Free VSTi Software
Synthesizer
designed by Richard
Brooks
and the Voltkitchen Group
(Glen Stegner,
Gunnar
EkornÄs,
and Gabriel Abney).
Arppe2600va
This amazing softsynth has a multitude of Frequency Modulation
options which
enable it to create some truly awesome sound effects. PWM,
Sample &
Hold, virtual Spring Reverb, Ring Modulation, and a dedicated
Noise
Generator
are all there! Also, there is Oscillator Sync and Filter Color
(to adjust between LowPass
and HiPass filter types). Most important of all, beginning
with
version
2.0 the Arppe2600va is now completely patchable via a cleverly
designed
Mod Matrix! You can have up to 12 patch routings with a
very
user-friendly
(and visible!) drop-down menu interface, instead of messy
virtual patch
cables cluttering up the screen. All controls are mapped to MIDI
CC#'s,
and you can override the default settings by using the MIDI
Learn
feature.
Use as a simple stand-alone synth (.exe file included), or copy
the DLL
into your favorite DAW or sequencer's plugin folder.
Update 17 Nov 05: Version 2.2 now
available
This is a bug fix release only. It
fixes
the MIDI CC mappings which were not fully updated in version
2.1.
23 Sept 05: Version 2.1
There are 30 new patches by Gabriel
Abney,
plus 30 more by "Databass Tom", for a total of 80 presets so
far!
These new presets really show off the
modular capabilities of Arppe2600va!
Also, an LFO keyboard trigger switch
has
been added.
Other than that, this is mainly a bug
fix release, with the following repairs being made:
- The Gain slider in the VCA now
properly
acts as a Global Output, and has been labelled accordingly.
- All effects have been adjusted to
go
through the Global Output now.
- Oscillator wave phase adjustments
were
made, to sound closer to the original hardware.
- Volt Processor response is vastly
improved.
- Obsolete elements in the
programming
were removed; it might improve CPU performance on some systems.
11 Aug 05: Version 2.0
The synth is now completely
patchable
(as it should be!) via a Mod Matrix below the main synth
area.
Also,
the following has been added: Oscillator Sync, Filter Color
(LowPass/HiPass
adjuster), FX Type/Time/Damp for the VCA, Repeat Rate, MIDI
Channel
select,
Last Note Priority select, and the Voltage Processor is now
functional.
All new programming by Gabriel Abney.