09/13/2006, 5:05pm, EDT
Wednesday, September 13th
NI unveils Battery 3, Absynth 4
Absynth 4 is the fourth generation of Native Instruments' semi-modular software synthesizer offering extended sound design and performance capabilities via a new customizable signal flow; additional oscillator, waveform and envelope features; and a completely revised modulation concept. The update features a new KORE-compatible sound browser, as well as customization capability for the semi-modular signal flow. A new "Wave Morph" function creates a wide range of new timbres through interpolation between two user-definable waveforms, with real-time modulation of the interpolation readout. A new "Sync Granular" oscillator mode also adds an entirely new sound source, resembling a blown or strummed acoustic instrument.
The fourth generation of Absynth offers a global master ADSR envelope to shape complex sound, and users can synchronize the individual multi-breakpoint envelopes to a beat grid to create sound movements that follow the global tempo of a host sequencer.
A revised modulation concept in Absynth 4 offers increased real-time performance and automation options. Sixteen assignable macro controls can manipulate any combination of oscillator, filter, modulation and effect parameters, with the additional option to convert any pair of controls into an XY field. "Audio Modulation" also allows an external input signal as a routable controller.
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