Le Lotus Bleu has released Retro Rocket, a collection of 160 patches for the Linplug virtual synthesizer Alpha 3.

Each preset of this collection has been surgically designed by Sound Designer Vivolator to offer you the precious vibes of the '80s, as well as many additional instruments for modern Club genres, making the best of Alpha 3's oscillators and special features.

This Soundset is suitable for Synth and Brit Pop, Funk, Soul, Pop and Rock, Song Writing, '80s and '90s music genres, IDM and Modern Club Music.

Retro Rocket features:

• 160 instruments, clearly organised in thematic categories.
• Includes Arp & Sequences (23) Basses (19), Brass (6), Keys, Stabs and Grooves (46), Pads & Brass & Strings (17), Leads (14), Fx (15), Organs (5) Percussions (17).
• Highly expressive instruments, with many real time expression features (Mod Wheel, Aftertouch).
• CPU Friendly instruments, all playable on a reference PIV Single Core 3 Ghz Computer.
• A PDF manual including preset list, with an individual comment for each instrument, installation procedure, tips and tricks for Alpha 3.

Pricing

Retro Rocket costs €21 for European customers, around $29 outside Europe. It is available to purchase for the introductory price of €14.50 until May 26, 2011.