https://www.vividsynths.com/ 2026-05-03T11:21:20+00:00 https://www.vividsynths.com/ https://www.vividsynths.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=1dec2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/1 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is submitted to App Store 1 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is submitted to App Store Well, finally a new version of VividTracker, with a great new feature too. The new feature allows you to select a scale on the keyboard, for instance text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=3dec2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/3 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is released 3 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is released VividTracker v1.12 has been released. A great new feature is scales, where you will be able to select a scale and a key, which will make the keyboard adapt and only show the relevant notes. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=3march2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/3 March 2024 - New VividShaper features coming soon 3 March 2024 - New VividShaper features coming soon Ever since the release of VividShaper, I had some great plans for upcoming versions. I was planning for smaller updates, but ended up with a quite big updated that unfortunately took much longer to finish. Most of the things are now in place, so I hope to release the next version within the next couple of days. This new version will include: text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=4june2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/4 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 almost ready 4 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 almost ready It took some time, but the new version of VividShaper is now imminent. I am submitting it tomorrow. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=6july2023&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/6 July 2023 - VividShaper 6 June 2023 - VividShaper VividShaper has finally been submitted to App Store. I hope that it will be released within the next days. Three years ago, I started to conceptualise VividShaper. I was inspired by Dave Smith's Evolver, which is a hardware wavetable synthesizer. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=6june2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/6 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 is released 6 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 is released It is finally here. Only the iOS version has been accepted in the moment of writing, but I expect the Mac version to get accepted within the next day as well. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=7jan2025&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/7 January 2025 - VividShaper v1.3 is released 7 January 2025 - VividShaper v1.3 is released VividShaper v1.3 has just been released for iOS. The macOS version is currently still waiting for review, but will very soon be available on App Store too. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=9dec2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/9 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.13 is released 9 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.13 is released VividTracker v1.13 has been released. It now contains all the original ST-01 Amiga samples. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=10june2023&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/10June2023-VividShaper 10 June 2023 - VividShaper Ten years ago, 2013, I was working heavily on VividTracker. It took about a year to develop the first version of VividTracker, so I guess that I had a kind of working app at that time. It would still be half a year before I could actually release it. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=12july2023&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/12 July 2023 - VividShaper has been released 12 June 2023 - VividShaper has been released Finally! VividShaper has now been released for both macOS and iOS. This is the very first version (OK, it's version v1.1 now due to a bug fix), so there are many more interesting things to be added to VividShaper. Among those things is the ability to share patches, which I understand is a highly requested feature from users. However, that is for a later version. The next version will be looki… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=13sep2025&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/13 September 2025 - VividShaper v1.4 is released 13 September 2025 - VividShaper v1.4 is released A new version of VividShaper has been released, with two new reverbs and a new way of routing sounds through the system. You can for instance let some oscillators be sent to delay, then one reverb, then another reverb, whereas other oscillators are only sent to one reverb. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=24feb2025&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/24 February 2025 - VividTracker v2.14 is released 24 February 2025 - VividTracker v2.14 is released <blog> date: 2025-02-24 author: Lars </blog> VividTracker v2.14 has just been released. It now has a song overview just like Protracker, but with the additional feature that you can see for each track if it is empty or not for a given pattern. An empty track in a pattern will be shown in dark grey. If you have data of any sort in it, it will be shown in cyan colour. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=27march2024&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog/27 March 2024 - Some news on VividShaper and VividTracker 27 March 2024 - Some news on VividShaper and VividTracker I am currently working on the final pieces for the new VividShaper v1.2 update. I wrote some information about it last time (see 3 March 2024 - New VividShaper features coming soon). I am also adding some new LFO functions: VSLFOSin, VSLFOTriangle, VSLFOSaw, and VSLFOSquare. These are great to create pulsating stuff and can be applied to anything from filters to volu… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=about_me&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/About me About me My name is Lars Forsberg. I am an engineering physicist with a PhD in medical science. I did my PhD at Karolinska Institutet on understanding how different brains vary and specifically how different brain regions covary across individuals. The findings showed that evolutionary old regions, the thalamus and the basal ganglia, covary the most. I am currently working as a researcher in Multiple Sclerosis, but I still have an interest in human brain variability. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=apps&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps Apps * [Unordered List Item] VividTracker * [Unordered List Item] VividShaper text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=artificial_intelligence&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence can be used to autogenerate music, either by generating new notes or samples using generative neural networks. One way is to use a generative adversarial network and another way is to use a variational autoencoder, maybe in combination with a recurrent neural network. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=audiocopy_tutorial&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker AudioCopy Tutorial AudioCopy is an app and a framework by Retronyms to copy samples easily between apps. In this tutorial, you will learn how to copy samples from Korg Gadget and paste them into VividTracker. Note that the video is from an older version of VividTracker and that the user interface may have changed slightly in the latest version. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=blog&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Blog Blog * 13 September 2025 - VividShaper v1.4 is released * 24 February 2025 - VividTracker v2.14 is released * 7 January 2025 - VividShaper v1.3 is released * 9 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.13 is released * 3 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is released * 1 December 2024 - VividTracker v2.12 is submitted to App Store * 6 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 is released * 4 June 2024 - VividShaper v1.2 almost ready * 27 March 2024 - Some news on VividShaper and VividT… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=getting_started&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker/Getting started Getting started Overview VividTracker aims to be compatible with Protracker v2.3D and therefore has about the same features. In Protracker, a song can have up to 64 different patterns, which are played in a specific order. The length of the song can be up to 128 patterns. Each pattern has 64 rows (or steps), with position 00 to 63, and 4 different tracks (VividTracker supports up to 8 tracks), where each track can play one 8-bit sample at a time toget… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=getting_started_vividshaper&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividShaper/Getting started Getting started Historical overview One of the first Wavetable synthesizers was the PPG Wavecomputer, which was released in 1978 and had 30 different wavetables. It was followed a few years later by the Wave 2 (1981), Wave 2.2 (1982), and Wave 2.3 (1984). Each wave had the length of 256 samples (probably one byte per sample). A wavetable is a table of waves that can be looped through to give an evolving sound. The PPG Wave 2.3 had 30 different wavetabl… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=music&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Music Music Making music with Korg Volca Sample and Korg Volca FM is really fun. VividTracker supports uploading both samples and notes to Korg Volca Sample, so I made a little song using the two: ---------- I must admit I haven't been that successful making games for iOS, but I enjoyed the fun anyhow. Here is the game Spinoid for iOS that I made a couple of years ago: text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=privacypolicyvividshaper&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/ VividShaper/Privacy Policy Privacy Policy This document outlines the privacy policy for the VividShaper app. VividShaper does not collect or use any personal data. This app is designed to function without requiring any personal information from you. Also, VividShaper does not track how you use the app. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=scott_lee&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker/Scott Lee Scott Lee The Amiga and the music that you could create on it had a great impact on many people and our culture. VividTracker brings this legacy of Amiga music to our modern era of mobile devices. I am therefore very grateful that Scott Lee text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome Welcome Welcome to VividSynths, a website dedicated to music and creation of innovative music apps for the iPhone and iPad. My first app, VividTracker, is an Amiga music tracker compatible app for the iPhone/iPad that allows you to create and edit music on the go. VividShaper is an AUv3 plugin available for iPhone/iPad and Mac (same purchase for all) where you can program your own waves using the Lua programming language. text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=tracker_history&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker/Tracker history Tracker history In the beginning The Commodore Amiga was an amazing computer at its time. When the first Amiga was released in 1985, it was superior to anything on the market, both when it came to graphics and sound. It could display up to 4096 colours on the screen at the same time using its Hold-And-Modify (HAM) colour mode and it could play back 8-bit samples on four different channels using its amazing Paula chip. Two of the channels are sent to t… text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=vividshaper&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividShaper VividShaper VividShaper is a new AUv3 plugin for iOS. It is a wavetable synthesiser where you can program your own waves using the built in Lua-language. More information coming soon. <https://itunes.apple.com/app/vividshaper/id1668979409/> Table of Contents * What's new * Getting started * VividShaper reference manual * Privacy Policy Contact information text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=vividshaper_reference_manual&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/ VividShaper/VividShaper reference manual VividShaper Reference Manual VividShaper is a wavetable AUv3 plugin synthesizer, where each wave consists of 128 samples. Instead of having a fixed number of waves to choose from, VividShaper allows you to program your own waves using the built in Lua programming language and change them over time. text/html 2026-04-25T14:23:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=vividtracker&rev=1777127004&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker VividTracker VividTracker is the first and only Amiga Protracker compatible music app for iPhone and iPad. It allows you to load, edit, and save Amiga mod-files or create new mod files from scratch. It has MIDI-support so you can use it to control external synthesisers or virtual synthesisers on iOS. It also supports AudioCopy, allowing you to copy samples from other apps. text/html 2026-04-25T14:04:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=vividtracker_reference_manual&rev=1777125865&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker/VividTracker reference manual VividTracker Reference Manual Protracker Effects Reference VividTracker aims to be 100% compatible with Protracker. Here all all the effects supported: 0 - Normal play or Arpeggio 0xy : x-first halfnote add, y-second 1 - Slide Up 1xx : upspeed 2 - Slide Down 2xx : downspeed 3 - Tone Portamento 3xx : up/down speed 4 - Vibrato … text/html 2026-04-25T14:26:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=what_s_new&rev=1777127191&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividTracker/What's new What's new * Version 2.19: * VividTracker now also works as a Commodore 64 Ultimate companion app. * Upload and run mod-files, sid-files, crt-images, prg-files * Upload and mount disk images (d64, g64, d71, d81) * It will automatically mount the text/html 2026-02-23T20:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vividsynths.com/doku.php?id=what_s_new_vividshaper&rev=1771880327&do=diff Welcome/Apps/VividShaper/What's new What's new * Version 1.4: Reverb, legato and portamento was added. * Version 1.3.1: * Pitch bend was added, with a range of ±2 half notes. The range can be modified in Lua-code, or even set to zero while using the pitch bend information for other things like modulating a filter. By default, the pitch bend affects affect all patches developed so far.