Aurora
Reverb. Well...kind of.
Welcome to Aurora, a spectral reverb capable of a wide palette of sounds: from lush caverns and whale songs, to alien textures you've never created before. And likely, will invoke a hunger for exploration you felt when you first touched a modular synth.
Aurora uses a phase vocoder audio engine which separates the input signal's time and pitch domains. By blurring these signals you can achieve beautiful time-stretched tails, or cybernetic metallic effects.
Since Aurora’s sonic response is entirely dependent on the input signal, no two patches will sound alike, lending itself to an infinite world of surprise and discovery.
Discovery. It’s why we are all here.
A portion of all Aurora proceeds will help the fight against shrinking ice caps and dwindling polar bear populations.
Spectral reverb with true stereo audio IO
Phase vocoder audio engine running at 48kHz, 24-bit
Time stretched tails, icy shimmers, and voltage controlled whale songs
Front panel USB port provides easy firmware updates, user options, and more
Powered by the Daisy Audio Platform
Download the factory options.txt file
Download The Release Firmware (v1.4.4)
Ship Date: 24 May, 2022
Tech Specs
Width: 12HP
Depth: 22mm
Power Consumption: +12V=215mA, -12V=5mA, +5V=0mA
Welcome To Aurora
A spectral reverb capable of a wide sonic palette.
Watch The Demo.
Voltage-Controlled Whale Songs.
From lush caverns, to alien textures you’ve never created before, Aurora gives you the tools to tailor your spectral domain.
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Transposes the wet signal up or down 3 octaves from the original pitch. The CV input tracks 1V/oct, allowing Aurora to even act as a complementary voice.
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Morphs between multi tap stereo delay time zones, allowing for extremely long tails from short sounds.
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Tames or unleashes your frequency spectrum with precision filtering and harmonic additions.
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Plays the incoming audio backwards into the signal path, allowing for reverse reverb swells.
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Locks the incoming audio, and holds it until deactivated. Perfect for spectral drones and dynamic performance.
USB? Yes Please.
Expand Aurora beyond what’s possible, all from the front panel.
Configurable Settings for Blur States, Freeze Functions, and more.
“It just works” Firmware Updates. Simply place the file on the drive, and let Aurora do the rest.
Alternate Instruments, with some currently in development, and many more planned.
Qu-Bit Flash Drive is included with Aurora.
Press
“The results are fascinating. It’s not content to sit in the background as a reverb, Aurora wants to play and shimmer, bend, warp and blur its way into your patch... I like this a lot.”
“... in the case of the Aurora it’s genuinely hard to imagine it ever not having a use — which I do not say lightly. It can be wild, it can be gentle, it can be grating or it can be beautiful.”
“Aurora is the new sonic spice we’ve been looking for in our musical culinary craft.”
“If you like drones and soundscapes that create images in listener’s minds, you will enjoy this module for a long time.”
“So much more than a reverb, the Aurora offers a massive range of tones, is fun to play and is experimental yet controllable.”
More Sounds Please
Helping Out Our Planet, And The OG Aurora Fans.
A portion of all Aurora proceeds will go towards conserving pack ice in the artic and the polar bear population.
Aurora’s Best Friends
Data Bender: Circuit Bent Digital Audio Buffer
Surface: Multi-Timbral Physical Modeling Voice
Chance: Random Voltage Source