Supercritical has released an update for the Redshift 6 synthesizer that adds 6-part multitimbral support and new output options.
With six-part multitimbrality, the Redshift 6 can now assign its voices in multiple ways: split across keyboard zones for traditional polyphonic setups, layered to play rich, combined textures, or used as six independent one voice parts. Thanks to its paraphonic architecture, those one voice parts can still be played as full chords.
The update also unlocks the Redshift 6’s two auxiliary outputs, allowing individual timbral parts to be routed separately for more flexible mixing and sound design.
Supercritical’s Redshift 6 is a 6-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that combines technology from Supercritical’s previous products, the Demon Core Oscillator and the Neutron Flux Filter. It features 16 oscillators per voice and a 4-pole analog multimode filter, featuring drive and character controls. The Redshift 6’s 4 envelopes and 4 LFOs combined with deep modulation options.
Availability:
The Supercritical Redshift 6 multitimbral firmware is available now as a beta release on the Supercritical Discord. For more info on the Redshift 6, see the Supercritical site.
Cool. Has been promised and is even advertised as having this already at all vendors. Still missing features, which seem basic or are listed as existing. People complain about being betatesters, but this is an alpha…
Most synth releases are like this nowadays unless it’s dumb simple analog with not much logic. Even the beloved Super Gemini had so many hardware and software issues. You really just need to wait a year before buying anything to avoid being a beta tester nowadays 🙁
Thank you both for your valuable input, it really help us all make informed purchasing decisions. I like how objectively you have synthetised the essence of this machine and the current marketplace. I almost made the mistake of researching beyond news feeds.
No problem, this is what we’re here for! 🙂
By the way I own a Redshift 6 and it is one of the best synths I ever purchased in over 4 decades. It was already great at firmware 1.0, every update is a welcomed bonus.
Not an alpha or a beta, but a wonderful product by a passionate small manufacturing team, who have also brought a lot of innovation in a relatively small window of time. The so called beta testers are pleased to interact with the Supercritical team over its Discord channel, a documented testimony of evolving features and excellent customer support.
It sounds absolutely gorgeous and extremely easy to program despite its complex architecture.
A lot of value at this price point.
You don’t get to advertise a synth with features that don’t yet exist and later implement them in a beta state and call them a welcomed bonus. That’s not how this works. And keep in mind, most shops are claiming that these features already exist. It’s only the Supercritical website that is honest and saying that it’s coming in a future update.
Again, like I said, wait a year for new synth releases to get to parity. There’s no rush as we have a plethora of options to keep us busy.
I’ve owned so many vintage synths over the years and got to say, I LOVE the RedShift6.
Its sound (I find) reminds me of an AlphaJuno/Jupiter6ish Roland vibe. And having all those unison voices and different filters is really awesome in such a compact package. And now with multi-timbral enabled, it’s even more versatile.
So about its OS: yeah there are features that are not yet implemented. Parts of it are released and parts of it are in beta. But you don’t need to run beta if you don’t want to . But where’s the fun in that? I’ve been running beta softwares for decades and the appeal is getting access to the latest features.
Thing about SuperCritical Synths is that they use discord for OS beta releases and they have an extremely detailed roadmap which they are on time with.
If you find a bug, within 24-48 hours the bug is fixed. Super fast turnaround. I also love how they are very approachable and take user feedback and implement it as features.
Great team. So Yeah, I have ZERO regrets. It’s a long term keeper for me.