Hobnox
Encyclopedia
Hobnox was a German
content distribution/publication website specializing in pictures, films and music
. Most content on the website was associated with electronic music
(due to its browser-based music production tool "Audiotool" similar to Reason ReBirth
), fashion
and indie culture. Users could upload and publish their files onto the site using Creative Commons
licenses. In 2010 the site was taken down due to financial issues, however Audiotool is still available for use.
it also includes various effect pedals, which can simulate:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
content distribution/publication website specializing in pictures, films and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
. Most content on the website was associated with electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
(due to its browser-based music production tool "Audiotool" similar to Reason ReBirth
ReBirth RB-338
ReBirth RB-338 is a software synthesizer for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS 8-9 and iOS for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It was developed by Propellerhead Software, and its first alpha version was publicly released in December 1996. Propellerhead Software ceased developing the original program in...
), fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
and indie culture. Users could upload and publish their files onto the site using Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
licenses. In 2010 the site was taken down due to financial issues, however Audiotool is still available for use.
Audiotool Features
the Hobnox Audiotool includes emulations of:- the Roland TR-808Roland TR-808The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in early 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real...
- the Roland TR-909Roland TR-909The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer is a partially analog, partially sample-based drum machine built by the Japanese Roland Corporation in 1983. The brainchild of Tadao Kikumoto, the engineer behind the Roland TB-303, it features a 16-step step sequencer and a drum kit that aimed for realism and...
- the Roland TB-303Roland TB-303The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from late 1981 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music.-History:...
- more recently a polyphonic, arpeggiated synthesizer
it also includes various effect pedals, which can simulate:
- Dynamic range compression
- Bit depthAudio bit depthIn digital audio, bit depth describes the number of bits of information recorded for each sample. Bit depth directly corresponds to the resolution of each sample in a set of digital audio data...
reduction - Digital delay
- FlangeFlangingFlanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and notches are produced in the resultant frequency spectrum,...
- Parametric equalization
- PhasingPhasingIn the compositional technique phasing, the same part is played on two musical instruments, in steady but not identical tempo...
- Pitched digital delay
- Reverb
- Bandpass filter
- Stereo Detunization (which produces a sort of chorus effectChorus effectIn music, a chorus effect occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly the same pitch converge and are perceived as one...
) - Distortion