PADS, Instrument, KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, UMLAUT

PADS

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PADS

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“PADS by Umlaut Audio is a virtual synth instrument for Kontakt and Free Kontakt Player that lets you create cinematic musical textures.

Combining multiple layers of unique samples, PADS provides natural and organic sounds that tastefully build, adding a new level of emotion and excitement to your compositions.The instrument has been designed to be easy to use in order to get you up and running quickly, with over 140+ uniquely developed presets to choose from. Sculpt and shape the layers to your needs with envelopes, modulators, step sequencers, creative FX, and randomization options.

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Padshop, Cubase Artist, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Granular, Substractive, Steinberg

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“Explore a whole new microcosmos of sound

At the heart of this synth are two co-existing sound engines — granular and spectral oscillator — which could not be more different, but united in allowing you to work with samples at a new microcosmic level. You can edit the smallest bits, grains and building blocks, morphing them into completely new, previously unheard synth sounds. They will change how you work with samples forever.

More than 570 outstanding presets

Import, redesign and synthesize your own samples

Get creative with 570 pre-produced samples

Plug-in works with VST, AU and AAX”

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Parallels, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Synthesized, Softube

Parallels

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Parallels

“Unique sounds for unique ideas.

A plug-in soft-synth with dual wavescanning source sections.​
Sonic progression within each waveform means near-infinite source-material.​

Hundreds of expertly-created presets from world-leading synth artists, engineers, and sound-designers, including Brian Transeau a.k.a. BT, Richard Devine, Inhalt, and more.​

For cinematic scoring, for expressive, intelligent, modern electronic music, for video game and theatrical soundscaping… a one-off synth can create a one-off mood. How often have you looked at your everyday workhorse synth with its million billion options, and thought, “nothing here sounds quite right!”?

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Personal Orchestra, Instrument, Link, Sampled, Garritan

Personal Orchestra

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Personal Orchestra

“Imagine having a symphony orchestra at your fingertips

Garritan Personal Orchestra gives you a complete orchestra – strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, keyboards and more. Version 5 is a major new update, now with more than 500 instruments to choose from. Also included are a wide variety of instrument-specific articulations and techniques, performance spaces and reverbs, and instrument body resonances, all engineered to provide incredible realism and authenticity to your music.”

Arturia, Instrument, Physically Modeled, Link, Piano V

Piano V

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Piano V

“MODELED PIANO STUDIO

The Piano V now brings to the V Collection the king of all instruments, including a studio full of faithful models of various pianos, plus the ability to shape your piano sounds for a whole new level of control.

The Piano V delivers, not one, but twelve different world-class pianos that we’ve meticulously crafted using our critically acclaimed modeling technology. Because they’re models, you not only get a wide range of true pianos, we’ve been able to give you controls over different components and characteristics that have never been accessible before. You can play pianos that are the pinnacle of realism or get as radical as you want with unconventional sounds. The versatile Piano V is an indispensable foundational instrument for any keyboardist, writer or producer in any style of music.

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Pigments, Arturia, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Wavetable, Granular, Substractive

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Pigments 2

“WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 2?

New Sample Engine

Explore hundreds of samples, import your own, load them into one of 6 different slots with 6 playback modes. Loop, edit, and bring them to life with Pigments’ modulation abilities.

New Synth Mode

Add another level to your sound design by transforming samples into granular synth patches at the touch of a button, adjust density, envelope, size, and exciting randomization parameters.

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Platter, KONTAKT, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

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Platter

“Possibly our gnarliest, grungiest instrument yet, Platter is a kind of bastardised string synth hybrid, taking as its starting point a variety of synth waveforms but reimagining them as built into a vinyl-based replay machine. If a Solina and an Optigan were abandoned in an attic for fifty years and had babies, this is what they might sound like… Continue reading Platter →

Synthesizer, Podolski, Link, Synthesized, Substractive, u-he

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Podolski

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“Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and two LFOs, it also features a Zebra-style arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay effects.

Podolski’s specialities are the Click parameter (emphasizes the filter attack) and its ability to seamlessly morph between three waveforms (WaveWarp).”

KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Poly 770, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

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Poly 770

“A Radiophonic Workshop-style synthesist’s delight, fusing a fully polyphonic Korg 770 to a selection of sophisticated controls • ‘External Input’ module brings complex waves from other Korg machines into the signal path: dial up the sounds of the Lambda, PolySix and more! • Faithfully-modelled vintage Traveler circuit for eerie, resonant band-pass filtering • ‘Virtual PWM’, five separate filters, Scale noise, three oscillators + sub… • 40 factory patches and the ever-popular Glitch control to make rolling your own as easy as clicking a button!

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PolyGAS, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Synthesized, Granular, Stone Voices

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PolyGAS

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” PolyGAS (Polyphonic Granular Advanced Synthesizer) – the virtual synthesizer of the VSTi format (the VST protocol of version 2.4) providing operation as the connected plug-in to DAW (digital audio workstation), for example, such as: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Sony Acid Pro, Cockos Reaper, PreSonus Studio One, Cakewalk Sonar and others.
This synthesizer is based on a granular method of sound synthesis, allowing to use as much as possible possibilities of this method of synthesis. We will list the main opportunities of PolyGAS:
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Drum Machine, Tool, POLYPLEX, REAKTOR, Link, Sampled, Native Instruments

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POLYPLEX

“EXPERIMENTAL DRUM DESIGN

Randomize concept for fast, fun kit construction
Intuitive controls deliver detailed tweakability
On-board effects for expansive sound sculpting

A NEW APPROACH TO DRUM DESIGN

An eight-part drum sampler with extraordinary randomizing capabilities, creative layering, and near-infinite tweakability.

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Посейдон, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Synthesized, Wavetable, Additive, Substractive, VirSyn

Посейдон

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Посейдон

“Океан звука

Для всех существ в океане звука – звуковые текстуры из других миров, звуки аналоговой подписи, сквозные соло и гладкие пэды: POSEIDON устанавливает новый стандарт звуков и простоты использования. Все это стало возможным благодаря комбинации знакомой концептуальной простоты аналогового синтеза и нашей новой технологии синтеза F-домена.

Концепция

На первый взгляд POSEIDON выглядит как простой структурированный аналоговый синтезатор «Осциллятор-Фильтр», на котором сразу видны все элементы управления. Это дает POSEIDON простоту использования, практически не требующую обучения. Под капотом работает реальная мощность: осциллятор – это не что иное, как удостоенный наград звуковой генератор спектрального моделирования CUBE. Фильтр с переменным наклоном – это совершенно новая конструкция, основанная на нашем уникальном синтезе F-области. Но пошагово …

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