

This is a tempo-synced gate effect that can be programmed with a simple series of on and off switches. You'll also find a stereo enhancer, parametric EQ, a bitcrusher, a filter (essentially a duplicate of the main Generator filters), and the aptly named Gator. The effects section is far better than that in CronoX2, and features mono, stereo and ping-pong delays, plus a chorus, a phaser and a Flanger. The first two are hardwired from filters one and two the signal is then combined and routed through effects three, four, five and six in series. After it's been filtered, the signal is routed to six effects slots. However, they are slightly below the extraordinary standard set by Albino 2's superb Silk and Cream filters. Operating with a choice of 12 or 24dB roll-off slopes, and providing independent ADSFR envelopes, keytracking and saturation, these are certainly very capable filters. The Generators can be mixed and matched in almost any manner before being passed through the two filter modules in either series or parallel configurations. It can hold up to 64 samples and comes complete with velocity switching or crossfading, speed tracking and unison and tuning controls.Īll of the Generators have adjustable tuning and a spread control - this enables you to generate unison signals and physically detune them to generate rich, full-on sounds without any loss in polyphony. The Loop Sampler acts much like a conventional sampler engine. * 350 excellent presets in a wide range of styles made by Nico Herz, Pro-Sounds, Summa, and Tim Conrardy.However, to get the best possible results, we'd recommend trying to use samples that are precisely in tune and have no regions of silence within them. * opends vast new soundscapes with 10 modulation sources and 8 modulation destinations * Hybrid Frequency Modulation and Sampling synthesis Editing the Octopus is a breeze, because all controls are located on a single panel which is always on view, so you can see at a glance any synth parameter. These components are all it needs to create anything from classic “old school” FM timbres to complex sounds far beyond those possible with conventional FM synthesis. The key component for building a sound is the instrument’s 8 oscillators, Sampler, 2 filters and 32 envelopes. The Octopus is a Dual-Matrix synthesizer containing one Matrix for Oscillator/Filter frequency modulation synthesis and another Matrix for general modulation.
