| Instrument
|
Class |
OS |
Cost |
Format |
Version |
Spec
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3S
Manytone
|
Sample Player |
 |
 |
 |
1.0 |
- Polyphonic up to 24 voices (CPU dependent)
- 4 samples loadable simultaneously, of which each can be assigned
to its own note, or all to the same note
- Mono and stereo sample support, 8 to 32 bit, up to 96 kHz, WAV,
Float-WAV and AIFF
- Level, tuning and pan adjustment
- Samples can be played over the keyboard to create a "Simple
Sample Synth"
- Supports "velocity splits" and "velocity
cross-fades"
- "velocity sensitive" trigger pad
- Activity light
- Sample accurate timing, full VST2 integration
- Drops Loops
- Contains the latest "LinPlug Audio Engine" So you can
count on the quality
|
| Space
Synthesizer

MHC
|
Synth |
|
$39
|
 |
1.1b
|
- Dynamic polyphony (CPU dependent).
- A sequencer controlled evolving waveform
oscillator.
- Feedback resonator.
- Ensemble.
- Filter.
- Stereo delay.
- Integrated analog style sequencer.
- Extensive set of modulation options.
- The $39 bundle also includes The SpaceEffect and
The FlexFX plugin package, which contains the following plugins:
- Chaotic LP Filter (with MIDI syncable LFO).
- Chaotic HP Filter (with MIDI syncable LFO).
- Fat Resonator (with MIDI syncable LFO).
- The Ensemble effect.
- Stereo Feedback Delay (with MIDI sync).
|
|
BeatZ

Mikko
Helin
|
Drum Machine |
|
 |
|
1.0 |
- 4 Drum Sounds - Kick, Snare, Closed & Open HiHat
- 1 Bass Sound (4 voice polyphonic)
- Programmable 1/8 notes
- Uses mono PCM raw data samples
|
|
Studio
VST
Mixman
|
Remix Tool |
|
TBA
|
 |
|
|
| MIVI

MIVI
|
Musical
Instrument Visual Interface |
|
|
|
1.0 |
- MIVI is an unusual plugin that loads as a VSTi but doesn't
actually make any sound or manipulate sound in any way. Instead,
the plugin takes the MIDI input and visualises the output in the
form of OpenGL 3D instrument (a 3D piano or flute). The goal is to
show aspirant musicians (including the musically illiterate) how
the score relates to the instrument and how to play certain pieces
of music.
- The entire documentation, (Windows) binaries and source code and
SDK are available.
|
| Rhythm'n'Chords

MusicLab
|
MIDI |
|
$69
|
|
2.0 |
- Quickly and easily create professional sounding guitar
accompaniment MIDI tracks
- Create sophisticated harmonic progressions by performing simple
actions, not being a guru in chord voicing
- Use rhythm patterns from Guitar Rhythm Pattern Library, which
has been created having in mind various rhythm phrases ever played
by the World's most acclaimed guitar players and bands, in your
guitar tracks
- Quickly create guitar accompaniment parts letting you capture
your musical ideas on the fly
- Easily fit guitar parts into your arrangements and make them
more expressive and colourful
- Train your rhythmic feel and better understand the nature of
guitar accompaniment parts in various styles and arrangements
- Quickly learn the sounding of various chords and main principles
of chord construction and voices leading
- Explore any guitar accompaniment styles using as examples our
Style demo songs created by professional musicians
|
| LoopAZoid
neXoft
|
Drum Sampler |
|
|
|
1.22 |
- 48 channels
- 64 voice polyphonic
- 8 outputs
- 3 mute groups
- Forward & Reverse sample playback
- Load, audition, & name samples from the front panel
- Assign samples using a piano roll
- Individual volume and pan settings for each channel
|
| SynthMaker
Outsim |
Modular
Synth |
|
 |
 |
0.4 Alpha2 |
|
|
BombThatBeat

ProjectOne
|
Sample Manipulator |
|
|
|
1.5 |
- Supports 8, 16 & 24 Bit samples
- Split a sample into up to 16 Parts
- Adjust the start points of the 16 parts
- Re-arrange them into 32 Patterns
- Play the Patterns in Real time and edit the tune, volume &
play direction of each Step in a Pattern
- The Patterns will always fit to the tempo settings
- The smallest beat resolution can be 32th
- Scratch the Patterns
|
|
Crazy Diamonds
Rumpelrausch
|
String
Ensemble |

|
 |
 |
1.7 |
- 3 octaves drawbar style VCO
- 2 waveforms
- 3 types of "phatt": Filters, ensemble and phaser
effect
- Scalable pitch bend
- Built in program handling (compare / save)OS X version
available.
|
|
Chip32

Sam
|
Wavetable
Synth |
|
|
|
0.04
|
- It is not possible to review Chip32 - this is because
either it is unreleased, in beta form, or the developer has
requested we exclude Chip32 from the User Review process.
|
| SamplerChan
SamplerChan
|
Sampler |
|
$69 |
 |
1.6b |
- Explorer style access to samples
- Quick looping and trimming of samples including crossfades
- Full SoundFont, WAV and AIFF compatibility up to 32-bit float
- Unlimited pitch and velocity switching and crossfading
- Innovative and incredibly flexible synth with over 100
modulation routings - simultaneously!
- Fully synched Rhythm controls allow almost unlimited
arpeggiators, grooves and loops
- Loop slicing allowing accurate sync of loops to host
- Incredible possibilities for 'playing' loops
- Freely assignable Continuous Controller setup
- Configurable links to external wave editors
|
|
DS8
Drum Works
Scott
McCabe
|
Drum Sampler |
 |
|
 |
beat
1.0
|
- Up to 32 Drum Kits (System RAM dependent)
- 12 Pads per Kit
- Assign Drum Kits to any of the 1 - 16 MIDI channels
- Easy and intuitive interface
- Supports Mono and Stereo 16 and 32 bit WAV's and AIFF's
- 8 Velocity layers per pad
- Modular Filter design to open doors for 3rd party filters. (In
the beta, two filters are provided for testing) Pads can have up
to 4 filters each
- Mixer view provides support for Pitch, Pan, Sample Start and
duration
- Complete customisation of Chokes and Triggers
- 12 Mono and/or 6 Stereo outputs
- Import LM-4, LM-7 and LM-9 Drum kits
|
| S1100
Signum
|
Sampler |
|
$300
|
 |
3.4 |
- 16 bit/44.1 kHz sampling
- Piano module
- MIDI patchbay (8x8 in/out)
- MIDI fileplayer
- AKAI CD-ROM reading (S1000 format)
- Multiple outputs
- Up to 100 programs
- 99 keygroups for each program
- 4 samples for each keygroup
- Unlimited voices
- Low pass filter
- Velocity, Pitch bend, Pan, Volume
- Unlimited note polyphony (CPU dependant)
- Supports VST & DirectX plugins
|
| VAZ
2001

Software
Technology
|
Synth |
|
|

|
1.0 |
- Software is supplied as a standalone application, VSTi and DXi
plug-in
- Three Oscillators are available with LFO 1 switched to audio
range
- Ring Modulator
- Noise generator
- 8 Filter Modes: Type A and B, 2-Pole Multimode Low, Band and
High Pass, Type C 2-Pole Low Pass and 4-Pole Low Pass
- Dynamic Polyphony allocation
- Velocity sensitive patches
- Arpeggiator
- Real-time Transpose
- MIDI Clock Sync
- Master Tuning
- MicroTuning - redefine tunings for notes
- Live audio input
- 'QWERTY' virtual keyboard
- Fully MIDI controllable
- Learn MIDI' facility - Simply Right Click a parameter to easily
map MIDI controller
- Supports MME, DirectX/Sound and ASIO
- Supports Multiple SoundCard Outputs
- Selectable 11, 22, 32, 44.1 or 48 kHz output
- Output can be exported to .WAV audio files, so you can create a
CD or use it in other software
- Use it on its own
- Use it as a VSTi plug-in within Steinberg's Cubase VST, Emagic's
Logic, etc
- Use it as a DXi plug-in within Cakewalk's SONAR
- Use it as a VST or DX plug-in for processing audio
- Save/Load Patches, 128 controllable via MIDI program change
- Sequences can be saved along with patches, as can the
corresponding effect (if any) assigned in the Mixer
- Save/Load Sequences, Banks / Songs
|
| SynthOne
sonicbits |
Synth |
|
 |
 |
0.1 |
- 3 oscillators (Saw, Pulse and Square)
- Resonant Filter (24dB LP/HP/BP)
|
|
Infinity

Sound
Quest
|
Modular
Synth Studio |
|
$399 |

|
2.05
|
|
| Stylophone
Sparque |
Stylophone |
|
 |
 |
1.0 |
- Sounds like a Stylophone
- Velocity sensitive
- 20 note keyboard
|
| PD-303

SynthEdit
|
Phase Distortion Synth |
 |
$10
|
|
1.0
|
- Phase distortion Oscillator with 8 waveforms.
- Saw, Square, Pulse, Double-Sine, Saw-Pulse, Reso1, Reso2, Reso3
- Cut-off, Envelope Amount, and Decay Controls.
- Built in delay unit with 'Delay Time', Amount, and Feedback
controls.
|
|
Cue-Synth
TK |
Synth |
|
$15 |
 |
1.0
|
- 3 OSC & Noise generator : PWM, FM, Sync functions
- 1 OSC mixer with OSC level and balance forward filters
- 1 amplitude envelope with ADSR, ADS1DS2R, Loop S1S2, Loop All,
OneShot
- 1 filter envelope with ADSR, ADS1DS2R, Loop S1S2, Loop All,
OneShot
- 2 assignable envelopes with ADSR, ADS1DS2R, Loop S1S2, Loop All,
OneShot
- 2 filters, types : LPF, BPF, HPF, Notch, Comb+, Comb- (Serial /
Parallel)
- 3 advanced LFOs
- 2 FX : delay/chorus/flanger and distortion
- 12 voices polyphonic (CPU Dependent)
|
| Synthetic
Bass Basic
Virtual
Creations |
E-Bass |
|
 |
 |
|
- ADSR volume envelope.
- ADSR filter envelope.
- 8 waveforms.
- Fake aftertouch slap emulation (controlling Filter Delay
Amount).
- Portamento.
- Cutoff and Resonance Amount.
|
| VirSyn
Tera

VirSyn
|
Modular
Synth |
|
$279 |
|
1.1
Non Released
|
- Realtime software synthesizer.
- 12 independent modular synthesizer (parts).
- For every part you have a sound program with wireless module
patching, settings for the sound parameters and the modulation
matrix.
- Multi layer/key split: up to 12 sound programs can be played
simultaneously or can be assigned to different keyboard zones.
|
| VSamp

VSamp
|
Sampler |
|
$39
|
|
3.2.6
|
- 128 voice polyphonic (64 stereo)
- 8, 16 or 24-bit output
- Up to 96kHz output
- 128 resonant LPF's
- 5 stage AHDSR envelope for each sample
- Supports AIFF & SDII file formats
- Automatable
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