Synthix is inspired by a famous and legendary sytnesizer from the 80s used by many as their main keyboard including some synth Gurus.
Synthix Creation...
The Chatillons Sessions
Here is the Dream Team that Xavier Oudin at XILS Labs worked with to help bring the Synthix to life:
Synth legend Paul Wiffen, Sound Designer Stéphane Bonvallet, Tzadi and Lotuzia together in the same room in Tzadi’s Studio, with a real and perfectly working-condition Synthex AND the Synthix, only separated by a PC screen. Plus... a Laser Harp as Midi Controller!
This is exactly what happened in Chatillon (South of Paris):
For those who don’t know Paul, here are only a few things he did regarding the Synthex : He made most of the original Synthex factory presets, he introduced the Synthex to Jean-Michel Jarre, then Stevie Wonder, then Keith Emmerson, and collaborated with Vangelis and Stevie Wonder on numerous recordings...
Stéphane Bonvallet (brilliant Sound Designer for Spectrasonics modules, amongst many other things) was the owner of the Synthex, and was very kind to allow us to use it; additionally he offered some expert comments on the UI and GUI of the Synthix.
A lot of instruments were created on the Synthix during the Chatillon Sessions, some recreations from the Factory Presets, as well as some special instruments inspired by Paul’s Synthex creations, you can find in the numerous recordings made by a lot of musicians during the Synthex Golden Years.
During the creation of all these instruments we were constantly confronted to A/B comparisons in real time between the two entities.
Here are Paul’s Final words on the Synthix :
"In my experience, there are two kinds of classic synth emulations.The first is where a huge amount of time has been spent ensuring that the representation on screen is indistinguishable from the original hardware cosmetics. In the second the developer has concentrated far more on making the sound as close to the original as possible.
I'm happy to report that the XILS-Lab Synthix avoids the first pitfall and sits comfortably in the second category; although it may take a few moments to locate the familiar parameters of the Synthex on the screen once you begin to manipulate them the sonic results are uncannily close to the original.
On several occasions I found myself prefering the extra flexibility in the Synthix especially when it came to sonic control via velocity and aftertouch, control which were never available on the original machine. The additional polyphony and multiple layering of timbres are particulary welcome."
Another fantastic virtual instrument from XILS Lab!
Synthix is not a stand-alone application but designed to be used as a plug in your DAW
Synthix is available with the following formats (32 and 64 bits):
Mac OSX 10.3.9 and later: VST, Audio Unit and RTAS (Protools 7.0 and later)
Windows XP and Vista: VST and RTAS (Protools 7.0 and later)
Minimum system requirements: 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 2 GHz processor
Synthix is a plug-in and is not yet available in a standalone application
Download freeware Mac VST host: http://arne.knup.de/?page_id=32
Download freeware Windows VST host: http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm
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