AudioMulch v2.0

AudioMulch is an interactive musician’s environment for PC and Mac. AudioMulch is used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design.

Perform ​and ​improvise ​with ​AudioMulch

AudioMulch uses a non-linear "signal flow" approach that's more suited to live performance than rigid, linear, score-editing style software. This together with its intuitive patcher-style user interface makes AudioMulch a powerful performance system. AudioMulch's automation and control features offer a fully-configurable control scheme that allows you to be as hands-on or as hands-off as you want to be.

* Synthesize, process, loop and sequence sounds live.
* Rapidly modify, rebuild and reconfigure your sonic ideas with a drag-and-drop patcher interface.
* Selectively automate and control any aspects of your performance with the automation timeline, MIDI input, automated Startup Actions and AudioMulch's unique Metasurface control interface.

Compose ​"live" ​with ​AudioMulch

Composing music should be as satisfying as performing music live. AudioMulch takes its “live” feeling into the studio, allowing composers to build and explore their musical and sonic ideas in a spontaneous, intuitive way. It's a modular approach in which components are plugged together and processes are manipulated in fluid ways - not just by switching things on and off. This workflow allows you to rapidly put your ideas into practice and hear the results as you work.
Drive ​AudioMulch ​with ​external ​instruments ​and ​hardware

Process your voice or instrument live with AudioMulch. Or set up a patch, even include some of your favourite VST plug-ins, and “play” it remotely from a keyboard or any other kind of MIDI device. With AudioMulch's editable mapping curves you can customise and fine tune the way parameters respond to your instrumental gestures. AudioMulch now features patchable MIDI routing, so you can use third party MIDI plugins to modify your input MIDI signals. You can even use MIDI to switch between patches and settings.

* Host your VST software instruments and effects in AudioMulch and control them via MIDI.
* Incorporate MIDI sequencing and processing plugins into your patches.
* Configure MIDI controls with Quick Mapping.
* Use a single MIDI control source to control several effect and patch parameters.
* Switch between documents and patches via MIDI.
* Morph between multiple parameter settings with MIDI controller using the Metasurface.

Play ​AudioMulch ​like ​an ​instrument

AudioMulch provides users with a unique high-level interface not seen in any other music software environment: the AudioMulch Metasurface. The Metasurface is a powerful tool for gestural control that turns AudioMulch into an expressive musical instrument. The Metasurface has no virtual knobs and faders; it's an interface designed specifically for performing music with a computer. Instead of having to turn one nob at a time with the mouse, the Metasurface lets you blend smoothly between dozens of parameter settings on a two dimensional plane. You can even automate and loop your Metasurface gestures.
Record, ​mix ​and ​diffuse ​your ​music

AudioMulch has multichannel input and output, with support for up to 256 channels. This allows you to:

* Record your jam sessions as multi-track recordings to be mixed later.
* Use AudioMulch as a live mixer.
* Spatialize and diffuse music for surround sound or any sort of multichannel speaker array.

Pull ​it ​all ​together

Users often comment that when they bring their material into AudioMulch it all comes together and "just works". That's because everything in AudioMulch - from effects parameters to MIDI - automatically syncs to a global pulse. AudioMulch can also sync with external devices and with other computers over a network.

* Centrally synchronize your beats, effects, loops and processes to a global pulse.
* Synchronise copies of AudioMulch running on different computers using a wired or wireless network.
* Synchronise AudioMulch to an external MIDI clock source or generate MIDI clocks in AudioMulch that other devices can sync to.

Understand ​what's ​going ​on ​under ​the ​hood

AudioMulch is used by educators to teach audio processing. That's because within the AudioMulch environment what you see is what you get – the process of audio manipulation is represented visually. If you can understand a flow chart, you can understand basic signal processing in AudioMulch. AudioMulch also has an extensive help system that makes it approachable and accessible for first time users. Want help on a particular feature? Contraption help buttons let you jump straight to detailed help information for each contraption.

* Start off simple by plugging together some of AudioMulch's more high level components like drum machines, loopers and file recorders.
* Navigate your way around the different parts of AudioMulch easily with the contextual help system.
* Go in deep with extensive help documentation.

AudioMulch ​is ​what ​you ​make ​of ​it

AudioMulch has been designed to be adaptable. For some, AudioMulch is a unique and powerful tool that performs tasks that you can't quite do as easily with other audio software. For others, AudioMulch is their all-in-one environment for composing, performing and producing music. Other ways people use AudioMulch include:

* As a sound mangling tool.
* As a multi-track recorder. Record the stems of your improvisations and performances for remixing later in the studio.
* Composers and sound designers create sound textures in AudioMulch to use as source material for their work in multi-track editors.
* Keyboardists use AudioMulch to host their software instrument plug-ins (VSTis) and effects.