G-Sonique have released Alien4DX, available at the intro price of €24.90 for the first 40 customers, increasing to €39.90 after the promotion.
While regular acid synthesizers are usually mono, G-Sonique’s new Alien4DX is not just stereo, it’s 3D binaural.
This sound is not only stereo, but the entire topology (the internal “wiring” of virtual-analog circuits and cables, which are simulated through codes and modules) contains the so-called binaural topology, which emulates analog binaural circuits (yes binaural technology can be 100% analog not only digital) and dsp chips.
Yes, you only need 2 speakers or headphones and you don’t need quadraphonic sound. This is not some simple reverb. Binaural technology is based on special psychoacoustic principles that can create three-dimensional sound and place sound in space. Instead of boring 2D mono sound, the listener finds himself in a magical three-dimensional or four-dimensional world. The sound of the synthesizer seems to come to life.
How is this achieved? Part of the algorithms is secret, but what we can reveal is that procedures that simulate the real world are used – just as you always have only 2 pairs of ears (not 4), you can still focus the sound in space and determine where it comes from – whether from behind, side, front, left, right (this is what evolution has allowed us to survive – we detected where the sound of a tiger or a bear that wanted to eat us was coming from). How is this possible?
Well, the ear and brain can also detect a subtle difference in the time shift of sound – the sound reaches the left ear a few milliseconds later than the right ear if the sound/sound source comes from the right. In addition, the sound source is frequency and phase shifted and distorted. Thanks to this, we not only hear stereo, but we can also determine the direction from which the sound is coming – whether the source is in front of us or behind us, left or right. These principles of space and hearing simulation, including phase and frequency distortions and modulations, are also used by our binaural technology, and not only that.
Compare boring 2D/mono sound and the new Alien 4DX binaural topology.
Features include:
- Oscillator with following waveforms and mwaodes: An.Saw,D.Saw,Saw HB,Saw DB,An.Ramp,D.Ramp,D.Square,Square,pulse, Multipulse 1, Multipulse 2,
- Multisaw 1, Multisaw 2, Vintage saw with fine-tune, octave and semitone settings, phase and volume knob
- Analog or/ Normal (Digital) oscillator mode
- 9 types of filters (G-Low pass, Low pass, Vintage analog low pass, 303 Low pass, High pass, G-High pass, Bandpass, G-Band pass, Peaking) with Cutoff and Resonance knobs
- Amp and Filter envelope with attack, decay, sustain, envelope amount knob + Cutoff envelope multiplier
- Unison/ Chorus effect: Rate, Depth, Pre-Delay, Mix knobs
- Pin-pong delay: Delay, Feed, Mix knobs
- Portamento knob, Mono/Poly mode selector
- Binaural Topology / 4D Sound, 3D Stereo knob, Mono knob, Alien space on/off, 3D Circuit on/off, L1 knob, R1 knob, L2 knob, R2 knob, Filter 1 frequency knob,
- Filter 1 Q knob, Filter 2 frequency knob, Filter 2 Q knob, 4D Sound amount knob, Space knob, 2nd filter volume knob, Original knob
- Preset manager with 31 presets (Acid lead presets useable for all dance music styles: Acid, Rave, Techno, Trance, Electro house, Acid Douse, Psytrance,
- Darkpsy, Goa trance, Hitech, Trance, Techno, Breakbeat and all EDM styles)
Watch the demo video HERE.
Alien4DX is available to Windows users (VST).
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