Applied Acoustics Systems’ flagship modular, Multiphonics CV-3, gets four powerful modules in “the FM+ update” out this month. Here’s a dive into what those modules can do — and if you’re pondering picking up CV-3 for the first time, it’s discounted now, too.
Read moreQuick: when was the last time when you just messed with a synthesizer knobs and played with waveforms for the sheer joy of it? The new soft synth from GForce dumps all the algorithms and black-box elements of FM in favor of the visceral pleasure of messing around with sound. It’s not another historical emulation. It’s an FM playground.
Developer Oliver Greschke (MoMinstruments) built an AUv3 iOS synth around the DSP from Emilie Gillet’s legendary open-source Mutable Instruments Plaits VCO. Elastic OSC gives you unique touch-based controls, plus new features that let you use Plaits’ sound palette as a complete mono/polyphonic instrument.