Future Audio Workshop (FAW) has intoduced Circle, a new semi-modular software synthesizer, designed to be easy to use, allowing you to concentrate fully on sound design and performance.

Features :

• Ease of Use
  • Designed to be easy to use and intuitive through simple work flows.
  • Large easy to see knobs and sliders.
  • Connect up modulations via color coded circles in a simple and visual fashion. To preview a modulation, simple place a circle under a knob, and hear its effect.
  • See all your connections at a glance, without the clutter of virtual cables.
• Interactive Control
  • Visually interactive MIDI learn. Assign your MIDI controllers in a simple, fast and familiar way.
  • Attach multiple Circle controls to a single knob. Speed up an LFO, while closing a filter, while increasing a delay effect time. Experiment with control.
  • Use hands on control in a creative way as part of the sound design process.
• Live Performance
  • Single view, high contrast screen, lets you see everything at a single glance.
  • Organize and group your sounds for live performance using the sounds browser.
  • Use Apple iRemote to change sounds from afar (Mac version only).
• Fresh Sound
  • 4 oscillators per voice, choose between classic analog or contemporary wave generators.
  • Semi-modular voice structure, giving you the freedom to pick and choose from many different sound modules.
  • Unrestricted modulation – connect up modulation in an easy and free way.
  • Lots of great master effects to choose from.

Circle will be released in standalone, Audio Unit, VST and RTAS plug-in formats for Windows and Mac OS X (10.3+). Pricing and release date have not yet been announced.