Bob Moog Foundation

Vox Humana does a nice job of recreating the sound of Moog Music's Polymoog 280A's famous "Vox Humana" preset, widely recognized from tracks like Gary Numan's "Cars." The plugin uses samples created by Alex Ball from a vintage Polymoog 280A, ensuring an authentic character. This project helps the Bob Moog Foundation, as all proceeds from sales directly support its educational and preservation work.

There are four distinct timbral modes: Original, Bright, Hollow, and Octaves. These modes offer effective, variations of the classic tone without overcomplicating the interface. Users can adjust the Attack and Decay with dedicated sliders, allowing for control over the sound's transient and release characteristics. Built-in effects—Chorus, Phaser, and Delay—further enhance the sound, adding depth and movement. Each effect has customizable parameters, making it possible to dial in specific textures. The plugin includes 10 factory presets, providing starting points for various musical contexts.

Vox Humana is a focused instrument. It does not try to be a universal synthesizer. Instead, it delivers the specific vintage sound. It should be great for music producers who want to integrate classic synth textures into their projects quickly.

Modular Icons which is part of the Native Instruments Play Series does sound modular. I Love the sounds and feel of this library. Built-in sequencer is really easy to use and you can apply it to pitch, velocity and the macros.

The play series is mostly about blending two layers and create some very useful sounds with minimalistic user interface. The sound browser is easy to use and the extra options are very useful. For example you can map the layers to different ranges on the key board and so layer A can be triggered by the lower part of the key board while layer B is triggered by the upper part of the keyboard and they can overlap as well.

Here is a video review I made to cover this library.
https://youtu.be/5wuKLOdziG4

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