December 24th 2006
It has been a long time since any news was posted on the site, but that time has not been wasted. ‘Super Spook Keys’ and ‘String Thing 2’ are both now available for download. The original ‘Spook Keys’ and ‘String Thing’ are still available for download. In addition to this two new products will soon be available; ‘Bowin’ a bowed string synth and ‘Cathedral’ a virtual pipe organ (both synths use a hybrid analog and physical modelling engine and are near to completion). Go to the VSTi page to download ‘Super Spook Keys’ and ‘String Thing 2’. |
January 10th 2006
No news for such a long time as life has been so very busy but here is a little something until something bigger comes along. Due to many requests a new version of spook keys is available that does not spring the x/y control down to the start position when the mouse is released. Unfortunately I don't have a single version where the option can be switched on or off yet (working on it) but until I do this should at least go some way to pleasing the people who wanted a little more control over the theramin like goodness. Click the link below to download or get both versions from the vsti page.
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June 25th 2005
A new Simple-Media Demo tune has been added on the MP3 page, featuring several simple media VST instruments and produced in a collaborative effort by a number of the entrants from the Silkworm contest.
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June 17th 2005
The Silkworm is now officially available for free download from the VSTi page. The Silkworm is a supersaw style synth, which is extremely easy to program and includes a few very nice features of its own.
You can use silkworm to create fat pads, basses and leads and screaming or cutting lead and bass sounds, together with rhythmic, gated sounds. A range of exciting audio demos that resulted from a contest I set up up on a KVR forum can be found on the mp3 page. Go grab the silkworm now from the VSTi page.
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March 4th 2005
Super String Thing Demo Updated. There are two playable demos and one audio demo. Demo A has an annoying burst of white noise roughly every 30 seconds and includes all presets demonstrating just some of the instruments capabilities. Demo B is monophonic and also includes all presets but does not have the soundbusrt so it should satsisfy some people who don't like noise busrts in demos. There are also two audio demos for download. Super String Thing is available for purchase now at a price of just £12.50.
It is capable of creating a range of sounds including acoustic plucked strings, bowed strings, flutes, string ensembles, mallet and bell sounds, and a host of wierd an wonderful effects. Check out these wonderful demos by David "skOre" Deutsch - here Go grab a demo now from the VSTi page.
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February 9th 2005
Super String Thing Demo is now available for download. There are two playable demos and one audio demo. Demo A has an annoying burst of white noise roughly every 30 seconds and includes 8 presets demonstrating just some of the instruments capabilities. Demo B is monophonic and has no presets other than the default sound but does not have the soundbusrt so it should satsisfy some people who don't like noise busrts in demos. There is also an audio demo for download. Super String Thing will be available for purchase soon at a price of just £12.50.
It is capable of creating a range of sounds including acoustic plucked strings, bowed strings, flutes, string ensembles, mallet and bell sounds, and a host of wierd an wonderful effects. Go grab a demo now from the VSTi page.
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January 15th 2005
Well, it has been quiet around here for some time, but now it is finally time to make some noise again... Say hello to voc-one, the analogue choir. This is an analogue synthesizer, which uses a simple dual oscillator (detuned for chorus effects) pulse wave synth to simulate a glottal pulse and passes it through a morphable formant filter bank to simulate a wide range of vocal soaunds.
It is capable of recreating a number of choir and solo vocal sounds with a tonal quality similar to the choir sounds found on many of Tomita's classical albums. Oh, and it's free, so go grab your copy now from the VSTi page.
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September 6th 2004
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Retro-gs01 - the retro gamer's synth is now available for download. This synth, while not a direct emulation of specific hardware aims to capture the raw and energetic sound of the renowned MOS6581 Sound Interface Device chip, known to its fans simply as SID.
Where most SID based synth projects have attempted to accurately emulate the SID chip in detail, retro-gs01 takes a different approach. The architecture of the synth uses the same routing as SID and ranges for the envelopes, oscillators and filters have been matched - what is more, all the official features of SID's synthesis have been included, but the digital oscillators of SID have not been reproduced. Why? Because every single SID chip has a slightly different sound quality, it is impossible to re-produce a perfect copy of them all, so rather than concentrate on producing a perfect copy of the hardware, retro-gs01 represents a perfect copy of the raw and powerful SID sound. It can play as a single voice or in a dual voice unison mode and can be switched between mono and 8 note polyphonic settings. It includes 2 LFOs, which can be used to control a massive range of parameters, a variable speed sample and hold for the LFO, 2 envelopes (with timings that match those of the SID chip) per voice, sync, ring modulation and 4 different 12db filter types. The interface offers direct access to every parameter and smart controls give you a clear indication of all your settings. Although it may not perfectly copy a SID chip, retro-gs01 can re-create any sound that SID can and more. Not just a powerful and versatile retro synth, but a powerful virtual-analog synth in its own right. The full version is available at a special introductory cost of just £12.50 and features 64 presets plus room for 64 more, plus the added bonus of retro-gs02 - a specially designed analog drum machine to perfectly compliment retro-gs01. The demo version of retrogs-01 can be downoaded now from the VSTi page and audio demos of both retro-gs01 and retro-gs02 can be found on the MP3 page of the music section - the only limitations in the demo are that there are only 16 presets and there is a short burst of noise played roughly every 30 seconds. The download is small so please give it a try and as always we would love to hear from you and know what you think. A link to purchase the full version can also be found on the vsti page.
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August 26th 2004
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Retro-gs01 - the retro gamer's synth will soon be released and the demo version is now available for download. This synth, while not a direct emulation of specific hardware aims to capture the raw and energetic sound of the renowned MOS6581 Sound Interface Device chip, known to its fans simply as SID.
Where most SID based synth projects have attempted to accurately emulate the SID chip in detail, retro-gs01 takes a different approach. The architecture of the synth uses the same routing as SID and ranges for the envelopes, oscillators and filters have been matched - what is more, all the official features of SID's synthesis have been included, but the digital oscillators of SID have not been reproduced. Why? Because every single SID chip has a slightly different sound quality, it is impossible to re-produce a perfect copy of them all, so rather than concentrate on producing a perfect copy of the hardware, retro-gs01 represents a perfect copy of the raw and powerful SID sound. It can play as a single voice or in a dual voice unison mode and can be switched between mono and 8 note polyphonic settings. It includes 2 LFOs, which can be used to control a massive range of parameters, a variable speed sample and hold for the LFO, 2 envelopes (with timings that match those of the SID chip) per voice, sync, ring modulation and 4 different 12db filter types. The interface offers direct access to every parameter and smart controls give you a clear indication of all your settings. Although it may not perfectly copy a SID chip, retro-gs01 can re-create any sound that SID can and more. Not just a powerful and versatile retro synth, but a powerful virtual-analog synth in its own right. The full version should be available within the next two weeks at a cost of just £15 and will feature 64 presets plus room for 64 more, plus the added bonus of retro-gs02 - a specially designed analog drum machine to perfectly compliment retro-gs01. The demo version of retrogs-01 can be downoaded now from the VSTi page and audio demos can be found on the MP3 page of the music section - the only limitations are that there are only 16 presets and there is a short burst of noise played roughly every 30 seconds. The download is small so please give it a try and as always we would love to hear from you and know what you think.
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August 6th 2004
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Clavia Lab is now available from the vsti page. It is a hybrid analog synth and physical model designed to create electric piano tones, and it's free. Go to the vsti page and download it, please let me know what you think; all reviews (good or bad), gratefully received.
Some changes have been made to the site as follows:
Other news is still found on the news page.
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July 18th 2004
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Links to sf2 (sound font) files have been fixed, it should now be possible to download them. Although they are in zipped files they have still also been compressed with sfpack so this will still be needed to extract the files. Sorry for any inconvenience. |
July 15th 2004
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After a few minor problems were reported some minor changes have been made to the site, these include the repair of some links and some additional proof reading. The VST page has had some minor information updates and will soon include basic instructions for each featured synth. Please check back soon.
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July 13th 2004
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Woohoo! It's been a long time putting this site together but finally it is here and on-line. Please keep checking the site for art, music, sf2 (soundfont) files, VSTi synths and other media. You will also be able to find reviews, useful links and all kinds of 'stuff'. We hope you like the site and find the content both interesting and useful. Any comments, advice or feedback will be welcomed so please feel free to get in touch. Saul Cross (editor) |
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