Wednesday, 22 February 2017

RAW - Rob Papen


Fresh, cutting edge and great for anything which requires distorted sounds ,whether dance, industrio electro or dubstep etc. As one would expect another top plugin.

At the Dutch Dancefair 2014, DJ Promo (aka producer Sebastian Hoff) and DJ Free-K (aka producer Freek Vergoossen) approached Rob Papen with the idea of a synthesiser that focused more on 'distorted' sounds with an easy to use layout.

Renowned for delivering fresh, cutting edge and musical plugins for producers, Rob Papen invited the DJs to his studio for a brainstorming session resulting in a list of 'must have' features and tools for a brand new synth. Armed with this list and several more brainstorming sessions later, Rob Papen and his development team created a powerful new virtual synth RAW.
RAW has two oscillators each with an X/Y field, (as included in Blade and BLUEII) to distort the waveform using Phase Distortion. But that's not all, you can also draw two of your own 'waveforms' and use them as LFO waveforms enabling the creation of unique 'wobble' movements that are perfect for for DubStep and other electronic music styles.

RAW has all the great Rob Papen filters to shape your sound further, but in a refreshing twist, 'EQ', ‘Waveshaper', 'Distortion' and 'LoFi' have also been added on a voice synthesis level. Other FX such as Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Stereo delay and the amazing HQ Reverb of Rob Papen can all be added to your sound and of course, the cool Arpeggiator/Sequencer, Easypage and preset bank manager have all been included as standard.



Saturday, 18 February 2017

Repro-1 - Uhe


Captures the classic warm analogue sounds of yesteryear brilliantly. Interesting arpeggio/sequencer section with the step edit  record feature. Fantastic bass sequential sounds.


Repro-1 dives into the past for analogue inspiration, reverently modelling a classic synth. Every detail of the original was captured using component-level modelling technology to create the most authentic model possible. All the subtle characteristics and quirks found in the original are present in Repro-1.
Repro-1 is a fierce synth: hard working, raw sounding and immensely playable.
Key Features
authentic raw analogue soundComponent-level modelling of a classic monophonic synth2 oscillators: saw/pulse and saw/triangle/pulse, including combinations and pulse width modulation.White noise generatorMixer for the audio generators with feedback path for extra bass boostFilter: 4-pole lowpass, capable of self-oscillation. Cutoff, Resonance, dedicated envelope and key tracking controlsAmplifier: ADSR envelope with curve trimmerModulation true to the original, plus an extra 2-slot matrixLFO: saw/triangle/pulse, including combinationsExtra modulation sources: AR/ASR envelope adopted from the wavefolder effect, plus Trigger and GateArpeggiator: up or up/down, latch modeSequencer: Two-patterns, step recording: Editable pitch/velocity, note/tie/pause status per step, max. 32-notes each pattern (or 64 notes when chained). Copy/paste and rotate functions, save/load presets5 built-in effects: wavefolder/distortion, delay/chorus, EQ/resonator, reverb, sonic conditioner/dynamics processor500 factory presets





Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Diva-UH-E


Another brilliant sounding synth from UH-E with exceptional sounding pads. Only real drawback is the over intensive CPU power and no arpeggiator. You will be really pushing it to have two instances of this plug in open at once. 

DIVA - Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue Synthesizer

The oscillators, filters and envelopes closely model components found in some of the great monophonic and polyphonic synthesizers of yesteryear. Modules can be mixed and matched so you can build hybrids, but what sets DIVA apart is the sheer authenticity of the analogue sound. This comes at the cost of quite a high CPU-hit, but we think it was worth it: Diva is the first native software synth that applies methods from industrial circuit simulators (e.g. PSpice) in realtime. The behaviour of zero-delay-feedback filters when pushed to the limit clearly demonstrates the advantages of this groundbreaking approach.

authentic, unrivaled analogue sound
up to 40% less CPU-hit than version 1.0
multithreading support for modern CPUs - more polyphony, less overload
even bigger library of gorgeously organic presets
resizable editor window, alternative skins available shortly
the essence of 7 or 8 vintage synths for about 1% of the cost
...and so much more!