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Cakewalk Rapture Updated
Cakewalk has released a free update to their Rapture wavetable synthesizer.
New Features and Enhancements in Version 1.1:
- Native Windows Vista® Support
- Universal Binary support for Audio Units, VSTi, and RTAS (Pro Tools 7.3 compatible)
- Stand-alone mode
- Engine optimization for faster load times and reduced memory usage
- New DSP and Filter routings, (6 new DSP Transforms, 14 different serial and parallel DSP/Filter routings)
- Mouse Wheel scrolling added to Wavetable Selection
- Improved Program browsing with Previous/Next buttons
- Updated dropdown menus for all SYNC Rate selections within Envelope Generators, LFOs, STEPGENs, and Global STEPGENs
- Comprehensive MIDI Modulation Matrix with new enhancements
- 50 new Rapture programs by ProSounds and B Rock designed to highlight the new features in Version 1.1
- Mac formats: AU, VSTi 2.4, and RTAS (Universal Binary)
- Windows formats: DXi (32-bit & 64-bit), RTAS, VSTi 2.4 (32-bit & 64-bit)
VirSyn Releases miniTERA 2 Synth
VirSyn has released miniTERA 2, The Sound Machine.
New features of Version 2
- Easy Sound browsing with categories and attributes.
- Up to four layer per preset for massive sounds.
- Onboard reverb effect
- Dual mode for modulation effects
- Modified signal flow for better transparency of layered sounds.
- MIDI channel selection
- 100 new presets/sounds
- Intel based Mac compatibility
- VST 2.4 compatibility
The release also includes several bugfixes, most notably a problem where the app would crash on some hosts with multiple miniTERA instances.
FXpansion has announced that ORCA, a free experimental monosynth based on detailed and accurate models of analogue synthesizer circuits and components, is now available in RTAS (Pro Tools) and AU (Mac) format. ORCA was previously released in VST format.
According to the company, “ORCA is an experimental monosynth built to showcase some exciting new technology that we’ve been developing. Based on detailed and accurate models of analogue synthesizer circuits and components, ORCA excels at deep, squelchy basses and thick unison leads.”
Orca is a free download, but registration at the FXPansion site is required. Read more…
VirSyn Cube Updated
VirSyn has released a new version of their resynthesizer, Cube 2.2.
Cube 2.2 comes with a vastly improved resynthesis for complex and inharmonic sounds. Also included is a free soundbank and some bugfixes.
You can preview the sound of VirSyn with the Vivaldi demo below.
Demo versions for Win/Mac are available, along with more sound demos.
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NUSofting has introduced Acidome VST synthesizer for Windows PCs, a synth designed to bring you an optimized set of useful features and a rich, juicy sound.
Acidome Features:
- Osc 1, the “variosc”: With this sound generator you can draw a waveform with the mouse, or load one of the many shapes available in the included Acidome Waveform Library. If it looks boring, edit it directly. You can modify a waveform in realtime — while you’re playing — and hear the sound morphing. Acidome includes the WaveTable Picker, a tool for you to convert standard WAV files into templates for the Acidome OSC 1.
- Osc 2, the “multiosc” This sound generator is made from 4 “non band limited” oscillators with ramp waveform. You can adjust the amount of detune beetwen them with the “Unispread” control for an immediate ‘phat’, raw and dirty classic sound.
- Filter Stage: Acidome has plenty of filtration built right in.With a LowPass, HighPass, BandPass, BandReject, Peak filter and an extra LowPass smoother than the first one.The filter frequency can be modulated by the 16-step LFO which is BPM syncable for rhythmic effects,but it can also be smoothed for luscious ambient sweeps.
- Effects Acidome has cool effects: Ping-Pong Delay, a Stereo Chorus, and a 16-step Gate Sequencer to drive groovy pads. All with BPM sync.
- Pitch Envelope
- Limiter
- 300+ Presets
