Tactile Sounds Releases
TS-Substance 09th
August 2010
Tactile Sounds is proud to present
TS-Substance,
a free virtual analog synthesizer (VSTi plugin)
emphasizing simplicity, flexibility, and sound quality.
Substance has two of everything: two oscillator
sections, two LFOs, two envelopes, two filters. The
oscillator sections were inspired by the
architecture of classic analog polysynths, which
used multiple oscillators to achieve polyphony, but
allowed the oscillators to be combined for a
monophonic Unison mode. The oscillators would
generally be slightly out of tune with one another,
resulting in a rich, chorused sound. Each of
Substance's oscillators likewise comprises seven
unison voices, with the amount of detuning, and the
stereo breadth being adressed by a single parameter,
Spread. The LFOs can be used to modulate almost
every parameter of the synth. They can be used to
trigger the envelopes, to modulate the frequency and
pulse-width of the oscillators, the cutoff frequency
of the filters, and the volume of the amplifier.
LFO-1 can be switched between free-running,
tempo-synced, and key-synced modes. A manual is
included in the download link, detailing all of the
other features.
