For over 40 years Lexicon® has been considered the gold standard of digital reverb and effects processing. Now that same distinctive, smooth, rich “Lexicon Sound” is available in a plug-in specifically designed to take any home or project studio to the next level.
We’re getting extra noisy to sign off 2020 with a bang in Computer Music issue 290 (January 2021)! Computer Music readers will get the chance to sample the delights offered by cool new subscription service Noiiz as well as access to WA’s Big EDM Violin for Electro sample pack for free! Your 3-month Noiiz subscription will allow you to download three free plugins as soon as you sign up: a filter, an instrument, Noiiz Player and Connect that allows you to audition samples in pitch and time within your DAW (of which you can download 100MB for free a month as part of your free sub).
TRIAD takes the huge possibilities of its single-band predecessor and brings a new level of control to the myriad onboard effects. In a nutshell, TRIAD is a three-band frequency splitter capable of processing the low, mid, and high frequencies with different effect rows. From multi-band compression to frequency dependent reverb, complex distortions to intricate delays, pitch shifting and a variety of modulation based effects, all of this and much is now a breeze to setup and control. Even without adding any of the effects, TRIAD can be used a “flat-sum” frequency splitter with adjustable cutoff points. An awesome looking FFT visualizer displays the signal and allows for precise control over the band amplitudes and cutoffs on the fly. Well-crafted tools like ‘Auto Cutoff’ and ‘Unity Gain’ will keep the frequency distribution balanced between the bands, or even adjust the amplitude ratio without changing the overall volume. Need to hear something more critically? You can easily solo or mute out any of the individual bands with one click.
LION is an extraordinarily deep synth that features an easy-to-use interface with everything you need for quick patching, endless experimentation, and intuitive sound design. Under LION’s hood is a dual-oscillator architecture with each oscillator featuring 26 modes. These modes range from familiar classics to unique oscillators found nowhere else. Pick and choose from FM synthesis, subtractive or additive waveforms, “super” oscillator stacks, microsound, noise, or variations on each! Each algorithm has been specifically designed for deep modulation. Additionally, each oscillator engine features an optional Stereo mode, creating wide images at the synthesis level. From there, you can take advantage of LION’s deep Unison manipulation of every parameter and optional tuning Drift for rich, full, and lush sounds with just the oscillators, all before you start reaching for any external effects.
Thorn is a software synthesizer that was designed to be easy to use and deliver awesome sound. In Thorn, being simple means to be straightforward and provide advanced sonic control at the same time. Intuitive workflow, high quality processing modules, light on the CPU, Thorn is ready to be put at the heart of your mix, in any genre of modern electronic music production.
SynthR is a flexible synthesizer with drag and drop modulations, clean anti aliased oscillators and sweet saturated multi mode filter. It packs great effects and flexible LFO shapes. Use unison to create wide and fat sounds with up to 5 voices simultaneous at each note. Easy to change color themes and looks. No separate download for full version, available in 64/32 bit for Mac OSX 10.7+ in VST/AU and Windows VST. SynthR has two oscillator modes. “classic” with analog type shapes and “spline” with easy to use flexible waveform editor and shape morphing effects.
The world’s best drum synthesiser now has 80 presets showcasing the world’s best kick drum – the mighty 808. Originally released 40 years ago, the 808 is probably more popular today than it ever has been. From defining the trap genre to providing the backbone of every global pop hit in the charts today. We are super excited to bring you this massive and totally customisable pack so you can get the best sounding 808s in your tracks, quickly. We have programmed enormous phat bass presets in Kick 2, utilised the new tape saturation effect and dropped top kicks that you can easily layer up with the 808s to make those beats hit hard. With 80 presets, 33 custom clicks and a bonus of 10 Sub Drops, this pack will define your sound.
