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FilterCult is an accurate simulation of the infamous and iconic transistor ladder analogue filter, meticulously preserving its original circuit topology, behaviour and quirks.

Moreover, the addition of circuit-bending modifications and the possibility to use supplementary nonlinear electronic components sensibly expand its sound sculpting possibilities.

As a master effect or as a single channel insert processor, FilterCult is capable of producing from smooth and gentle analogue filtering up to extremely aggressive coloration of any audio material.

At its heart, FilterCult consists in an accurate simulation of the infamous and iconic transistor ladder analogue filter

Meticulously preserving its original circuit topology, behaviour and quirks. Moreover, the addition of circuit-bending modifications and the possibility to use supplementary nonlinear electronic components sensibly expand its sound sculpting possibilities.

As a master effect or as a single channel insert processor, FilterCult is always the right choice in any music production scenario, producing from smooth and gentle analogue filtering up to extremely aggressive colorations of any audio material.

Features:

• Accurate physical modeling simulation achieved by the adoption of the Advanced Component Simulation (ACS) approach.
• Full 64-bit processing accuracy for every single aspect of the simulation.
• An all-in-one complete setup: transistor ladder analogue filter + modulation unit + signal router.
• FLT-TL22 Advanced Transistor Ladder Analogue Filter:
  • Accurate modeling of a transistor ladder analogue filter using the topology-preserving transform method.
  • Providing supplementary, creative circuit-bents of the original filter architecture.
  • Including multi-node circuit output for different filter response (4-pole, 3-pole, 2-pole, 1-pole).
  • Experimental high-pass mode output.
  • Extended cutoff frequency range (from 20 Hz up to 20 kHz) and self-oscillation (also in 1-pole mode).
• MOD-XG01 Multimode Modulator:
  • Accurate input signal detection (envelope follower) with sensitivity control (from 5 ms up to 2 sec).
  • Multi-waveform LFO generator with separate frequency (from 0.05 Hz up to 300 Hz), tempo-sync and phase-reset controls.
  • Envelope generator with attack and decay time controls (from 1 ms up to 10 sec).
  • Noise generator.
• PRM-EM44 Embedded Preamp / Mixer:
  • Multi-mode input signal router with gain control (from -inf dB up to +6 dB).
  • Final mixer section, with blend (dry / wet) and main volume (from -inf dB up to +6 dB) controls.
• Includes more than 20, multi-scenario factory presets.
• Support for sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz.
• Available in multi-size GUI resolutions.

LittleOne is a faithful software emulation of one of the most legendary and appreciated hardware analog synthesizers, compact in design but also extremely powerful and expressive.

In addition to an accurate re-creation of the original signal path, every single component inside LittleOne (oscillators, filter, envelopes, etc.) prove the same original architecture, frequency response and operative range of its analogue hardware counterpart, producing a deep, rich and warm sound.

Add to the equation a full rack with a 16-step analogue sequencer, a 16-step trancegate effect, two insert/master effects slots and the result is a complete, true-analogue-sounding setup within the comfort of a modern digital studio.

Main Features

• Physical modeling simulation of real analogue hardware, achieved by the adoption of the Advanced Component Simulation (ACS) approach – oscillators, filters, envelopes (,…) are built preserving their original architecture, featuring all the micro-instabilities and imperfections of the analogue technology.
• A legendary 4-pole resonant low pass ladder filter provides all the original non-linearities, frequency responses (also at extreme modulation scenarios), self-oscillation, soft-clipping and overload control.
• Two 4-stage (ADSR) envelope generators proving the same capacitors’ charging/discharging responses as found on the original analogue circuits.
• Extended modulation possibilities, including a white noise generator, a sample-and-hold source and a multi-waveform low-frequency-oscillator (LFO) featuring the original frequency range (from 0.2 Hz up to 500 Hz), allowing for advanced frequency modulation designs.
• True analogue polyphony. In addition to a classic monophonic mode, polyphony (4-voices) is achieved by simulating four fully-independent synthesis systems (devices) separately, as expected in the original hardware specification extension.
• Including XSQ16A unit (rack), a monophonic 16-step sequencer.
• Including GAT3D unit (rack), a 16-step trancegate effect.
• Two insert / master effects slots : X-TREME (tube distortion), FLANG-R (flanger), CHOR-S (chorus), D-LAY (tempo-synced delay), REEVERB (resonator-based reverb)
• 400+ ready-to-use factory presets collection covering many different styles
• MIDI automation, with CC# mapping

KickBeat is a powerful, compact and easy to use hybrid electronic bass drum generator / synthesizer.

At its heart KickBeat makes use of genuine 16-bit integer precision digital synthesis techniques (widely used on late-90s hardware devices) together with an analogue modeled, transistor-based saturation circuit.

With also a built-in digital reverberation DSP algorithm, KickBeat has the full potential to produce deep, wide, earth-shaking electronic drum kicks for EDM, Techno, Trance, Ambient music and far beyond.

MAIN FEATURES

• Accurate physical modeling simulation achieved by the adoption of the Advanced Component Simulation (ACS) approach
• Full 64-bit processing accuracy for every single aspect of the simulation
• A complete, self-contained, hybrid digital-analogue electronic drum kick generator device
• Two independent (Bass / Snap) digital synthesis layers featuring late-90s, genuine 16-bit integer precision algorithms
• Analogue modeled transistor-based saturation circuit with load control
• Built-in digital reverberation DSP algorithm
• Including 40+ ready-to-use factory presets collection covering multi-genre styles
• MIDI automation
• Support for sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz
• Available in multi-size GUI resolutions

Creative Reverb Processor

ShineVerb is a creative tool specially designed for reverberation, spatialization and sound coloration purposes. This multi-device effects processor is composed by a set of modeled analogue gear and digital devices, arranged inside a rack-mount cabinet and accessible through a simple and easy to use interface.

In order to provide an extended degree of expressiveness and versatility for any sound design scenario, in addition to its beautiful resonator-based digital reverberation core, ShineVerb also includes a stereo image enhancer, an analogue preamplifier and a final, hybrid amplifier for further sound colorations.

Be free to design anything from small chambers up to endless, distorted echoes. With just a click of a button and a twist of a knob, ShineVerb will put all its magic and glow into any music production.

“More Than Just An Echo”

Playing the leading role in ShineVerb is the REEVERB XT device, a digital reverberation unit with an extended set of controls. It also features a special panorama enhancer engine, to finely adjust the stereo image width of the processed sound. Moreover, to unleash all the potential of its reverberation unit, ShineVerb also includes a set of additional devices in its signal processing chain.

Available at pre-processing stage, the PRE-AF24 unit is an analogue preamplifier featuring an input signal router, an analogue overdrive circuit and a multi-mode (low-pass or high-pass) analogue filter.

On the post-processing side, the MIX-DF42 unit is a hybrid amplifier made of two digital low-pass and high-pass filters, an analogue saturation circuit and a final mixer section.

More than a simple reverberation unit, ShineVerb is a complete, powerful tool with a simple, intuitive interface.

MAIN FEATURES

• Accurate modeling of analogue gears and digital devices, achieved by the adoption of the Advanced Component Simulation (ACS) approach
• Full 64-bit processing accuracy for every single aspect of the simulation
• An all-in-one complete setup : analogue preamplifier + digital reverb unit + hybrid amplifier
• Featuring PRE-AF24 Analogue Multichannel Router / Preamp
• Multi-mode input signal router with gain control (from -inf dB up to +6 dB)
• Analogue modeled overdrive circuit with gain control (from +0 dB up to +18 dB)
• Analogue modeled (topology-preserving transform) multi-mode filter (1-pole low-pass or high-pass)
• Featuring REEVERB XT Advanced Digital Resonator Reverb
• A beautiful, resonator-based reverb engine with an extended set of controls
• Pre-delay engine (up to 2 seconds)
• Panorama enhancer engine, to finely adjust the stereo image width of the processed sound
• Featuring MIX-DF42 Multisource Mixer / Amplifier
• Multi-mode (bypass / normal / inverted) digital filter block (2-pole low-pass and 2-pole high-pass)
• Analogue modeled saturation circuit with gain control (from +0 dB up to +15 dB)
• Final mixer section, with blend (dry / wet) and main volume (from -inf dB up to +6 dB) controls
• Including more than 30, multi-scenario factory presets
• Support for sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz
• Available in multi-size GUI resolutions

ResonHeart is the physical modeling simulation of a never seen before, experimental, aerophone-based acoustic instrument.

Characterized by a complex modal-based architecture, this original machine has expressly been built to mimic the sound of different families of acoustic instruments – like winds, membranes, chromatic percussions, ethnic lutes and whistles, glasses, cymbals and crashes, vocal ensembles and choirs, or even an entire orchestral strings section – as well as to produce very unconventional, organic tones, evolving textures and expressive motion pads.

Working on the principles of fluid dynamics and designed to potentially be a real-world replicable machine, every single component inside ResonHeart has been modeled after existing hardware – commercially available devices like air pumps, pneumatic valves and metal resonators. Also the surrounding room acoustics has been carefully modeled, simulating a wide range of spatial environments, from small chambers to big concert halls, to stone-walled cathedrals and beyond.

Moreover, ResonHeart features a clean and intuitive interface, making the sound designing process just simple and effective.

The Imitation Game

Built as a virtual instrument through the use of physical modeling techniques (ACS), ResonHeart has to be considered as a natural born acoustic machine made of clockwork components, air pumps, motors, pneumatic valves and complex resonator blocks (one per voice). Each resonator block consists of a set of sixteen universal Helmholtz resonators (which can be individually triggered and tuned) arranged in a characteristic modal-synthesis disposal. This particular design makes ResonHeart genuinely capable to imitate the peculiar sound of a wide range of acoustic systems, including rigid-body or membrane-based percussions and cymbals – one of the hardest things to simulate using physical modeling.

With no electronic components involved in its sound generation process, ResonHeart is a real mechanical synthesizer, an articulated acoustic instrument which can also mimic the tones and flavors of other acoustic instruments – and its extended set of mechanical automations and modulation units will also provide manifold, evolving dynamics to the final sound.

Also, ResonHeart’s simplified interface makes the sound designing process seamless, since all the controls and parameters are always in plain sight, arranged on its single-view panel.

Trig the main pump motor, provide energy to the air turbulence and modify the cross-sectional area of the ducts. Change the internal volume and the embouchures aperture for each of the Helmholtz resonators and take control of every nuance of your tone by assigning different modulations for each of the pneumatic valves.

Finally, place each of the resonator blocks inside an accurately modeled hall space and be prepared to reach expressive performances, organic and evocative sounds that will go far beyond what ordinary electronic or acoustic instruments can do.

Main Features

• Physical modeling simulation of a complex acoustic sound generator machine, achieved by the adoption of the Advanced Component Simulation (ACS) approach
• Full 64-bit processing accuracy for every single aspect of the simulation
• A 100% original aerophone-based mechanical acoustic instrument, featuring an articulated modal architecture and capable of mimicking other acoustic instruments’ tones and flavours
• Entirely made of mechanical components (resonators, motors, valves) which have been modeled after existing, commercially available parts
  • Air pump motors with dedicated automations and retrig control
  • Venturi valves
  • Swing motors and valves (from 0.1 Hz up to 20 Hz)
  • Pneumatic solenoid valves (with a 3-ms aperture, 2-ms disclosure timing)
• Air turbulence dispersion control
• A complex resonator block (one per voice) made of sixteen universal Helmholtz resonators, each with independent tuning (internal volume) and pressure (embouchure) controls
  • A dedicated modulation for resonators’ tuning, featuring Swing, Contour, Velocity and Pitch Follower controls
  • A dedicated modulation for resonators’ pressure, featuring Swing, Contour, Velocity and Pitch Follower controls
• Operates as a monophonic or polyphonic (4-voices) instrument
• True polyphony, achieved by simulating separate, fully-independent mechanical sound generators
• Separate controls for global tuning, voices detune (spread), pitch bending (amount) and portamento
• An accurate room / hall simulation (resonator-based)
• A spatial displacement engine, arranging the instrument’s four voices/blocks inside the room space
• Including a 130+ ready-to-use factory presets collection, covering different styles and genres, including deep and solid basses, real-world cymbals and crashes, membranes and percussions, woodwinds, plucked strings, ethnic bells and whistles, organic motion pads, symphonic strings and choirs sections, evolving soundscapes, psychoacoustic sound effects and more
• MIDI automation
• Support for sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz
• Available in multi-size GUI resolutions