Synthix is inspired by a famous and legendary synthesizer from the 80s used by many as their main keyboard including some synth Gurus.
Synthix is a virtual 16 voice analogue synthesizer with the following features
- 2 oscillators with 4 selectable waveforms: Triangle, Sawtooth, Square, Pulse...plus
- ...its dedicated PWM and Ring Modulator mode
- Triangle and Sawtooth have PWM modes
- Several waveforms can be selected simultaneously for each of the oscillators
- 1 multimode filter based on the CEM 3320 chip emulation providing shelf oscillating 12 dB and 24 dB low pass, 6 dB and 12 dB band pass and 12 dB high pass modes
- 4 D-ADSR: an enhanced ADSR envelope with a MDID syncable delay
- 4 LFOs including 2 previously unseen LFO types
- 4 embedded effects: Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Dual EQs
- 1 Multi-Track Sequencer
- Several playing modes including a la Moog mono modes and several polyphonic modes
Another fantastic virtual instrument from XILS Lab!
Oscillators with 7 available waveforms
- Triangle
- PWM Triangle
- Saw, PWM Saw
- Square
- PWM Pulse
A PWM cross modulation mode and a ring modulator
Several waveforms can be selected simultaneously for each of the oscillators
Multimode Filter
Based on an emulation of the CEM 3320 chip, the Synthix multimod filter providing self-oscillating 6 filter types: 12 dB and 24 db low pass, 6 dB and 12 dB band pass, 12 dB high pass
A special overdrive circuit can be used before or after the filter
D-ADSR with 4 special envelopes available
Added to the standard Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release, the Synthix offers a MIDI synched Delay step.
Usefull for instance, to trig a tempo synced modulation, to open the filter a few milliseconds after the amplifier, giving some explosive effects; a wide range of new sounds can be done with this feature
Polyphonic LFO 2 Standard full of features LFOs are provided by the Synthix
Each LFO can modulate the oscillator pitch and width, the filter frequency and the amplifier level, it also can be used as a source in the modulation matrix
The frequency can be synced to the Host application tempo, the modulation can also be reset by the keyboard or free-running and a fade-in function is available
Chaox - A special LFO come with the Synthix, real time unpredictability in synthesis...
This module calculates in a 2-D space the movement of a point, each of the two axis can modulate any of the 132 available destinations, the rate of the modulation, the delay before the modulation is applied can be set
A smoothing parameter allows to reduce the modulation variation and a chaotic level parameter allow to increase or reduce the chaotic aspect of the movement
4 chaotic functions can be chosen:
- Flying Flye
- Bow Tie
- Rainbow
- Butterfly
Rhythm LFO - A special LFO for Rhythmic effects
5 modulations are available, each one can be assign to any of the 132 destinations
The modulation can be delayed and a phase parameter can adjust the start of the cycle
- Octo - a pulse at the 8th part of the cycle
- Hexa - a pulse at the 16th part of the cycle
- Terna - a pulse at the 6th part of the cycle
- Hoover - a rampe at the 16th part of the cycle
- Stutter - 5 little saw at the 16th part of the cycle.
Multi-layer Two keyboards and Guitar mode
The Synthix offers two MIDI keyboards (Upper and Lower) suitable for split and layered instruments, and a special Guitar mode
Each keyboard has its own independent MIDI chanel, split point parameters, unison and playing mode, as well as a simple but powerful arpeggiator
Each keyboard can contain up to 16 voices, freely chosen, for the full use of the Synthix multi-layer features
The Synthix offers up to 16 voices of polyphony, by groupe of two voices (1-9, 2-10, 3-11,...), for a full independant 8 layers management
Guitar Mode - The Synthix provides a specific voices/layers management, offering a new tools for guitar players
For up to 6 MIDI chanels, two voices can be assigned
In this way, thanks to a Guitar to MIDI converter, playing various sounds with each of the Guitar strings has never been easier
This feature can be easily used by drum players as well, by connecting MIDI pads to these entries
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