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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Restructuring Synth Plugin by Wolfgang Palm
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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer by Wolfgang Palm is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin for Windows. It functions as a VST Plugin.
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Plex is a "Restructuring Synthesizer". The original sound is split into four components, lower spectrum, higher spectrum, filter characteristics and amplitude envelope, using a new audio analysis technique. Each component can be replaced and combined with other elements. The result is a thrillingly "natural" sound.

Features:

  • New synthesis approach by "PPG legend" Wolfgang Palm.
  • Real-time swapping between components of 33 sound sources.
  • 97 special pre-analyzed sound sources included.
  • 3 ADSRs, 3 synchronizable LFOs, global pitch LFO.
  • Modulation section with Stereo Delay and Flanger effects.
  • Up to 64 voices, 300 presets included.
  • All parameters accessible via MIDI controller.

NOTE: Plex 1 was distributed by Steinberg as a commercial product.

Latest User Reviews

Average user rating of 3.89 from 9 reviews
Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Reviewed By JeffRay [all]
March 22nd, 2023
Version reviewed: 2.04 on Windows

I agree with the reviewers who say that Plex is under-rated. I've used this synth and produced what I consider fantastic results. I'll also say there's some truth that the high end sounds piddley and that the synth is overall tinny. HOWEVER, with a simple tilt EQ and a tiny bit of compression, the signal becomes wide and alive. I've always viewed the thinness as being due to the lack of compression the synth applies in it's processes, where many synths ladle it on. This makes sense to me because orchestral instruments don't react well to being smashed with compression. The real excitement with Plex is that it has a totally unique approach to sound design. Instruments are divided into four components which may be mixed at your will. How about an instrument that's the high spectrum from a violin, with the lower spectrum of a pipe organ, and the filter characteristics and amplitude envelope of a choir? Wild combos are possible. Worth a download if you are into exploring new sounds.

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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Reviewed By Illforddd [all]
October 26th, 2019
Version reviewed: 2 on Windows

Madness, .

This is a very unique synth, I doubt they're many plugins similar to it you change the sampled waveform and envelope from a wide variety of things like percussion and synths to strings and woodwind.

The sounds it creates are very nice and special, it creates leads, pads, and basses and you'll never know what you'll get.

Honestly, I just love messing around in it as that creates the most bizarre patches I've ever heard, like Reaktor and VCV are weird but this just perplexing at times. And now that it's free it's an absolute gem.

The only negative I have is that you can't use custom samples. But maybe that would be too crazy.

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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Reviewed By trip [all]
March 28th, 2006
Version reviewed: ? on Windows

After selling Plex here on kvr, i think it´s time for a review;-)

The´re several reasons why i sold it:

1. The basic sound is for me very nasal. The´re are indeed some very nice presets, but when i tried to programm some patches from scratch, the results were in most cases unsatisfying. maybe other programmers have more luck.;-)

2. What i dislike most is the ´top-partial-component´, it sounds just like dripping in the pan....
And that´s the biggest problem: the several sound-components don´t blend together as one (it´s like you combine at random a lowpass and a highpass-sound, in common terms). Many combinations are senseless i.m.h.o., especially the one which the marketslogans courted for (can´t remember, i think it was a piano and a flute??!) :-)

3. I missed a semitone-controller, you can only choose the octave. Furthermore the phasersound is very onesided.

Beside this the´re are still some pro´s:
- great gui
- great env and lfo-options
- good "live"-options

conclusion: the plex isn´t that bad. if you´re fond of the provided samples and the basic sound, plex will do a good job for you.
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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Reviewed By r2101 [all]
March 8th, 2005
Version reviewed: ... on Windows

well plex was an odd failure in marketing terms... which is really strange cause this unique synth definitely produces beautiful - and very expensive sounding - digital pads and "moving" sounds. personally i find the soundscapes this synth is capable to do very close to the sound of my wavestation sr. sure it doesn´t feature wavesequencing ... but it sounds airy, impressive and soundtrackish to the max imho. the userinterface indeed looks like a electronic game from an bygone age :) but is amongst the most accessible interfaces for a synth i ever saw. it´s so easy to come up with useful musical sounds... sure it doesn´t produce one-note wonders, but used in a arrangment the sounds become "alive"...glittering and sparkling with beauty and class. if you are looking for realistic analog sounds or imitations of natural sounds you won´t get happy here, but if you like those etheral pads and synth sounds this is the right thing to get. and since it was included with newer vstis from steinberg for free it´s an absolute steal to have!!!
if i had to describe the soundcharacter i would say: airy, digital, crisp, floating above the ground... (ok, i am biased, i love this thing).
it´s not about the single sampled elemnts... it´s the combination. plex sound is more than the sum of its parts! e.g. try the 8080 patch in the factory soundbank... just change some elements... you will come up with beautiful soundtrackish pads in no time... simply amazing...

p.s. being the lucky kind of person i am i bought it before it became a free added bonus...
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Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

Reviewed By x_bruce [all]
February 8th, 2003
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows

There seems to be a backlash against so-called 'large' companies and their products. N.I. experiences this problem as does Steinberg. In Steinberg's case some of their entries in the VSTi world have deserved negative attention.

Plex is different though. It is a 90's rompler workstation with the brain of a mad scientist. At times Plex sounds like the Wavestation's cousin.

Plex works with a bit more than 90 processed samples that work as data for various color coded segments of the instrument's character. Yellow = filter, Red = base sample and Green = Top component. The forth component is the simple but effective LFO and ADSR envelope areas.

Designed by Wolfgang Palm this instrument cleverly combines simplistic control while associating timbre and sound functions with colors on a interface that at first look seems daunting but is very simple. Read the manual, it is well written.

The principle of Plex's synthesis engine boils down to this; you have restructured waves as your virtual instrument's basic tonal character, it's color (or overtones) and it's physical characteristics. Restructured waves are based on traditional instruments, synths and a few novel but interesting artificial objects and for lack of a better way of saying it, realities.

The LFO is simple yet powerful and depending on how you construct your instrument can be anything from a simple lead to something wildly exotic. Plex is digital sounding due to some seemingly uninteresting samples, but looks decieve.

If you're buying Plex as your virtual rompler keep looking. Plex is more than the sum of it's samples. They are constructs that come to iife when the patch is designed.

Great sounds can be made with Plex. It's samples are designed for synthesizing, not realism. Think of wavetable synths, would you judge the microWave based on the sound of it's wavetables? Similarly, why judge Plex by bland samples. It's not a sample playback synth!

Plex is unique and has a lovely sound.
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Comments & Discussion for Wolfgang Palm Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer

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Discussion: Active
soma
soma
19 March 2013 at 3:22pm

Is there a manual available?

werp
werp
17 April 2013 at 2:59am

yes, look in the documents file and select your language. 52 pages in pdf format.

THIS POST HAS BEEN REMOVED

BlackWinny
BlackWinny
28 October 2013 at 5:54pm

Full documentation in german, english... and french! Great.

Merci .

Merci .

Merci .

Wolfgang Palm was the owner of PPG and its chief designer. As far as I remember he made his first synthesizer in 1975 with the help of... Tangerine Dream! He is the creator of the digital wavetable oscillators that were used for the first time in the famous PPG Wave 2. When PPG ceased to exist (in 1987 if my memory doesn't fail) he continued his work with Waldorf, which is now reknowned for their fabulous synthesizers developed around his digital wavetable synthesis and used by many of the most famous musicians all around the world.

Notbob
Notbob
13 July 2017 at 4:13am

This is a very fun little synth. Just drag and drop the 3 waveforms into the various sounds and the parameters seem endless! Right click the mouse in a section for a drop down menu to add sounds to each section. Many presets to choose for starting points, too. This thing has kept me up late quite a few nights. Haven't even got to thinking about a manual yet. Very nice for a freebie.

brok landers
brok landers
21 October 2019 at 1:14pm

sadly it seems to be not available anymore. or at least i don't find any valid link....

BlackWinny
BlackWinny
21 October 2019 at 6:58pm

Hello friend .

There are several mirrors which are all still valid:

Cheers.

Jacques.

brok landers
brok landers
21 October 2019 at 9:57pm

oh, hey - thanks a lot.

BlackWinny
BlackWinny
21 October 2019 at 10:21pm

It was my pleasure.

:-).

arakula
arakula
22 October 2019 at 7:38am

Hmmm, seems the web https://plex.hermannseib.com got lost in a recent server switch; it's up again now.

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