product is offered free of charge but you may not distribute, repackage or replicate the software.
SACCARA remains copyright Visiomedia Software Corporation 2001.

All product and/or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
This page contains draft information about visiomedia's furthcoming production.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Copyright © 2000 Visiomedia Software Corporation
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