Imaginando has introduced TV3, an acid bass synth and sequence generator that they say is designed to make creating basslines quick and easy.
It’s available now, through Dec 1st, 2024, as a free download for Mac & Windows.
Features:
- Two oscillators (Main and Sub)
- Two waveforms (Square and Sawtooth)
- 24 dB/oct Low-pass resonant, non-self oscillating filter, with cutoff and resonance
- Envelope modulation, accent and decay
- Distortion with high-pass filter and 4 distinct modes (Saturation, Saturated Wavefolding, Fuzz and Nock)
- Pattern Generator with adjustable complexity, length, scale and key
- 21 different scales to select from
- Easy export of generated MIDI via intuitive drag/drop function
- Simple patch manager for preset saving and recalling
- Built-in classic acid basslines
Pricing and Availability:
TV3 is available through Dec 1st, 2024 as a free download (normally $19.99 USD).
Hilarious! XD
Dreadful
The Mac download is even 303 mb…
The best part is that the people of the North of Portugal, where Imaginando is located (Braga), pronounce the letter B with a V sound, hence TV3. Well played!
I love it!
ugh, more samey-same-same acid.
Ay it’s only compatible with OS 11 or later apparently. (Tried it on OS 10 and got an error).
The synth implementation is a little bland, I felt there was something missing in the oscillators of filter. Also you have to go into a menu to change the oscillator waveform. I liked the acid face but it gets a little distracting after a while so I switched to the bar pattern or left the options screen up.
But I really like the pattern generator. The scale, key, complexity, and MIDI out options are super-useful and produce quite musical results, rather than feeling completely random.
The filter isn’t even close. This is always true of digital emulations of analog filters, it becomes most painfully obvious when the resonance is pushed hard as is standard in (proper) acid. (Again, unlike in the demo).
It’s not a bad VST by any means, but the point is none of them are particularly good at doing this task.
Yeah I have a Cyclone which is about 10x and lively and raucous even without any distortion applied to the output. Oh well you get what you pay for.
Thx for this, i sold my real 303 with devilfish mod for my friend Frodo
C’mon now, this plugin is awesome. And for free(?!) .. Hell yes / Thank you, Imaginado!