rgcAudio

2003/05/08 update

Instrument

Class

OS

Cost

Format

Version

Spec

Pentagon I

Synth PC

$99

VST 1.21
  • 4 Oscillators, 13 Alias Free Waveforms each plus a Noise Generator per oscillator: Saw, Vintage Saw, Square, Vintage Square, Pulse 50%, Pulse 25%, Pulse 12%, Pulse 6%, Harmonics 5/2, Harmonics 3, Harmonics 4, Harmonics 5, Pure Sine.
    4 User Loadable waveforms, in two modes: Simple shot and Full range.
  • 64 voice polyphonic (CPU dependant) with polyphony limiter and Intelligent Voice Allocation (no clicks when maximum polyphony is exceeded).
  • Full Legato mode for monophonic operation.
  • Monophonic/Polyphonic portamento with Fixed or Variable per-key Time.
  • Individual adjustment of Level, Waveform, Mode, Phase, Fine, Octave, Coarse tune, LFO sensitivity and Pitch Eg Intensity for each oscillator.
  • Key Sync, Inverted, Free Running or Fixed Frequency mode selection for each oscillator.
  • Dedicated Pitch Envelope Generator, with Start Level, Attack Time, Attack Level, Decay Time, Release Level, Release Time with fully bandlimited operation.
  • Random Pitch control, with individual generators per oscillator.
  • 4 Operation modes: Add (normal), Ring Modulation, Hard Sync and Frequency Modulation. Every group of two oscillators can select any operation mode.
  • Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) with adjustable depth for every oscillator and phase shift control.
  • 2 Superb resonant multimode filters (Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Notch) with individual adjustment for Type, Cutoff, Resonance, Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release, Envelope, Velocity, Keyboard Scaling, Aftertouch, Breath controller, Modulation.
    Positive or Negative envelope modes.
  • Link mode for the two filters.
  • 2 Amplifier dedicated Envelope Generators with Attack Time, Hold Time, Decay Time, Sustain Level, Release Time, Keyboard tracking and Velocity control.
  • Linear/Exponential selectable envelopes.
  • Dedicated LFO's, for Pitch, Filter and Amplifier, 13 waveforms each: Sine, Square, Pulse 50%, Pulse 25%, Pulse 12%, Saw Up, Saw Down, Triangle, Step 1, Step 2, Random 1, Random 2, Sample and Hold.
    Variable offset of all waveforms, Delay, Fade, Speed Depth, Aftertouch, Breath and Modulation controls.
    All LFO's are individually syncable to Host Tempo.
  • Loadable LFO waveforms.
  • 5 Pitch Bend modes: Normal, Asymmetric, High Note, Low Note, Hold Notes. Pitch Bend range adjustable up to +12 semitones.
  • Built-in effects section:
    2 filter level effects:
    6 Modulation effects:
    AutoPan
    Stereo Spread
    Stereo Delay
    Two Band Equaliser 

Square I

Performance Synth PC

$69

VST 1.2
  • 3 Oscillators, 9 Alias Free Waveforms each plus a Noise Generator
  • 32 voice polyphonic (CPU dependant)
  • 192 Factory Presets (Can store up to 6 banks/768 patches)
  • Individual adjustment of Level, Waveform, Mode, Phase, Fine and Coarse tune and Pitch EG Intensity for each oscillator
  • Random Pitch control
  • Low/High Pass filter with resonance
  • Pitch, Filter and Amplifier dedicated Envelope Generators, Keyboard tracking and Velocity control
  • 4 LFO's, for Pitch, Filter, Amplifier and Random Wave selector, 8 waveforms each plus Random
  • Random Wave selector, with adjustable intensity for each oscillator
  • Built-in effects: AutoPan, Chorus, Stereo Delay, Stereo Spread and Two Band Equalizer, all can be disabled to save CPU
  • Extensive MIDI implementation: Velocity, Pitch Bend, Aftertouch, Modulation, Breath, Sustain Sw and more
  • Easy programming layout
Triangle I

Synth PC Free VST 1.1
  • 2 Oscillators with multiple waveforms
  • Pitch, Filter and Amp envelope generators with velocity, scaling and amplitude controls
  • 3 LFOs
  • Portamento
  • Multi-mode filter with resonance
  • Noise generator
  • Oscillators, filter and amplifier controllable by Aftertouch, mod wheel and velocity
  • Stereo spread
  • Echo
  • Extensive MIDI implementation: Portamento on/off, time, volume, Aftertouch, sustain switch, modulation, pitchbend, breath, velocity, cutoff, resonance, detune, transpose, osc1wave, osc2wave, delay level and a lot more
  • Three keying modes: Fingered, High note priority legato, Full legato
  • Many features can be disabled to save CPU
  • Outstanding look with wooden surround by Matthys L.C. van Amsterdam (Alterex)
Triangle II

Synth PC Free

Free

VST

DX

Stand
Alone

 

1.01

1.02

 

  • 2 Oscillators, one SubOscillator and a Tuned Noise generator.
  • 7 fully bandlimited waveforms per oscillator, detune, transpose and table shift controls.
  • PWM in both oscillators, with manual width control or controllable by LFO.
  • MULTI mode, which turns oscillator 1 in eight individual oscillators, with multi detune control.
  • SYNC mode.
  • Portamento with fixed and variable time, fingered or normal, and selectable effect on pitch bend.
  • DC Burst generator to add punch to attack stage.
  • Adjustable range Pitch Bend.
  • Main Tune and Random Tune controls.
  • 2-pole LPF/HPF/BPF, and ultrasmooth 4-pole LPF/HPF plus a high resonance 4-pole LPF filters.
  • 3 dedicated Pitch, Filter and Amplifier Envelope Generators.
  • 3 dedicated Pitch, Filter (PWM) and Amplifier LFO's.
  • 4 channels mixer
  • Bass Eq control with adjustable centre frequency
  • Hard Drive effect
  • Decimator effect
  • Aggressive 6-Voice Chorus mono/stereo effect, controllable by Envelope Generator.
  • Stereo/Ping delay effect, BPM sync'able to host tempo.
  • Reverb effect with size control and two rendering modes.
  • Stereo Spread effect.
  • Four playing modes: Fingered, Low and High priority note Legato, Full Legato.
  • All controls (67 knobs, 19 selectors), in front panel, no paged interface.
  • Full MIDI Learn operation, with selectable min/max/reverse status.
  • Multiple controls can be assigned to MIDI cc's, same MIDI cc can be assigned to several controls.
  • 128 program capacity, 128 factory presets instantly available via right-click.
  • Up/Down program controls.
  • Built-in program/bank naming, saving and loading capabilities (.fxb/.fxp)
  • User definable bank for auto-loading on startup.
  • Circular or Linear knob mode, with selectable inertia.
  • Full note range preview ribbon, which sends MIDI messages to host.
  • Complete User Manual included.
             
         

 


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