Mantis307 is described as "a fat, mean, and rubbery VST synth influenced by the raucous sonic stylings of classic synths like the TB-303, MC-202, Nord 3, OSCar and Juno 60".
It features "killer" unison and distortion, as well as constant time-slide ("portamento done right"). In addition, sync, mono and polyphonic modes, keyboard tracking, and 3 envelope curve types, and much more. All with a low CPU footprint that lets you layer many mantis sounds without breaking a sweat.
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It'a actually a one-trick pony...or not to be so harsh...a two or three-trick pony;-).
This VSTi is definetly no all-rounder but if you're after really "in the face" basslines and leads like one could create with Access Virus or similar synths, you should give this one a try.
The UI is a bit old school and could be improved regarding usability (missing auto-center, some knobs too sensitive) and I'm missing stuff like portamento (glide), but all in all it's a good value for money.
The current version seems to suffer from stability issues when run in Reaper, maybe there will be an update fixing this some day.
Read ReviewThanks for the review! 'portamento (glide)' is found in Mantis307 as Legato and Slide and Number of Voices = 1.
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