HG Fortune releases Avatar ST

HG Fortune has announced the release of Avatar ST, the first of a new generation of HG Fortune synths. It's available for Windows as a VST instrument plug-in in Basic Free and Pro versions (€39):

Avatar ST is most suited for a large variety of pads, soundscapes, atmospheres or related FX sounds but can do other sounds like e.g. certain kinds of basses too. The 16-Step Modulator allows sounds to be fairly rhythmical in various ways if required. Also you can have one section step-modulated while the the other is not as there are two complete sections with oscillators, modifiers, VCA EG, Delay, Pan and Reverb send, plus a grain processor and a multimode filter to be inserted via different audio routings. In addition there are a lot of modulation options you might select from in order to tailor your sound.

Twelve Tutorial patches have been created in order to help you explore this synth - see Appendix 4 of manual.

Main features (based on Pro version):

• 2 x 2 PCM wave oscillators with 384 waves in 3 banks.
• 2 x Osc Mix section with one XY-Pad plus mix option for direct and step modulated out.
• 2 x Mystify with three selectable types (Bright, Soft, Dark).
• 1 x Grain Processor.
• 1 x Filter with 4 types (LP, HP, BP and Feedback) incl. 1 ADSR EG.
• 2 x VCA EG (ADSR).
• 2 x Delay, 2 x Pan.
• 7 x LFO, 1 x S&H, 16 Step Modulator, Keytrack and Modwheel.
• 1 semi-parametric 3-Band Stereo EQ, 1 small Reverb for adding some nice flavour.
• 16 voices, 8 Lazy Buttons.

Major differences between Basic Free and Pro version:

• Pro Version = 16 voices, 128 internal patches, 384 internal waves (3 banks).
• Basic Free = 4 voices, 64 internal patches, 256 internal waves (banks #0 & #2), SF2 & wave loading only with Osc B2.