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PHOQER 1.0.0

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@lew0nn lew0nn released this 13 Oct 08:35

A seal you can play. The first release.

Three seals, five moods

BURP barks low and rough, SQUEAL yelps high and bright, GROAN moans long and warm. Each has its own colours and a portrait that reacts as it sings. A held note can be one call, honks, barks, a wail or a hum, in time with your song.

Every call is synthesised while you play, by formant-wave-function synthesis shaped from real seal calls. No samples.

In the box

  • Nine knobs, from BOOM to GLIDE, all automatable
  • Eight voices, velocity, pitch bend, the sustain pedal and the mod wheel
  • 16 presets
  • The standalone app: a computer-key piano, REC to WAV and a metronome with a count-in

Files

  • Setup.exe: installs the VST3, the standalone app, or both
  • .msi: installs both in one step, for managed or scripted installs
  • VST3.zip: the PHOQER.vst3 bundle, for C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
  • Standalone.exe: the app in one file, no install
  • Source.zip: the source with JUCE included, ready to build

Windows x64. The files are not code-signed, so SmartScreen may stop them the first time: choose More info, then Run anyway.

macOS

Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel), macOS 10.13 or later. Added on October 18.

  • macOS-AU.zip: the Audio Unit, for Logic, GarageBand and other AU hosts
  • macOS-VST3.zip: the PHOQER.vst3 bundle
  • macOS-Standalone.zip: the app

Unzip, then move PHOQER.component to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, PHOQER.vst3 to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and PHOQER.app to /Applications. The files are not notarized by Apple, so before the first use run this in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/PHOQER.component ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/PHOQER.vst3 /Applications/PHOQER.app

Then rescan plug-ins in your host.

Free and open source under the GNU AGPL v3.