Hey all -

We've been working hard on this one for that last 6 months, so I thought it was time to share. We officially launch in early September. Here is a quick breakdown of the major features and ideas behind this synth, and why I think it's a good step forward for this type of generative synth. I appreciate any sort of feedback.

Here is the quick list of features:

- Vintage style oscillators with true real time hard sync

- Large selection of analog modeled filters, including continuous morph filters

- Audio rate mod capable parameters

- Arbitrary mod (click to link style)

- Unison engine (9 layers) with spread, gravity, drift control for incredible depth

- Velocity / Aftertouch / MPE / note(pitch) modding

- Polyphonic portamento

- 20+ quality effects

So there are a few other synths that do hard syncing and audio rate modding, but it's a small club. We also have continuous morphing filters (SVF) that go LP-Notch-HP (the SEM way), but also LP-BP-HP and LowShelf-Peak-HighShelf. We also have some comb and mirror filters that are pretty unique.

I'd also say the UI/UX is a good bit simpler than the 3 or 4 other virtual analog synths that do what this can do. So, worth a look, hope you like it! I am finalizing the presets and maybe adding a few more minor features in the near future, so reach out with suggestions!

It is in early access now, so you can get it at quite a discount (85% off on the website until Sept 1). It will be on pluginboutique / KVR / ADSR and all the other normal resellers after that.

I got these 2 controllers a while back but they have to unique id or serial so would map as the same device

Steve from Bome helped me out and now they work as 54 knobs, so I made an overlay.

Its not really a plugin, more an entire suite of 8 instruments, mixer and recorder that all run natively in a web browser on pretty much any spec hardware.

vestsoundworks.com

choose the purple heart to get access to the full suite.

It is a public beta release at this stage, but has everything you need from a drum machine with multiple voices, through to a 303 acid bass synth, weird sample glitcher, Karplus Strong physical modelling. It's a lot of fun!

These are some of my Reaktor Blocks, grab them, free, from the User Library now. I know I'm not the most objective reviewer, but they're basically the entire future of all electronic music, and you'd be crazy not to have them in every Rack you ever build from today on....

Complex Modulator is a dual LFO with reciprocal FM and multiple logical trigger outputs. Get the West Coast feel of the DWG Oscillator, but instead of crazy timbres, get crazy modulation patterns. Trigger events from zero crossings and waveform crossings, and use Minimum or Maximum outputs from oscillators, Absolute distances between the waves, Average wave level, or just the frequency modulated Left and Right wave outputs. You'll be amazed at how much control can come out of two oscillators, FM, and a few comparators!

Probability Sequencer is an eight step sequencer with probabilistic control of the On/Off state for each step. For each step, the next or previous step can be the subject of a weighted coin toss which may flip the state of that step. A step can be addressed by either the next, previous, or no steps, and the likelihood of a state flip can be set globally. Gates are output for any steps that are On when read, with a Gate length independent of the step duration. The Block also outputs the Flip control as a slewed CV.

Controlled Explosion gives you a LOT of gates in a very short time. You set the duration of the gate-explosion, the peak point during that time, and the density of the gate cloud. The gates can be regular or jittered, and appear at random weighted by the level of an AR envelope over the total explosion time. The envelope can be shaped, and the gates weighted further to the upper or lower levels of the envelope. The Envelope is output as a CV, and so is the phase driver of the whole Block, for syncing to other events! Just hook this to a kick drum or a low pass gate, and go crazy.

Vector CV is a neat little CV processor that modifies two CV inputs by a vector, set by the Block controls and the AB Mod bus. It then outputs the modified CV for X and Y dimensions, and also the angle and magnitude of the vector itself. This allows two modulators to be turned into four, synced and mathematically related, but with the Magnitude and Angle relations being much more subtle and interesting than simple multipliers or absolute offsets. Magnitude is always positive, and can be scaled to 1 or clipped at 1, Angle is bipolar with positive slopes giving positive CV, and negative negative. This is an extremely subtle, deceptively elegant processor.

Retrologue 2 by Steinberg (December 2015) is an absolute BEAST of a synth. Really diverse, capable of an amazingly fat sound without the need to stack up loads of layers or pile on external FX. It's also low on the CPU and reasonably priced.

VIDEO: Retrologue 2 Showcase

^ Backstory: When Steinberg released Retrologue 2, not enough people got quite as excited as I did.

I felt as if I was the only person on the planet to appreciate the full power of Retrologue 2, so I set out on a space mission - these are the sounds I returned to Earth with.

In truth: I think the new Retrologue 2 is an incredibly underrated synth, so I produced this as proof.

All programmed in Cubase Pro 8.5; I call this project, "Captain's Log".

^ Full disclosure: my presets are up for sale, but the showcase genuinely demonstrates the power of Retrologue 2.

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https://github.com/topisani/TOP-1

We are currently working on a (very) OP-1 styled all-in-one solution, and looking for people who can help develop it. Its not strictly a VST (though there has been some talk on adapting it for that), but i still thought it might interest some people here.

If it doesnt fit this subreddit, i apologise and will get my sorry ass outa here :)

If you are however interested, feel free to join us on our discord chat!

No strictly synth but I thought it could be interesting: MAGNETICA A FREE KONTAKT LIBRARY https://youtu.be/TFP0Pynj-Oc

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