Alphakanal Automat (VST/AU plug-in) three oscillator synthesizer

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Alphakanal Automat (VST/AU plug-in) three oscillator synthesizer -
11 January 2009, at 08:22
For a couple months, I've looked for synthesizers that could greatly expand my possibilities. One of them was Crystal, which, according to the reviews, has a great deal of potential, but I have so far found it to be confusing to figure out. There are great pre-sets there, but I have wanted to create something from scratch, and doing so is not as easy. Automat, on the other hand, I discovered a couple months ago, and have been experimenting with for a great deal of time. It starts you off with a single sine wave and has all the basic things you'll need (three oscillator generators, a filter on each one, a mixer filter envelope, an amplitude envelope, basic effects like chorus and reverb, and a modulation envelope with up to 14 modulations.) It has several wave types (sine, saw, triangle, square, pulse/table, noise, etc) I can't believe this thing is legal to freely download, because it has done some great wonders for me.

The interface is ridiculously easy to use and understand. I'm still having trouble figuring out how to install the pre-sets for this program, but so far, I've been able to create some pretty decent instruments on my own that I will showcase in an upcoming song I've mostly completed. I finally created my own supersaw sound as well, which works great for arpeggiated leads. I'm trying to improve it with tons of EQing and effects, but Automat has enough features to accelerate your mission.

Anyways, I'm just sharing this, because I have found it so user friendly, free but by no means cheap and limited, and it's something I recommend for anyone.

If anyone has questions or is familiar enough with the program to share information, please do share so we can compare notes. I'm still trying to get more out of it, and it continues to amaze me with each day of practice.

Link: http://www.alphakanal.de:4356/
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