Junit was actually supposed to be just a fun sidequest, but the project was so successful that I’ve kept expanding it over the past few months. As a result, its feature set is becoming increasingly similar to that of Vanilla, and I have to say that Junit has simply become the better “fun analog” patch editor.
So I decided to port the most important missing features to Junit and discontinue Vanilla.
Here are the main updates:
The filter section now features a switch for selecting the filter type: low-pass, band-pass (6 and 12 dB), or high-pass. This is the only change on the main page, which I wanted to keep as simple as possible.
More is going on on the Advanced page: I had to redesign the OSC and LFO section to create space for additional controls. As a result, both OSC are now in a single section called DCO. New features are:
- Mix controls for both oscilators, ring modulation and noise
- A range (octave) selector for each oscilator
- An additional Interval tuning for OSC1 (up to 11 semitones)
- LFO slew (smoothing)
- LFO key sync (retrigger)
- For simplicity's sake, I've also added a second Rate knob so you don't have to keep switching back and forth to the basic page
On the FX page, the Pitch pedal has been upgraded with the Vanilla's iconic Drift/Flutter effect! It offers 8 LFO detuning algorithms with different speeds and waveforms that adds everything from subtle analog synth detuning to psychedelic efects and erratic, noisy blips.
Keep it simple
Yeah, that's a euphemism for “a few things fell by the wayside”:
- old Vanilla patches won't be compatible with Junit but I will add Junit versions of all Vanilla factory patches in a future release and provide some kind of patch converter.
- Vanilla's macro knob scheme won't be ported. Macros will be fixed to the current Junit macro assignment.
- No LFO phase parameter, but maybe added in the future
- No separate “Common Sync” switch for the LFO. Instead, it is combined with the “Key Sync” switch on an alternating basis.