Introduction

Devinity is a deep-dive into Falcon with renowned Atlanta-based electronic musician and sound designer Richard Devine. One of the industry’s most cherished and recognizable figures, Richard has a profound love for sound and technology, writing and performing his own music and being called upon to design sound for many of the world’s most successful companies.

In Devinity, Richard shares 120 patches detailing his exploration of Falcon, showing off his unique style and approach to sound design. No one understands this better than the man himself, so to give us some insight to his process and inspirations Richard kindly agreed to sit down with us and talk shop.

Made for Falcon

The Devinity expansion leverages the advanced synthesis architecture of Falcon, featuring intuitive macro controls for instant playability.

Control your sound with MIDI, OSC, host automation, and Lua, or transform it with Falcon’s extensive library of oscillators, effects, modulators, and scripts.

Falcon’s versatility and pristine sound quality is evident throughout this collection, utilizing numerous synthesis and sound design techniques and a robust use of effects and modulators. Sounds can all be quickly previewed, edited, layered or performed with nearly limitless variation thanks to Falcon’s semi-modular architecture and rich component library.

INFO Page

The Info tab provides an overview of the selected program, houses macro controls, and provides a location for custom text and images via the (i) view.

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Macros

Same as Falcon Factory Content, Devinity’s patches have been programmed with macros which provide users with easy access to the key parameters of each patch. The Info tab shows them as knobs and switches over the Devinity artwork; their number and names change from preset to preset. Macros may be controlled via MIDI, OSC, host automation and Lua scripting, allowing for easy customization and expressive performance capabilities.

For more details on macros, see Falcon’s software manual.

Program Information

Press the (i) button in the upper right to display program information. Many factory presets contain details about the program such as modwheel assignments, macro descriptions or tips for playing it. You can add and save descriptions for your own programs as well.

EDIT Page

If you want more control over a sound than the macros provide, the EDIT tab gives you full access to all parameters. Patches in Falcon are built within a fixed hierarchy: at the very top is the Program, inside the Program are Layers, within each Layer are Keygroups, and inside the Keygroups are Oscillators. Audio effects, MIDI effects and modulators can be placed on any level.

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The mapping, oscillator and modulation editors are described in Falcon’s software manual: see Hierarchy and Edit.

Preset List

120 presets across ten categories spanning animated textures, arpeggiated sequences, bass, bells, chords, sound effects, modular explorations, pads, percussive sequences, and plucks and leads — all crafted by Richard Devine.

Credits and Thanks

Sound Design — Richard Devine

GUI & Graphics — Anthony Hak · Nathaniel Reeves

Documents — Nathaniel Reeves · Kai Tomita

UVI Team