The new version of Absynth adds a bevy of crazy new features including waveform morphing, new waveforms, and freely-assignable macro controls for sound manipulation. An easy-to-use arpeggiator is included, with almost every parameter "randomizable" for quick inspiration. More detailed edits can be done on an expert page if you want to get into the more complex parameters.
The cleanly designed interface is quite easy to use and tweak, with a graphic X/Y pad that enables "morphable" sounds and effects, plus an easy edit page for quick edits to timbres, LFOs and effects. Looking to rock Book of Love or late-80's Depeche Mode-ish sounds? Look no further. The boxed versions come with clearly written manuals, and the NI website offers a number of video tutorials.įM8 is based on FM (frequency modulation) synthesis and seems to favor a friskier, colder, "classic-digital" sound (think DX7 on acid). MacIntel users note that they are coded as Universal Binary, and the performance is exceptional. They both interface as standalone apps or as AU, RTAS, VST, DXi, etc.
But what about new sounds? What about a soft synth that is built from the ground up to be its own instrument, with its own unique sounds and features? Two of Native Instruments' recently-upgraded synths, FM8 and Absynth 4, are software instruments that offer up refreshingly new sonic hues. There are quite a few soft synths out there which aim to emulate (or improve upon) classic keyboard sounds of the past.
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