Noise Engineering has released new modules and algorithms for its platform modules: Fala Versio, Toros Iteritas Alia, and Ampla Legio.
Christmas is the time for gifts. Numerous free plugins are available in the software world at this time, but there are fewer for hardware users.
Not so with Noise Engineering. The US-based developers are giving the platform module community multiple Christmas gifts. Three all-new firmware versions for the Versio, Alia, and Legio platform modules can be downloaded for free.
Fala Versio – Toros Iteritas Alia
Let’s start with the Versio platform, which specializes in unique effects. The firmware “Fala Versio” features a stereo formant filter with wave folding, saturation, and a tap-tempo LFO. As usual, it’s not an ordinary effect processor.
According to Noise Engineering, Fala Versio’s stereo formant filter is designed for pure musicality. It features up to 24 bandpass filters, post-filter saturators, and three all-pass filters. There is also a pre-filter wavefolder and a set of dynamics-control utilities.
Fala Versio also hosts a built-in clockable stereo sine/noise LFO to modulate the filters to achieve panning animations. The new Fala Versio engine can generate unique morphable resonant voltage and gnarly tones up to modulated filth.
Then, Toros Iteritas Alia is a new wild stereo oscillator algorithm for the Iteritas Alia platform. It is an easy-to-use multi-operator, three-algorithm phase modulation oscillator. The algorithms are chili, buzz, and chaos.
The Blendex is a highlight of the new algorithm. Turn it, and you can route each oscillator to be a PM for the next oscillator in the algorithm or direct to the output. There are Blendex and frequency knobs for each operator. The frequency ranges from a minor third, an octave, up to two octaves.
Torso Iteritas also offers a global pitch control. Of course, everything is controllable with CV. Noise Engineering says that the algorithm/module is designed with evolving textures and dark drones in mind.
Ampla Legio
Unlike Fala Versio and Torsos Iteritas Alia, Ampla Legio is not released as a standalone module but only as a free algorithm. It’s a stereo lowpass gate module for the growing number of stereo audio sources.
Ampla Lego can be a stereo multimode filter with lowpass, bandpass, and highpass settings and three selectable resonance flavors (howl, bite, calm). This gives subtle to gnarly tones. CV control is available for the cutoff, not for the resonance.
Further, it can be used as a stereo vactrol-inspired ASD envelope with CV input over the envelope timing. That’s all. It’s a dead simple module that offers two essential functions for stereo setups.
First Impression
Three excellent Christmas presents from Noise Engineering for the Platform module community. When I read this, I would like to have all three Platform modules, but unfortunately, I only have the Versio, which needs to be updated very soon.
The Fala Versio ($393) and Toros Iteritas Alia ($385) standalone modules are available now for pre-order and will start shipping on December 17, 2024. The new Ampla Legio is only available as a free algorithm. The algorithms are now free for download for existing Versio, Alia, and Legio owners.
More information here: Noise Engineering
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