Composer, musician and synth designer Erik Wøllo has introduced a new VST plug-in instrument for VST compatible systems, Wollo Voyager. 

The Wollo Voyager is a virtual analog synthesizer designed for use in a VST sequenzer host for PC. Also the synth is available as a standalone version. The synthesizer combines analog style sounds with onboard effect processors and EQ. Delay, Flanger and an advanced Reverb section.

Wollo Voyager is dedicated to produce sounds that is especially useful in modern electronic ambient and
space music styles. 

Main features:

• Advanced analog-modelling synthesis with 2 Oscillators
• ADSR
• Filter with ADSR and Amount
• LFO with Speed and Depth
• 16 Step LFO with host time sync
• Panning Delay with host time sync
• Flanger
• Sophisticated Reverb section with EQ
• 4 band Equalizer for total overall sound
• Mouse Controlled Device for live use (not yet finished)
• Virtual animated mouse Keyboard and MIDI monitor
• Preset Manager with one bank of 64 presets

March 07

Erik Wøllo is a guitarist, synthesist and composer originally from Hemsedal, Norway. He has composed and performed music for films, theatre, ballets and exhibitions, as well as composing for strings, woodwinds and larger orchestras.

He’s released 11 CDs of music with influences ranging from ambient electronica to rock and jazz. His latest release, Elevations, is on the Spotted Peccary label.

Wøllo offers free MP3s at his site to introduce you to his music. You can preview several of his tracks below.

Wøllo is a guitarist, synthesist and composer. His music on Elevations features atmospheric guitar placed in ambient or downtempo electronic contexts. His guitar style brings to mind the work of Terje Rypdal and Robert Rich – he plays in a very expressive way, but doesn’t rely on traditional jazz or rock stylings.

Wøllo uses a variety of instruments to create his pieces, ranging from guitar synth and acoustic guitar to keyboards to virtual instruments of his own design.

The music on Elevations covers a lot of territory. Tracks like Blue Odyssey have more of a downtempo feel because of their rhythm section; Skyscape moves into space music territory; and The Land of Birds has a blissful ambient feel.

One of the highlights of the CD is Evolution. Wøllo starts it off with synth strings and sequenced keyboard, creating a spacious feel, then layers on guitar and other instruments to build intensity before returning to the mood of the piece’s beginning. Another highlight is Sphere – Into The Dream, a hypnotic piece built around minimal guitar riffs.

Elevations is an evocative work that fans of ambient & downtempo electronica should check out. You can preview Wøllo’s music at his site.

Tracks:

• Elevation
• Blue Odyssey
• The Wanderer
• Evolution
• Sphere – Into the Dream
• Red Odyssey
• Novalis
• A Sea of Steps
• Skyscape
• Green Odyssey
• Arrow of Time
• The Land of Birds