Ametrine Audio has announced the release of Fire and Ice, a new synthesizer powered by the Wusik-Engine. The concept was to make a synth with two personalities: The "Fire" section covers basses, stab, synth and lead sounds, whilst the "Ice" section features pads, keys, organs, bell-tones and arps. 160 main presets are included with 250 variations. Two brand new skins have also been developed for the Fire and Ice.

Fire and Ice costs £14.95 and is available for Windows in the VST format.

Summary:

• Powered by the Wusik-Engine.
• 160 main presets with 250 variations.
• Custom made Bass, Stab, Synth, Lead, pads, Keys, Organs, Bell-tones and Arpeggio sounds:
  • Bass and Stabs 44
  • Synth and Leads 23
  • Arp and Wave-sequences 20
  • Pads and Strings 30
  • Bell-tones 21
  • Keys and Organs 22

Wusik Engine / Fire and Ice Details:

• Oscillators and Polyphony:
  • 6 main Oscillators / Layers with 2 Wavesequence layers.
  • 2 Wavesequence Layers can hold 32 waveforms each per layer.
  • WaveSequencing / Vector Synthesis / Sample Playback and Recording / Additive Synthesis.
  • Up to 128 voices per layer.
  • 64 note polyphony per Layer.
  • Master unison mode.
  • 3 octave + and - Range with fine tune per Oscillator Layer.
  • Use Stereo and Mono Wav files as Oscillators.
  • Drag-and-drop support for WAV, SFZ, WusikPRST and WusikSND files.
  • Uses own Preset format for Sound Files.
  • Individual A D S R per layer with Velocity control.
  • Pan and Volume Control per Osc Layer.
  • Pitch Glide per Layer.
  • Fixed Pitch Switch Button per Layer.
  • MicroTuning support via Scala .TUN files.
• Filters and Modulation:
  • 4 simultaneous Multiband Filters Per Layer.
  • Choice of Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Notch Filter Types.
  • Master Filter for the Whole Synth.
  • Serial or Parallel Filters.
  • 2 and 4 Pole Filters (12db to 24db) with smooth switch.
  • Filter Frequency and Resonance with Limit Switch.
  • Smooth Over-Sampled Filters.
  • 4 Equalizers per layer with Frequency and Gain.
  • 8 LFOs per layer with 6 waveform choices.
  • LFOs have waveform choice, along with speed and host syncing.
  • Modulation Envelope with A D S R.
  • Comprehensive Modulation Matrix.
  • X/Y pad for WaveSequencing and Vector Synthesis.
• Effects: 2 Effects simultaneous per layer:
  • Double Chorus
  • Quad Chorus
  • Stereo Echo
  • Distortion
  • Studio Reverb (Anwida Technology)
  • Studio Reverb lite
  • Studio Reverb Quad
  • Studio Reverb Echo
  • bit quantizer
  • 3 Tap Stereo Delay
  • 3 tap delay Parallel
  • Reverse Echo
  • Ring Modulator
  • Phaser
  • Flanger 32 band Vocoder
  • Dub Delay
  • leslie
  • Re psycho
  • overdrive
  • Multi Band Compressor
  • Rez Filter
  • Pitch Tracker
  • Vocoder
  • Talkbox
• Other Features:
  • Integrated Groove box.
  • Complete Multi-Core Processor support.
  • Integrated Sample-Editor with Audio-Input for Recording.
  • High Quality Over-Sampling Options.
  • Effects Collection + VST effect support.
  • Detached File-Browser with search options.
  • Disk-Streaming.
  • Full SFZ Sample support.
  • Master Limiter.
  • Real Multi-Out Version.
  • FX Version, which you can use to process sounds.
  • Special WusikSND and SFZ options: Key Switching, Round Robin, Group-Mute, Sample-Release and Sample-Legato.
  • Special WusikPACK file-format. This allows easier installation of new sounds and backup too. You can select a preset or a folder of presets, and all the required files for the preset(s) will be saved inside the WusikPACK file. For easier distribution/backup.