Description

Midi playable virtual Theramin.

CPU Usage - low.

Instructions

To install simply unzip and copy the dll to your VSTI plugins folder.

Controls for this synth are as follows:

• The Chart - you can play spook keys either using your keyboard or by dragging the glowing dot across the chart
  
  
• Volume - controls the overall volume level
  
  
• Spread - controls the amount of the stereo field covered by the tone
  
  
• Pan - controls the placing of the tone in the stereo field
  
  
• Glide - portamento control sliding between notes when one key is pressed while the previous key is still held - higher values equal slower portamento
  
  
• Key In - this controls how quickly the note rises in both volume and frequency from zero to the note played
  
  
• Key Out - this controls how quickly the note falls in both volume and frequency to zero from the note played
  
  
• Delay - the delay incorporates a filter that consists of 1 high pass and 1 low pass filter chained in series, the high pass filter's Cutoff being set lower than the low pass filter's - Resonance is also controllabale, Width is the difference between the high pass and low pass cutoff - Time is self explanatory, Feedback is the amount of signal that is fed back in to the delay - the delay bounces the left and right channels back and forth (ping-pong)
  
  
• Modulation - you can set the LFO Rate (frequency) and Depth
  
  
• Wave and Pulse Width - you can select from sine, saw, triangle and pulse waves - pulse wave also supports pulse width modulation for more tonal variation
  
  
• Thickness - this is a chorusing effect created by detuning 2 oscillators.
  

Tips

• tweak key in and key out values for more realistic 'Theramin' style play
  
  
• spook keys can create so much more than just 'Theramin' tones
  
  
• making drastic changes to the LFO and Delay settings you can create some quite surprising effects
  
  
• with more subtle control settings you can produce great progressive leads.