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Synthesist Jean-Luc Briançon (Kurtz Mindfields) shared this synth jam, featuring the Heritage Modular Synthesizer, created by Frédéric Rible.

The Heritage Modular synthesizer has been designed to mimic the typical look and feel of an early 1970s modular synthesizer, but with 8-voice polyphony and MIDI MPE support.

The core of the synthesizer is based on Pure Data: a powerful sound engine for the generation and processing of audio signal. The underlying algorithms have been chosen for faithful emulation of analog circuitry characteristics.

A dedicated set of hardware modules has been designed to act as controllers for Pure Data. These modules are populated with knobs, switches, lights and jack sockets, modeled on the classical modular synthesizer. The communication between Pure Data and these hardware modules is done via an I2C bus implemented over a standard 16-pin Eurorack connector.

For more info on the Heritage Modular Synthesizer, see the project website.

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Blaukraut has released Charlatan 3, a free virtual analog (VA) synthesizer, for Linux + Windows, with focus on sound quality and usability.

Features:

• Two dual oscillators per voice with custom drawable waveforms, cross-modulation (Phase Mod, linear Frequency Mod, Ring Mod), windowed hard sync and noise generator
• Up to 7 unison voices per oscillator
• Two filters per voice with types: 4-pole ladder LP/HP/BP, Acid LP, 2-pole Sallen-Key LP/HP/BP, Notch and Comb
• Flexible filter routing (serial / parallel / dual)
• Four modulation generators with freely drawable shape where each can operate either as LFO or envelope generator
• Four Modulation transformers (XFORM) allow reshaping any control signal through a user-defined mapping
• Arbitrary routing of modulation signals via Drag’n’Drop
• High-quality master FX section: Distortion, Phaser, Chorus, Reverb, Delay, EQ
• Very low CPU and RAM usage
• Optional internal 2x oversampling
• Preset browser
• Cross-platform support: Windows / Linux / VST3 / CLAP

Charlatan 3 is available now as a free download.

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Punk Labs’ OneTrick Keys is a lo-fi keys plugin based on a “vintage” physical modelling algorithm developed in the ’90s. With six onboard effects, this synth plugin has more than one trick up its sleeve.

Punk Labs has announced the release of OneTrick Keys, a piano synth with a crunchy, lo-fi sound.

The plugin is based on a physical modelling synth engine that makes use of an algorithm called Commuted Piano Synthesis developed at Stanford University in the ’90s.

Arriving with 25 preset sounds, OneTrick Keys offers 16-voice polyphony and its chilled-out tones can be run through six onboard effects, including reverb, flutter, bitcrushing, and saturation, alongside vinyl simulation and tape noise for an extra vintage feel.

The plugin is equipped with various controls for shaping the sound of the instrument’s physically modelled strings and body, which is then run through its effects section; the reverb offers controls for size, dampness, amount and a high-pass filter, while the media panel lets you dial in tape noise and adjust the speed, shape and amount of flutter.

The sampler panel gives you control over the bitcrusher’s sample rate and bit depth, along with high and low-pass filters. Finally, the sound passes through a mixer with adjustable gain levels, saturation and panning.

Features:

• 25 factory presets
• 16 voice polyphony
• Simulated vinyl or tape noise
• Flutter controls
• Studio reverb and saturation
• Lo-fi bitcrusher
• Preset browser with tags and editing
• Sustain and Sostenuto pedal support
• Nondestructive modulation (CLAP only)
• All parameters are automatable
• No telemetry or analytics
• No DRM
• Open source to inspect, learn from, adapt, and improve

OneTrick Keys is priced at $79 and is available in CLAP, VST3 and AU formats for macOS, Windows and Linux. Find out more or listen to a sound demo on Punk Labs’ website.

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