Kai Aras has reduced the price of Agonizer, ShockWave and VOLT Synth for a limited time, each available for $9.99, (usually ($19.99).
Agonizer
Agonizer is a monophonic synthesizer designed in collaboration with YouTuber and synth bass expert Jakob Haq of haQ attaQ.
Overview:
- Monophonic Synth Engine with focus on Bass
- Built-in stereo effects
- 140+ fine tuned factory presets designed by Jakob Haq
- Supports ROLI Seaboard and other MPE controllers out of the box
- Standalone operation with support for USB audio interfaces, wired, network & bluetooth MIDI
- Audio Unit v3 Extension
- Inter App Audio support
- Audiobus support
- Ableton Link
Synth Voice:
- Dual Wavetable Oscillators with 40+ Wavetables, Morphing & X-Mod
- Dedicated sub osc & noise source
- Mangle Section with pre-filter Drive, Bitcrush, Lift and Push controls
- VA Ladder filter
- Wobulator (Highly tweak-able Sequenced LFO)
- LFO with Key and BPM Sync
- Variable Slope AD & ADSR Envelopes
- Tube based master drive
Effects:
- 2x stereo effect units
- Vintage Chorus
- Digital Delay
Presets:
- Factory bank including 140+ presets designed by Jakob Haq
- Preset Management with Templates & Categories
- Shared User Presets between Standalone and AUv3 versions
- Preset Export & Import
Connectivity:
- Standalone
- AUv3 Instrument
- Inter-App Audio Instrument
- Audiobus Instrument
ShockWave
ShockWave is a monophonic Synthesizer designed to bring modular style workflow to the world of iOS & AUv3 plugins.
Built around the concept of Phase Distortion (PD) Synthesis, Shockwave includes a pair of PD Oscillators each capable of creating everything from pure Sine Waves over smooth Sawtooth and Square Waves to Resonance & Sync sweeps, filtered Noise and more.
In addition to the Synth Voice, ShockWave includes a dedicated control section housing a pair of 8 step sequencers, a sample & hold module as well modules for trigger divisions, logic comparisons and controlled randomness.
A pair of Low Frequency Oscillators and 2 Attack/Sustain/Release (ASR) Envelopes serve as main modulation sources and can be used in a number of ways. Envelopes can be triggered from a number of internal sources including other modules such as trigger divider, logic or chance module but can also be connected to each other allowing for a wide range of patches usually only possible in large modular systems. LFOs are individually tempo sync-able and capable of producing total of 5 different waveforms each.
The two sequencers can run independently or combine to one 16 step sequence where rate and length can be controlled independently for each of the two.
In true modular nature almost any control within ShockWave can be modulated with up to 11 sources – simultaneously. Modulations are setup simply by holding a control and dialling in the desired amount in a list of all available sources. A special X-Ray mode adds a realtime display of all currently active modulations right at their corresponding control making it easy to understand what’s happening inside the synthesizer at any given time.
Synth Voice and Control Section are accompanied by built-in Delay and Reverb sections placed on send busses with all of their controls including the send levels being available as mod destinations.
Last but not least, ShockWave features a solid MIDI implementation including support for, aftertouch, velocity, wheels, custom CC mappings and up to 4 dimensions of expression when using MPE compatible controllers, such as the Roli Seaboard, Linnstrument, Geoshred, KB-1 and others.
MIDI Output is supported as well and includes Note and Control Change output generated from various internal sources including Sequencers, Envelopes and LFOs making it possible to control external MIDI gear or chain multiple plugin instances for advanced, self driving patches.
VOLT Synth
VOLT is a virtual analog synthesizer designed to create classic synth sounds while emphasising expressive play.
With full support for multidimensional polyphonic expression (MPE) – VOLT is a great companion to any Seaboard player.
Overview:
- Polyphonic Virtual Analog Synthesizer
- Expressive synth engine with MPE, poly-, channel aftertouch & 4D touch keyboard
- 5 Keyboard Layouts (Classic, Uniform, String, Scale & Chord)
- Built-in stereo effects
- 100+ fine tuned factory presets
- Supports ROLI Seaboard, LinnStrument, Geoshred and others out of the box
- Standalone operation with support for USB audio interfaces, wired, network & bluetooth MIDI
- Audio Unit v3 Extension
- Inter App Audio support
- Audiobus support
- Ableton Link
Synth Voice:
- Variable waveshape
- Variable pulse-width (on all waves)
- Detunable sub & noise source
- SEM style state-variable filter
- LFO per voice
- Dual ADSR
- Poly drive (per voice distortion)
- 8x Polyphony / Unison
- Detune / Slop
- Pan Spread
- Arpeggiator
Effects:
- 3x stereo effect units
- Vintage Chorus
- Digital Delay (syncable)
- Epic Reverb
Input/Expression:
- MPE MIDI hardware including but not limited to ROLI Seaboard Rise, Seaboard Block, Lightpad Block
- MPE MIDI software including but not limited to Geoshred, Geoshred Control
- Regular MIDI keyboards featuring channel or poly aftertouch, pitch- and mod wheels
- Onscreen 2D Touch Keyboard (supports slide and glide)
- Plain MIDI Input
Presets:
- Factory bank including 100+ expressive presets ready to play out of the box
- Preset Management with Templates & Categories
- Shared User Presets between Standalone and AUv3 versions
- Preset Export & Import via Files.app, Airdrop etc.
- iCloud Drive Support
Connectivity:
- Standalone
- AUv3 Instrument
- Inter-App Audio Instrument
- Audiobus Instrument
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