LinPlug has released the SaxLab 2 Saxophone Synthesizer for Mac OSX. The PC version has been available since late June of this year.

SaxLab uses a mixture of various synthesis techniques to obtain create a realistic sax sound.

The main features of SaxLab 2 are:

• High-Quality Soundsets for bass, baritone, tenor, alto and soprano saxophone.
• Monophonic with real sax behavior
• Adjustable mix of the Air layer, the Keys layer and the main tonal layer
• User-definable, velocity-sensitive amplitude envelope
• Tonal characteristics of the instruments overall sound can be defined by the user
• Real-time control of amplitude, brightness and the roaring of the sound.
• Three modes of mono performance: Legato, Retrigger and Alternate
• Separate control of Up/Down PitchBend and Scoop
• Adjustable pitch, air and body frequency deviation per note
• Envelope, LFO and MIDI-controlled vibrato and tremolo
• Specialized Stereo Chorus and Stereo Reverb effects
• Full Micro Tuning capability (loads TUN files)
• MidiLearn available for every control
• Sample accurate timing, full automation and settings are saved with the song

System Requirements:

• Macintosh™: Mac OSX™ 10.3 or newer, 700 MHz or higher CPU, 512 Mb RAM
• PC: Windows XP™ or newer, 700 MHz or higher CPU, 512 Mb RAM

The license fee is $199/€149 including a 38 page manual in English, French and German. The upgrade from SaxLab 1 and is $49/€39. A demo version is available.