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Cameleon 5000 v1.7
Additive synthesizer for pads, soundscapes...
VSTi/Audio Unit/RTAS/Standalone
800+ presets - pads, ambiences, evolving textures and much more.
Additive synthesis - create any sound you can imagine.
Morphing - a great way to create new and evolving sounds.
Resynthesis - do things samplers can only dream of!
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Cameleon 5000 is an additive synth, featuring resynthesis and sound morphing, which excels at pads and evolving textures and comes with a library of over 800 presets. At its heart is the morph square which allows you to morph between four different instruments at once. You can also use the morph timeline to create rhythmic loops, evolving soundscapes and pads. Uniquely, Cameleon comes with a range of preset morph timelines, to make creating new sounds even easier. Scroll down for more information, reviews and demo tunes.
Cameleon can import sampled sounds (WAV/AIFF) into any of the four voice slots, or you can choose from the extensive range of built-in voices. Cameleon has many unique features: it breaks sounds down into both a harmonic and noise component, for much higher quality and greater flexibility. No other additive synth is able to perform multi-sampling resynthesis. Cameleon's realistic and expressive sounds are unparalleled.
Cameleon also allows you to import image (BMP) files and turn them into sounds. This provides an extremely powerful way to design never-heard-before sounds. If you're ever stuck for inspiration, just try loading up any picture - perhaps a photo of your mum!
Once you've imported a sound you can edit it in ways which would be impossible with a conventional sampler. You have independent control over each of the harmonics, so you can (for example) boost all the odd harmonics - or even draw your own harmonic spectra!
Every part of Cameleon's interface has been designed with ease of use in mind; the 'Easy' page is just one example. On the Easy page you'll find simple but powerful controls to quickly shape the sound, including changing the balance of harmonics and noise, adding LFOs, or editing the amplitude envelope. You can also use the unique 'stretch' parameter to time-stretch sounds in real-time without the loss in quality associated with sampled instruments.
Cameleon has a comprehensive set of effects, including a sweepable formant filter, distortion, compression, chorus, delay and reverb. Cameleon is supplied with over 800 presets, all arranged into categories (pads, leads, basses, and so on). If you're after instant inspiration, just select the type of sound you require (eg. rhythmics) and hit the random button to get an entirely new random rhythmic loop! Cameleon also comes with a well-written manual including tutorials and tips on getting the best out of it.
Download the demo and open up a new world of sound.
Feature highlights:
800+ presets arranged in categories - pads, ambiences, leads, basses and more.
Import and morph WAV/AIFF files.
Import/export BMP images.
Multi-sampling resynthesis for more realistic and expressive instruments.
One-click 'morphing square', to morph between four sounds at a time.
Separate control of amplitude envelope, harmonics and noise.
Morph timeline with presets, for fast creation of evolving patches.
High quality 'stretch'.
Complete control over each harmonic.
128-band noise generator, 64 detunable partials.
Sweepable formant filter, distortion, compression, chorus, delay, reverb.
Selected new features in v1.7:
Improved noise generator for brighter, crisper sounds.
Key tracking for noise generator and filter.
Improved reverb.
200 extra presets included (over 800, 1000+ extra from website).
Improved editing (log scaling, new harmonic/noise profiles).
More info...
System requirements:
PC Pentium III 1GHz, 128 MB RAM, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, VSTi host.
Mac G4 733 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, Mac OS 9/X, VSTi/Audio Units/RTAS host.
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Add-ons |
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Sound Bank Bundle - all four Cameleon banks including TC Galaxy, Biomechanikal, Progressions and Digiscapes. A total of 512 stunning presets for just $85 / €79 / £66 (save $15!)
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Bank A:TC Galaxy - a collection of 128 space age film sounds created by respected sound designer Tim Conrardy. You'll find spatial pads and moving textures, as well as angelic voices, spacey leads and atmospherics. Take your music on a journey to other galaxies! Just $24.95 / €23 / £16.
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Listen to the MP3 demo
Download 16 example presets
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Bank B:Biomechanikal - a collection of 128 futuristic sounds from Biomechanoid. The bank includes textures, effects, basses, pads and atmospherics. Team up with the Biomechanikal Cameleon and move into the digital future! Just $24.95 / €23 / £16.
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Listen to the MP3 demo
Download 16 example presets
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Bank C:Progressions - a collection of 128 patches for Cameleon with a fresh, crystal-clear sound, programmed by Jim Hunter. From deep, beautiful pads to pumping rhythmics, these sounds are highly useable in many styles of music. Many pure additive patches. Just $24.95 / €23 / £16.
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Listen to the MP3 demo (preset by preset)
Listen to the MP3 demo - Hypnotic States (Jim Hunter)
Listen to the MP3 demo - Progressions (Kriminal)
Download 16 example presets
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Bank D:Digiscapes - a bank of 128 instruments ranging from mellow leads and warm soothing pads to freakish rhythmic loops and electronic textures. The bank was programed by Stephan Muesch and shows off both the analog and digital sides of Cameleon. Just $24.95 / €23 / £16.
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Listen to the MP3 demo
Download 16 example presets
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Printed Manual - the official, professionally-bound 90 page manual – all the details at your fingertips. Now includes extra tutorials and tips, to make getting to grips with Cameleon even easier! Just $19.95, plus delivery.
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Reviews |
| Sound on Sound |
"Cameleon 5000 is a hugely playable instrument with an unusually supple, fluid sound." Read more... |
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| Future Music |
"Cameleon 5000 is clearly a fantastic synth!", 9/10, Platinum Award. Read more... |
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| Computer Music |
"The variety of sounds it can produce is amazing!", 8/10, CM Innovation Award. Read more... |
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| Keyboard |
"This synth is not just multi-colored, it's a Key Buy-winning little monster. ", Key Buy Award. Read more... |
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| Mac Format |
"A powerful virtual instrument capable of delivering great and original
sounds for just about any musical situation", 4.5/5 Read more... |
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| Grooves |
"it gives you something different to set yourself apart from the
pack", Grooves Magazine Read more... |
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| Game Developer |
"an amazing tool for creating and editing sounds", Game Developer Magazine. Read more... |
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Demo Tunes |
| Embelyon |
This orchestral piece shows that that Cameleon isn't just capable of unusual pads, but for orchestral elegance with a staggering 17 instances of Cameleon in one tune. |
| mmdejonge |
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| Elementals |
This piece shows off the sounds in the TC-Elemental bank which explores microtonalism as well as ethnic instruments and atmospheres. |
| Tim Conrardy |
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| From Low to Hi |
With the exception of the drums, sustained strings and taikos drum at the beginning , every sound comes from the From LoTo Hi soundbank by Jean-Stephane Guitton. A nice jazzy and soundtrack style piece showing off the different timbres of the Cameleon 5000. |
| Jean-Stephane Guitton |
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| Deep Forest |
This ambient piece features a number of hybrid instruments, and morphing lead lines. All Cameleon. |
| Tim Conrardy |
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| Indian Adventure |
This is a drum'n'bass tune which show cases the quality of Cameleons basses, as well as a beautiful Sitar line. (All Cameleon except drums). |
| ElBaggio |
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| For my father |
This ambient/drum'n'bass tune demonstrates a wide range of Cameleons sounds - from leads to basses, and pads. (All Cameleon except drums). |
| Ben Gillett |
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| Tripping Eno |
This is a demonstration song that gives a good feel for the ambient/soundtrack side of Chameleon. |
| Bruce Satinover |
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| Psychedebrameleon |
An ambient tune composed entirely with Cameleon 5000. Every sound was made by importing a different fractal image using Cameleon's bitmap import feature. |
| Jim Hunter |
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| Three Tabla Project |
This is a tune in which all the different sounds have been created from just three tabla samples imported into Cameleon, and then manipulated to produce a variety of leads, drums and pads. |
| Jim Hunter |
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| Mrajjar |
This is an ambient piece written entirely with Cameleon, with some great rhythmic pads and a resynthesized piano. |
| Jim Hunter |
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| Beautiful Galaxy |
Beautiful piece of space age film music. Composed entirely using the presets from the TC Galaxy sound set. |
| Tim Conrardy |
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| Haze |
Great piece of digital breakbeat hazzyness. Composed entirely using the presets from Biomechanikal sound set. |
| Biomechanoid |
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"Camelon 5000, is the most impressive, liquid, evocative sounding soft-synth I have ever heard. "
-BT
"It's proving itself to be my weapon of choice for trance pads, textures,
leads and fx. I think my hardware synths have finally met their match."
- DJ Pulser
"The Cameleon 5000 is my go-to pad synth. They sit just right, and that is very hard to do."
- David Newman
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