discoDSP releases Corona VA + WAVE synth for Mac and Win

discoDSP has released Corona, a new VA + WAVE synth for 32- and 64-bit Mac OS X (VST/AU) and Windows (VST). It costs €99 / $139.

Corona is a virtual analog and wave synthesizer featuring 3 VA + WAVE oscillators, up to 14 combine modes between oscillators resulting in extensive timbres, 8 destination matrix modulations, 3 LFOs, 3 ADSR envelopes, unison, chorus, delay and limiter effects with high-quality sound and analog modeled filters using a straightforward and easy to use interface.

Feature highlights

Full 64 bit compatibility:

• 32- and 64-bit Audio Units and VST for Mac.
• 32- and 64-bit VST for Windows.

Unique oscillator modes: Oscillators can be combined using operators. There are 10 for Phase mode or 14 for Detune mode (DT):

• Add.
• Sub.
• Mul.
• And.
• Or.
• Xor.
• Abs And.
• Abs Or.
• Abd Xor.
• Pythag.
• Sync.
• Ringmod.
• Pm/Broken Pm.

Hundreds of waveforms: From classic VA saw, triangle, square, sine, parabola and noise to the included waveforms in two extra DWB banks with 300+ timbres from:

• Aeterphon.
• ARP 2600.
• Buchla Modular.
• Crumar Performer Elka Synthex.
• Eminent 310.
• EMS VCS-3.
• Fairlight CMI.
• Farfisa organ.
• Fender Rhodes.
• Hohner.
• Jen Bass Pedal.
• Korg Lambda.
• Korg MS-20.
• Korg Polysix.
• Mellotron.
• Memorymoog.
• Micromoog.
• Minikorg.
• Minimoog.
• Modulus Monowave.
• Moog MG-1.
• Moog Prodigy.
• Moog Rogue.
• Moog Taurus.
• Oberheim Matrix.
• Oberheim OB8.
• Oberheim Xpander.
• Odissey.
• Paia Fatman.
• Polymoog.
• Prophet 5.
• Prophet 600.
• Rhodes Chroma.
• Rhodes Polaris.
• Roland Alpha Juno.
• Roland Juno 60.
• Roland Juno 106.
• Roland Jupiter 4.
• Roland JX.
• Roland SH-101.
• Roland System 100.
• Theremin.
• Vox Jaguar.
• Waldorf Pulse.
• Yamaha CS80.

Filters: 7 different filter types, 2-pole and 4-pole each with selectable tahn, poly, asym1, asym2, hardlimit, polywrap and asymwrap shapes. Includes filter positive and negative drive, keytracking and selectable pre-post volume envelope stage.

Fat, easy, mix-standing unison: Dedicated Unison unit to make sounds spread across the stereo mix with selectable octave spread, voices, detune knob and panning spread controls.

Flexible ADR curves: Up to 5 different envelope curves for extended shaping.

Easy to use modulation matrix: Select the most relevant synth destinations to be modulated by:

• MIDI Note.
• MIDI Velocity.
• Pitch Wheel.
• MIDI CC#1 Modulation Wheel.
• MIDI Aftertouch.
• MIDI CC#4 Foot Controller.
• MIDI CC#11 Expression.
• MIDI CC#2 Breathe.
• Several random values.
• Modulation LFO.
• Modulation Envelope.
• Filter LFO.
• Filter Envelope.
• Vibrato LFO.
• Vibrato Envelope.