HG Fortune: Synthesizer and algorithmic music systems VSTi Plugins for Windows(tm)
Alphatron Pro & Basic Free VSTi Synthesizer
Alphatron is not just a simple VA synthesizer instead in using a 3rd oscillator with digital waves
it does offer a lot more variation. Thus it can do analogstyle sounds reminding of the old Moog and
Prophet days but also merge this with the digital realm in various ways to achieve sounds beyond.
Also this 3rd oscillator serves as sync master for oscillator 2 thus creating a lot more sonic flavours.
Amplitude Modulation has got it's dedicated adjustable output and uses oscillator 2 as main source being
modulated either by osc. 1 or 3. Oscillator 1 is a polywave oscillator with up to 5 additional waves,
so you might have something like Super Saw(tm), Super Pulse, Super Ramp etc.
Another big highlight of Alphatron is the versatile step sequencer with 8 + 4 pattern slots
which can be selected at realtime for instant pattern switching.
Setting Note Seq to off it can serve as stepmodulator. The Gate length can be modulated by sources.
Two playmodes: normal with adjustable number of steps or Step Variation which is in fact aonther 16 step sequencer
to set different number of steps to be played in succession. Loops can be set to repeat up to 4 times, and two
alternating semitone offsets can be set e.g. for each 2nd, 3rd or 4th loop. There are 8 pattern slots per patch
and 4 global pattern slots which can be used to instantly change pattern. Current pattern can be copied and pasted
to a selectable slot, with the global slots even among patches.
Main features (based on Pro version):
1 VA Oscillator with up to 6 poly waves for Saw, Ramp, Sine, Tri, and Pulse
1 VA Oscillator with single waves as above plus white and pink noise, Sync slave
1 Sample Osccillator with fairly typical digital waves with different hamonic content, Sync master
1 Amplitude Modulation with dedicated output
1 24 dB resonant Low Pass filter with dedicated ADSR EG, 4 mixable mod sources
1 VCA EG
Note: Both EG have 3 modes: exponential, reverse exponential, and linear; and optional control for Attack and Decay by velocity
1 Booster or Enciter selectable
1 Mystify with three selctable types (Brite, Soft, Dark)
1 bpm synced Delay with adjustable Offset controlled manually or by modsource, Pan
1 Bass Boost
1 Pan for undelayed signal
1 small Reverb for adding some nice flavour
1 Saturator
1 main Volume
3 x LFO, 1 x Duo LFO (with two waves and phase control for 2nd wave), 1 x S&H
1 Pitch LFO with option to speed up or down the LFO speed
16 Step Seqencer with Shuffle for notes and velocity plus mute buttons for each step.
incl 8 pattern slots per patch and 4 global pattern slots for instant changes
3 Wheels
Aftertouch as selectable modsource
8 Lazy buttons
8 GUI variants selectable
128 patches
Major differences of Basic Free (less features):
Basic Free: only 64 patches, no Lazy buttons, only 4 Seq Pattern per patch & 2 global Seq Pattern,
2 voices, no selectable GUI (instead there is a choice of four different dll to download),
no patch select on GUI, but a silly scroller reminder not to forget to support the developer.
Eight selectable skins with Pro version (Basic Free either Main, Lite or Black available)
Note: This plugin is for certain inexplacable reasons not running on certain Cubase SX versions - sorry.
Alphatron Pro is available for 19 Euro
You may buy the Pro version in my shop VST/i Shop
Download for the Basic free version via Download Page
Demo videos
Video #1 Tutorial on Oscs. & Filter:
Please use HD mode and full scrren
as it's been done in HD size 1280x720
Video #2 (soon):
Here is the perfect DUO: Alphatron SP Rack and Pure McOne Controller - a dream to tweak with a big sound.
