Ultra Analog VA-3
“What’s new
We have streamlined Ultra Analog and brought it to a whole new level.
NEW Home view
With macros mapped to key sound characteristics—modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect—the Home view presents a distraction free and laidback browsing and tweaking experience.
NEW Two-Voice Multitimbral
Ultra Analog VA-3 combines two independent timbres—stacked or split—to create performance-friendly, texture-full, and spacious sounds that are sure to make a good impression.
NEW Factory Library
Ultra Analog VA-3 ships with a completely new factory library of 560 sounds created by top sound designers. Richard Devine, Christian Halten, Jerry Kovarsky, Christian Laffitte, Niall McCallum, Adam Pietruszko, Thiago Pinheiro, Daniel Stawczyk, and Emeric Zubar form an incredible team that made the most of the latest Ultra Analog VA-3 features. It’s with great pride that we present these new signature sounds.
PEPPED VA-2 Legacy Library
A long and fastidious process of fine-tuning went down in the AAS quarters. Each and every sounds of the legacy Ultra Analog VA-2 library went under the eyes of all team members to exit with a consistent gain-stage, unity-gain effects, better dynamics, and compelling real-time sound transformation assignments to take advantage of the new features of Ultra Analog VA-3. That’s an extra 648 solid sounds in your hands.
NEW Browser
With Packs, Sounds, Categories, and Creators views, Ultra Analog VA-3’s brand-new browser offers an efficient way to home in on the sounds you’re looking for.
NEW Macros
Ultra Analog VA-3 now boasts four performance macros per layer that respond to user-defined MIDI controls. Each and every sound features modulation, timbre, envelope, and effect morphing assignments that can be played in real time for enhanced expressivity and sonic dimension.
IMPROVED Filter’s Musicality
Ultra Analog VA-3’s filters can now put up with extreme modulation while remaining totally musical.
NEW Ladder Filter
Ultra Analog VA-3’s multi-mode module now stars a brand-new ladder-type filter for that classic low-pass response.
IMPROVED Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files
Ultra Analog VA-3 now supports the Scala scale file format as well as reference note frequency tuning for microtonal music making.
NEAT Compatible with Ultra Analog VA-2 sounds
Simply copy Ultra Analog VA-2 banks in Ultra Analog VA-3’s packs folder to convert them.
EXPANDED Multi-Effects Module
Ultra Analog VA-3’s multi-effects module now sports reverb, equalizer, compressor, tremolo, and guitar amplifier processors for even more completeness. Furthermore, the five effect slots can be re-arranged in any order.”
Ultra Analog
“Ultra Analog VA-2 – ANALOG SYNTHESIZER
The finest
in analog sounds.
In a world filled with reproductions and ever increasing complexity, Ultra Analog imposes itself as a unique and powerful synth that is fast, easy, and remarkably versatile.
With its familiar face and powerful advanced editing capabilities, Ultra Analog VA-2 simply redefines what a classic synth should be.
NEW Factory library
The completely renewed factory library has well over 600 production-ready sounds classified for fast and intuitive exploration.
NEW Compressor and equalizer
These new additions are perfect to add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through any dense mix or stage.
NEW Limiter
The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the synth’s parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics.
NEW Streamlined interface
Redesigned from the ground up, the new interface now divides Ultra Analog VA-2 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the performance and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you tweak and create your sound; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for a final sheen.
UPDATED Overhauled effects
Reinvigorated and polished, Ultra Analog VA-2’s multi-effect processor features our best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date!
NEW Bank and program manager
Ultra Analog VA-2’s new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds.
NEAT Backward compatible with VA-1 presets
Simply put your Ultra Analog VA-1 exported presets in Ultra Analog VA-2‘s bank folder to convert them.
NEW Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files
Ultra Analog VA-2 now supports the Scala scale file format for microtonal music making.
NEW Native 64-bit AU, VST, and AAX plug-ins
Ultra Analog VA-2 now runs in native 64-bit on Mac OS X and Windows making it compatible with the latest sequencers.
NEW Richard Devine signature sounds
Renowned sound designer Richard Devine delved into the new Ultra Analog VA-2 to forge a state-of-the-art collection of 110 presets that are simply essential.”