AAS newcomer Michel Basque presents Transmutation—a 101-preset sound collection for the award-winning Chromaphone 3. Basque treats sounds as instruments, and pays close attention to detail, playability, and balance. The acoustic instruments of Chromaphone 3 are imbued with fresh creative twists: crystalline mallets and bells, futuristic neo-classical keys, exotic and hybrid acoustic strings, filmic guitars, and gritty mutant pads. With oblique references to various times and places—exotic, traditional, electronic—this collection balances real and surreal textures with a lively quality that captures the acoustic-electronic essence of Chromaphone 3. While ideal for cinematic climaxes or otherworldly soundscapes, more conventional creations will benefit from this organic boost of intensity and emotion. Transmutation sonically reflects a world in the throes of profound changes—a rapidly mutating ecosystem transforming us all.

Who is Michel Basque?

Michel Basque has been a Canadian artist, music composer and sound designer since the early 80s, and has experienced roles from lead singer and composer for an underground rock music band, to film and TV music composer and multimedia electronic music composer. In 2007 he joined a sample based sound design company Sonarte and is also collaborating as a sound designer for Ableton, creating packs and some of the main sound banks for their flagship DAW Live. He has been working with AAS since 2019 as a sound designer.

THE 95 PRESETS OF TRANSMUTATION

Basses

 Modern Bass
60's Retro Bass
Almost Fretless
Semi Acoustic Bass
Pipe Bass
Jaco

Cymbals

Light Ride Cymbal
Ride & Crash

Hi-Hats

Hi Hats Closed & Open

Percussions

Daf
Surdo
Let's Cuica
Agogo Bells & Chimes
Elastic Toms
Plastic & Metal Skin
Repinique
Tamborim

Snares

Jazz Brush and Snare
Caixa
Kick & Snare Light

Effects

Elephant in a Wardrobe

Keys

Nylon Celesta
RF Phase Keys
Gardening Fork Keys
Whistling Plate
Keys to the Doors
Gong Thai Keys
Electric Piano Strings
Cembalo
Tube Keys
Plastic Keys

Bells

Glassometal
Sleigh Ride
Gamelan Ensemble
Javanese Duet
Tubular Nest

Chimes

Chinese Tree
Notched Chimes

Mallets

Plasticeramic Mallets
Celestinian
Marimbalafon
Glasses Workshop
Chroma Steel Drums
Sunny Mallets
Rêverie
Hand Pan
World Music Marimba
Ceramic Mallets
Wood Box
Saron
Slenthem
Bonang
Good Morning Xylophone

Guitars

Luminescence
Guitarpsichord
Slow Filmic Guitar
Glory Days

Plucks

Saz Baglama
Kora
Dark Ceramic Harp
Bright Ceramic Harp
Somewhere in Japan
Plucked Mallets
Shamisen Biwa Ensemble
Kabuki
Whistling Harp
Koto
Dulcimerimba
N'Goni

Leads

Mutating Worlds
Singing Glasses
Here and Theremin
Tangoneon
Orcas Violin
Synth Violin
Musette
Shennai Sitar
Fluty Martenot
Synth Guitar

Pads

Gong Pad
Once Upon a Time Somewhere
Celestial Voices
Mellow Tron 2
Joyfull Island Pad
Crystalline Winds
Mellow Tron 1
Fluttering Brass Pad
Mystic Metal
Happy Whales
Eden String Choir
Velvet Ensemble
Crystal Particles
Falling Angels

Textures

Haunted Traveller
Gass Machine
Alien Country
Galactic Voyager II
Scary Prospects

Brass

Holy Brass
Big Brass & Strings Section
Jazz Brass

WORKS TWO WAYS

Transmutation was created with the Chromaphone 2 acoustic object synthesizer. You can obviously play and edit the sounds in Chromaphone 2, but you can also access and play them via the free AAS Player included with your Transmutation purchase.

AAS Player—included with purchase

Distraction-free playing experience

More than an hundred free extra presets via Swatches

Chromaphone—sold separately

Sound manipulation at the source core

Starting point for new sound design ideas

WINDOWS · MAC OS X · 32-/64-BIT
VST · AU · RTAS · AAX NATIVE · NKS · STANDALONE

Chromaphone and AAS Player are compatible with nearly all DAWs.

Mac minimum system requirements*

Mac OS X 10.7 or later

Intel Core processor or later

512 MB of RAM

70 MB of free hard drive space

PC minimum system requirements*

Windows 7 32-/64-bit or later

Intel Core or equivalent processor

512 MB of RAM

70 MB of free hard drive space