Charlatan v1.4.1 - free VA synth (Win VSTi 32-/64-bit)
- KVRian
- 648 posts since 6 Nov, 2011 from The Netherlands
We made a soundbank containing 73 presets (FXB and VST3) and you can download it from here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/charlat ... /downloads
Check out our demo track containing 21 instances of Charlatan, using presets from our soundbank here:
http://soundcloud.com/solidtrax/solidtrax-charlatan-21
We hope you enjoy the soundbank!
Merry Christmas!
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/charlat ... /downloads
Check out our demo track containing 21 instances of Charlatan, using presets from our soundbank here:
http://soundcloud.com/solidtrax/solidtrax-charlatan-21
We hope you enjoy the soundbank!
Merry Christmas!
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- KVRist
- 97 posts since 15 Oct, 2007 from Wales
hi... is there any chance of getting patches preloaded with this synth?
Great work otherwise!
Great work otherwise!
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- KVRian
- 1359 posts since 3 Dec, 2002
Thank you for your efforts this synth does indeed sound lovely.
While I love the sound, the GUI, when playing I feel it's almost too perfect. I'd love to see aftertouch implemented or anything that would add some expressiveness.
I do think you have created something special with Charlatan.
While I love the sound, the GUI, when playing I feel it's almost too perfect. I'd love to see aftertouch implemented or anything that would add some expressiveness.
I do think you have created something special with Charlatan.
- KVRian
- 648 posts since 6 Nov, 2011 from The Netherlands
We also believe BlauKraut Engineering made something very nice, that's why we had to contribute by making a soundbank for it. This will not be the last bank we made for it, there will be more in 2012!MRT wrote:Thank you for your efforts this synth does indeed sound lovely.
While I love the sound, the GUI, when playing I feel it's almost too perfect. I'd love to see aftertouch implemented or anything that would add some expressiveness.
I do think you have created something special with Charlatan.
One thing that would be awesome is to have 2 (or more) layers inside Charlatan, because it's amazing how extremely nice and rich soundscapes you can make when you start layering a few Charlatan instances!
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 407 posts since 6 Apr, 2008
Hi all,
here is a new version for you with various enhancements and fixes. In parallel to these maintenance updates, I've been working on a complete rewrite of the synth engine using hand-optimized SSE code. Especially with polyphonic patches, this reduces CPU usage by more than 60% ! I'd say the rewrite is ~80% completed and I don't expect serious issues for the remaining 20%. However, due to the nature of such large scale code rewrite, this needs extensive testing to avoid regressions. I'm thinking about a public beta here. After that, feature enhancements I have on my TODO list are:
* LFO sync
* custom background color
* Shape parameter for Osc1 noise (not sure yet how it should work exactly, but probably some kind of spectrum shaping)
Have fun!
1.1.4 (2012-02-08 )
here is a new version for you with various enhancements and fixes. In parallel to these maintenance updates, I've been working on a complete rewrite of the synth engine using hand-optimized SSE code. Especially with polyphonic patches, this reduces CPU usage by more than 60% ! I'd say the rewrite is ~80% completed and I don't expect serious issues for the remaining 20%. However, due to the nature of such large scale code rewrite, this needs extensive testing to avoid regressions. I'm thinking about a public beta here. After that, feature enhancements I have on my TODO list are:
* LFO sync
* custom background color
* Shape parameter for Osc1 noise (not sure yet how it should work exactly, but probably some kind of spectrum shaping)
Have fun!
1.1.4 (2012-02-08 )
- Jet another revision of the 4-pole ladder filter implementation. Placement of nonlinearities is now correct wrt. the original circuit
- new switch 2OCT for Osc2: double detune range (+/-2 octaves)
- 90 degree phase shift of Osc2 square wave relative to Osc1 (only when sync is inactive). Emulates behavior of sub-oscs of Roland synths.
- if Osc1 is set to noise, the ring mod input from Osc1 is now the rectangle signal rather than noise.
- Reduced max. filter key tracking from 200% to 100%. 200% just isn't useful.
- BUGFIX: LFO delay parameter was completely hosed (10x the displayed value!)
- BUGFIX: handle LFO delay time on samplerate change
- doubled max. LFO delay time (10s -> 20s)
- minor tweaks'n'fixes
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- KVRist
- 380 posts since 27 Sep, 2006 from Eastern US
I just downloaded 1.1.4 and it seems to work well. One problem I found is that some of the presets appear to be incorrect. The plug-in informs the host that it takes programs as chunks (effFlagsProgramChunks) however a bunch of the presets (e.g. 808 Kick.fxp) do not contain any chunks. I believe these should be updated to include chunks.
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- KVRAF
- 2973 posts since 10 Sep, 2003 from Karlskoga, Stockholm, Sweden
It sounds absolutely fantastic! NO bugs so far in XT.
- KVRAF
- 3540 posts since 1 Oct, 2006 from Um! Where is this?
Nice update.
Thanks
Thanks
- KVRAF
- 4784 posts since 2 Sep, 2005 from city of lights (nl)
Nice one
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- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
I'd made a few patches that used more than 100% filter keytracking. It may be unuseful for full-keyboard sounds, but for peculiar sounds that play in a limited range, I think it's quite a unique effect.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 407 posts since 6 Apr, 2008
New version 1.2 is out! I would say a rather important update.
1.2 (2012-06-03)
1.2 (2012-06-03)
- new feature: LFO sync to host tempo
- new feature: set LFO phase at song start (applies also to non-synced LFO rates!)
- new feature: DCO ("Digitally controlled oscillator") switch: see readme.txt
- new feature: Osc1 shape parameter now applies lowpass/highpass filter to noise source (center position yields white noise).
- improved filters
- better solver for nonlinear zero-delay feedback (credits to Teemu Voipio aka mystran)
- nicer saturation characteristic
ATTENTION: Patches with high resonance could sound slightly different than with previous versions! Adjustments of resonance, oscillator levels and master volume might be necessary. - improved UI graphics
- Legato mode: only retrigger LFO delay on non-legato notes
- BUGFIX: reset all voices when playback starts
- some more presets
- KVRAF
- 3922 posts since 15 Dec, 2009
Cool, synced LFO, thanks for the update but getting this nasty error message in both REAPER and Minihost (XP 32 SP3):
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