Eska has announced the release of QUODfm - a multi-timbral software synthesiser based on FM synthesis that introduces some new concepts for song developing and live use.

Features:

• Four part multi-timbral.
• Undertones: "Trautonium" subharmonics.
• Dynamic scale quantize (scale constraining) for each channel.
• Load on select browsing of presets and microtunings.
• Chord Pads: A 16 x chord-memory, finger-drumpad interface.
• Live-channel: Route dynamically to the synth and control channels.
• Retrigger button for the last n notes per channel.
• BPM related control signals, shuffle, master time stretch.

Priced at €39 QUODfm is available for Windows as a VST instrument plug-in. A demo version can be downloaded.