ADNS SPACE

Sampler · arp · step sequencer · free beta

A one-shot sampler you play on an X-Y pad. Load a short sound, then click and drag: left to right picks the note in your key and scale, bottom to top picks the speed, and the arpeggiator plays it in time. The sequencer plays its own notes, up to 64 steps, with parameter locks for the effects. Made for deep, trippy, raw, hypnotic techno. It's a standalone Mac app: record takes and export them as WAV for your DAW. How ADNS SPACE works

Download for Mac macOS 13 or later
ADNS SPACE: the X-Y pad on the left, then the LFOs and envelopes, then the effect strips with the saturator below them, and the arpeggiator and 64-step sequencer along the bottom.

X-Y pad

Pitch on one axis, arp speed on the other. Hold keeps it playing when you let go.

Ten effects

Filter, two EQs, shifter, phaser-flanger, grain delay, reverb, auto pan, Corpus resonators and filter delay. Drag them into any order. A saturator comes last.

Six LFOs

Map any knob, or the pad itself, and let it move on its own.

Two envelopes

Move up to four knobs on every note or every pad touch.

64-step sequencer

A note on every step, and parameter locks: any effect knob, or an effect's on/off, can change on any step.

Record & export

Every take is saved with its moves. Export 24-bit WAV or re-render with a new sound.

Undo & redo

Step back through every knob, map and sequencer change, and forward again. Cmd+Z works too.

Install

ADNS SPACE is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app.

  1. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag ADNS SPACE onto Applications. Eject the disk image.
  2. Open ADNS SPACE from Applications. The first time, your Mac asks whether you want to open an app downloaded from the internet: click Open.

Updates: versions 1.2 and later tell you when a new version is out and can install it. Your saved takes are kept.

Changelog

2.0.1

  • Change ADNS SPACE is signed and notarized by Apple, so the download opens with a double-click. No more Open Anyway.
  • Change Updates only install when they come from the same developer.

2.0.0

  • Feature The window is 1400 × 780. Effects are strips in sound order, and you can drag them to reorder.
  • Feature EQ 2, Corpus and a three-line Filter delay. A Saturator is always last. Its Dry/Wet starts at 0, and every effect starts dry.
  • Feature Two envelopes under the LFOs. They start off. Mapping a knob turns that envelope on. Each can move up to four knobs on a note or a pad touch.
  • Feature Command-click selects several steps. A lock, including an effect's on/off, is written to every selected step. An LFO mapped in Lock lives on those steps.
  • Change Knobs, BPM and steps use a hand cursor: open to grab, closed while you drag. Hover a control to read what it does.
  • Change The green zoom button stays hidden. The window stays a fixed size.
  • Fix A knob at zero no longer flashes a lit arc, and its label and value stay on one line.

1.3.2

  • Change The green window button is hidden. The window stays a fixed size. Close and minimize still work.
  • Fix An effect turned on for a sequencer lock plays only on that locked step. Unlocked steps and the X-Y pad stay as they were.
  • Change The interface fonts are included in the app, so it looks the same without a network connection.

1.3.1

  • Feature The green window button enters full screen and returns to the fixed size. Close and minimize still work.
  • Fix A no-drag area keeps the window buttons clickable.
  • Feature Releases in the top bar opens the download page.
  • Feature Each take has a waveform you can click to play from that point.
  • Feature Feedback opens an email.
  • Feature The app checks for an update when you come back to it.
  • Change The drag cursor is smaller.
  • Change Takes sit one per row, and the saved count is gone.

1.3.0

  • Feature Slide across sequencer steps to switch them. Clear Steps and Clear Locks ask first and work separately.
  • Change The Mac window is a fixed 1400 × 700 and cannot be resized.
  • Feature Knobs, BPM and steps use a drag cursor with the app logo.
  • Feature An already-open app looks for an update every 10 minutes and notifies even when its window is in front.
  • Fix Update checks use the renamed public download page, so a new version can be found.

1.2.0

  • Fix After the first Open Anyway, the copy in Applications drops the download mark. Opening it from the disk image asks again, and so does a newly downloaded copy.
  • Feature The app fills the window, with no black bars, and scales down to fit a small one.
  • Change The window buttons sit in the top bar, which you drag the window by.
  • Feature The app checks for a new version and can install it. macOS can still ask you to allow the new version. Saved takes are kept.
  • Feature Support in the top bar opens PayPal.
  • Change Export WAV is gone from the top bar. Each take has its own download.
  • Change Six takes show at once in two columns, beside a fixed-width waveform.
  • Change Clearer sample length, a smaller output meter with a limiter light, and an LFO hint that fits.
  • Fix The top bar shows the real version.

1.1

  • Feature The Mac app is available to download. It works on macOS 13 or later.
  • Fix Export WAV keeps the audio until the Save dialog is done.

Support

ADNS SPACE is a free beta. If you enjoy it, you can support it with any amount you like.

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