Hi Y'all

At last I will break cover and give you an idea of the upcoming SynthStudio Pack III

As some of you know I debated not calling it SSP at all. I got shot down on that one and so I happily announce to you:

SynthStudio Pack III - Virgo Constellation

The Virgo bit comes from a long association I have had in my music with a mythical planet called Virgo 12. Constellation because it is a collection and then one of the synths took that name as well.

One of you knows that I even thought about this release being a single synth. But of course my nature got the better of me and SSP III is currently:

Virgo 12 - 12 voice .sf2 synth with 16-step sequencer (see below)

Tallis - the prototype for V12 with different filter structure w. 8-sep seq and a very different character

WaveScore - next in the WaveSphere/WaveLine series and great for film style sounds

Constellation V - 70's style string synth with a great character

Virgo 4 - 4 part chorus flanger for great wide sounds

SD-82 - a drive unit that specialises in subtlety but can get really really nasty if you break it (to answer a riddle SD-82 - special driver + 1982 = The Chauffer by Duran Duran)

Price is set to increase just a smidge, but I think that at $10 Australian (less for most of you) SSP III will continue my tradition of silly pricing.

I haven't set a release date yet as sounds are still being made, manuals don't exist and I need to build a whole new web site.

Excellent! Can't wait to have enough time to contribute some presets again!

I can't wait for that either Em. I think that there are some things in here that you will love.

don't keep my finger hovering over the paypal button too long

Here is some of the info I sent over to the Pro-fessional sound designer who has made all the sounds for Virgo 12.




This is what I have heard so far

http://www.pro-sounds.net/Audio/SSP3/001.mp3

http://www.pro-sounds.net/Audio/SSP3/002.mp3

http://www.pro-sounds.net/Audio/SSP3/003.mp3

http://www.pro-sounds.net/Audio/SSP3/LoFiPiano.mp3

I'll see what I can do for you Mr Dream

That's good news.

I tried, but i would never get that riddle right...

Yeah well if riddles were to easy there'd be no fun in them. I thought I got you close too.

SD-82 is the drive unit that is upcoming in SSP III. I have often been frustrated by how most distrotion units are designed either for guitars or more recently simply to rip sounds apart. I have for some time been interested in a distortion unit that can be used on strings or other synth sounds as a kind of analog warmer or can whip up some interesting tones.



1. Low or Hi pass Filter
2. 4 types of Drive from soft to ugly - note the gain can be entered manually allowing you to enter silly numbers
3. Multi Mode Filter
4. LFO for the 2nd Filter which operates as eiter a standard LFO or at audio rates for interesting distortions
5. Mixer
6. Noise Gate - which you will need if you intend to break this unit

Very interesting!

That's also a concern I've had for quite a while now. Looking forward to this, as it's a much needed tool.

I use Ableton Live, which has the very nice Saturator, i'm guessing this will be kind of like that? More warmth and punch instead of hell brake loose distorted?

Can't say I know the saturator in Live but SD-82 can be very subtle so you need to A/B to hear a difference. Listeners don't need to know that you used distortion.

When I finally get around to making music again I think I will use this a bit.

Looking good Benedict ... can't wait

Nor can I, it's pretty well all the boring stuff left to do and I want to make music instead oo writing manuals