Softube Modular gets slapped and excited with Mutable Instruments Rings

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Softube Modular continues its campaign of authenticity in its software Eurorack environment by acquiring another official Mutable Instruments module. Mutable Instruments Rings is a popular physical modelling Eurorack module that’s helped define the sound of Eurorack over the past 3 years. Rings for Softube Rings is all about modelling materials that are then excited in […]

NAMM 2019: Arché – physically modelled strings for authentic expressive control

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Expressive E the makers of the weirdly wonderful Touché wobbly MIDI/CV controller has introduced Arché, a suite of virtual instruments that model the acoustic qualities of cello, viola and violin. Arché Collection The software simulates the physics of real bows hitting real strings and aims to recreate every last detail of that interaction. It is […]

String Studio VS-3 adds new dimensions to unique string oscillators

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String Studio VS-3 uses a collection of unique string oscillators in place of the usual VCOs and DCOs found in most synthesizers. These form the basic sounds sources and can be plucked, bowed and hammered before routing through a blend of synthesis components. String Studio VS-3 The new version brings in two voice multitimbrality by […]

PA3 Derailer: metal bars and springs colide in physical modelling virtual synth

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Derailer builds a physical modelling synthesizer through a combination of metal bars and springs. The metal bars can be struck or bowed and connected to other bars via non-linear springs. As the bars are played the springs cause sympathetic resonance in other connected bars. The result is haunting, expansive and has this sense of danger […]