Best Ensemble/Divide-Down/Paraphonic VST/AU Synth

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Sample sets have no business in this thread. Ordinary polysynths do not have phase locked oscillators
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electro wrote:Sample sets have no business in this thread. Ordinary polysynths do not have phase locked oscillators
Once again I take the opportunity to make a general view of all the most interesting "String Synths" emulations for those who are interested by these instruments. And once again, as I have said already twice, I'm gonna make a list with the criteria which respond to the question of the OP!

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The Title clearly read Divide Down/Paraphonic and no sample set fits that criteria.
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electro wrote:The Title clearly read Divide Down/Paraphonic and no sample set fits that criteria.
Are you the sender of the original post?

No.

The sender of the original post is masterhiggins.

And he seems very happy to have all these suggestions as you can read his first answer here.

So why the hell are you pissing people off? If you don't like the answers and the discussion, get away and let masterhiggins have these answers which seem to be very interesting for him who is the sender of the question!
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BlackWinny wrote:
electro wrote:The Title clearly read Divide Down/Paraphonic and no sample set fits that criteria.
Are you the sender of the original post?

No.

The sender of the original post is masterhiggins.

And he seems very happy to have all these suggestions as you can read his first answer here.

So why the hell are you pissing people off? If you don't like the answers and the discussion, get away and let masterhiggins have these answers which seem to be very interesting for him who is the sender of the question!
Try not to get upset man. Some people in this forum come here for drama. While what he said was true as in samples don't do paraphonics, or do them well if they do, the fact is op was probably interesting in checking EVERY option.
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So here is the result of two days searching for the best emulations of String Synths. I have probably passed beside some other goodies which are therefore missing here, but I have deliberately omitted all those which are totally anecdotical.

Below you have:
  • in blue those which are samples. They are the less interesting products to recreate quite accurately the behavior of a string synth.
  • in black those which are not paraphonic (and of course not samples since we said above that the samples are in blue). These non-paraphonic architectures are interesting for recreation of string synths for someone who is not exigent.
  • in red those which are true paraphonic. They are the most interesting to recreate accurately the true behavior of string synths. Choose by preference among these products.
  • in bold those which work on OSX. (not talking about Kontakt and Reaktor)

Here they are:
  • 2getheraudio - Cheeze Machine 2 (it is a recreation of BigTick Cheeze Machine below (after Arturia), and by the same developer)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-01
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: No
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Download link sent after registration on the website
  • 2getheraudio - Cheeze Machine Pro (the "professional" version of Cheeze Machine 2 above, with many additional features)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-10
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: No
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: Donationware starting at $10 (and 10% are given to a NGO of your choice)
    • Comments: Serial number sent immediately after purchase
  • AlgoMusic - String Synthesizer
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2006-06-20
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but all the Algomusic plugins remain available at the URL above.
  • Arturia - Solina V
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-05
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: €149
    • Comments: Awesome emulation of the famous ARP Solina. All the new stuff from Arturia is wonderful.
  • Benoit Serrano - Selena
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2014-05-15
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask or get it directly here). See also Horus MK2. Selena is a downsized version Horus MK2, focused exclusively on the strings-machine side of Horus MK2. Horus MK2 (original webpage here) is discontinued also, but again feel free to ask for it or get it directly here.
  • BigTick - Cheeze Machine
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2003-02-01
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask)
  • Elektrostudio - eSline
    • KVR page
    • Website page (This website doesn't accept direct links. Choose "esLine String" in the column at left)
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2010-01-09
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask)
  • Forgotten Keys - FK3SE (for Kontakt full version)
    • There is no KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): Unknown
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £3.50
    • Comments: Emulation of Yamaha Electone FE-70 String Ensemble.
  • Forgotten Keys - FK3VE (the vocal part of the same instrument) (for Kontakt full version)
    • There is no KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): Unknown
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £3.50
    • Comments: Emulation of Yamaha Electone FE-70 Vocal Ensemble.
  • Forgotten Keys - FK4 (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2009-07-13
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £6.50
    • Comments: Emulation of Elka Rhapsody 490
  • Forgotten Keys - FK7 (for Kontakt full version)
    • There is no KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): Unknown
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £4.00
    • Comments: Emulation of Technics K(N)200 & K(N)250
  • FrozenPlain - Phoenix (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2014-02-24
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: $34
    • Comments:
  • Full Bucket Music - the deputy Mark II
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-09
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: All the stuff from Full Bucket Music is of professional quality while totally freeware.
  • Full Bucket Music - Mono/Fury
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-09
    • Paraphony: Yes (quadraphonic paraphony exactly as was the original Korg Mono/Poly)
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Faithful emulation of the Korg Mono/Poly. All the stuff from Full Bucket Music is of professional quality while totally freeware.
  • Full Bucket Music - Nabla
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-09
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Faithful emulation of the Korg Delta D50. All the stuff from Full Bucket Music is of professional quality while totally freeware.
  • FXpansion - Amber
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2013-12-24
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes in VST and RTAS (SSE CPU needed for both)
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: Yes (but not PowerPC and not Tiger)
    • OSX AU: Yes (but not PowerPC and not Tiger)
    • OSX RTAS: Yes (but not PowerPC and not Tiger)
    • Price:
    • Comments: Now discontinued (2017)
  • GForce - Virtual String Machine
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-10
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • OSX RTAS: Yes
    • Price: £79.99 excluding VAT
    • Comments: Samples of 17 String Machines (ARP Omni, ARP Quartet, Crumar Multiman, Elka Rhapsody, Eminent 310, Freeman String Symphonizer, Junost 21, Korg PE-2000, Logan String Melody, Oberheim OB-8, Oberheim Xpander, Moog Opus 3, Polymoog, Roland RS202, Solina, Yamaha SK-15, Yamaha SS-3)
  • GForce - Virtual String Machine Expansion Pack
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2014-01-23
    • Paraphony: No (see above)
    • Windows 32-Bit: See above
    • Windows 64-Bit: See above
    • OSX VST: See above
    • OSX AU: See above
    • OSX RTAS: See above
    • Price: £50.00 excluding VAT
    • Comments: Samples of 18 additional String Machines (ARP Quadra, Clef Strings, Crumar Trilogy, Elektronika EM25, Farfisa Soundmaker, Firstman FS-4V, Godwin String Concert, Hohner K4, Jen SM207 String Machine, Korg Lambda, Logan String Melody II, Polymoog Vox Humana, Sequential Prelude, Technics SX-K200, Teisco SX 400, Roland VP330, Yamaha CE-25, Yamaha GX-1)
  • Hugo Portillo - Eminent-V 310 Strings Ensemble (for Reaktor)
    • KVR pages
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-01-10
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Reaktor
    • Windows 64-Bit: Reaktor
    • OSX VST: Reaktor
    • OSX AU: Reaktor
    • OSX RTAS: Reaktor
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments:
  • Hugo Portillo - Multi Ensemble 5500 (for Reaktor)
    • There is no KVR page, even in the forums
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2006-12-05
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Reaktor
    • Windows 64-Bit: Reaktor
    • OSX VST: Reaktor
    • OSX AU: Reaktor
    • OSX RTAS: Reaktor
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments:
  • Hugo Portillo - Solina-V String Ensemble (for Reaktor)
    • KVR pages
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-03-06
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Reaktor
    • Windows 64-Bit: Reaktor
    • OSX VST: Reaktor
    • OSX AU: Reaktor
    • OSX RTAS: Reaktor
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: See also this tutorial
  • (The) Interruptor - Night Flight
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2013-11-28
    • Paraphony: Yes ("Optional divide-down mode featuring organ style phase-locked octaves")
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: $15
    • Comments: One of the best paraphonic (and cheap) emulations of the ARP Solina and of the Crumar string-machines, and with two embedded models of phasers.
  • Korg - Mono/Poly
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2018-02
    • Paraphony: Yes (quadraphonic paraphony exactly as was the original Korg Mono/Poly)
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: $49 (many original presets included!)
    • Comments: The exact emulation of their own legendary hardware device. Needs a rework of the GUI to match the standards of todays computer screens but it is an awesome plugin !
  • Krakli - StringZ2
    • KVR page
    • Website page (at the mid-height of the page)
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-05-10
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: It becomes almost anecdotic now but it remains a good string-machine.
  • Loomer - String
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2013-08-20
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • OSX RTAS: Yes
    • Price: £50 +VAT
    • Comments: Awesome ! And the developer told me recently (2018) that he thinks to develop an update, and with perhaps the ability to choose among several skins.
  • Nusofting - Strings Dream Synthesizer
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2011-06 (a version 2 is currently (Oct. 2019) in beta test)
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: $45
    • Comments: Very underestimated at the KVR database! One of the best string-machines emulations ever!
  • Rhythmic Robot - Godwin (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2013-09-16
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £14.95
    • Comments:
  • Rhythmic Robot - Lambda (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2014-02-07
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £34.95 (introductory offer at £29.95 for few months)
    • Comments: Samples of the Korg Lambda ES50 String Synth
  • Rumpelrausch Taips - Crazy Diamonds
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2005-08-19
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask)
  • Sample Katra - Surreal Strings (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2013-09-03
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: Kontakt
    • Comments: Samples of the Yamaha SS30 String Synth
  • Synth Magic - Polychrome (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-02-17
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £19.95
    • Comments: Samples of the (I was totally in love for this instrument at my 18! I had the chance to have an uncle who owned one in the 80's) for Kontakt. You have a good description of the original Polychrome here
  • Synth Magic - Sounds of the Korg Delta (for Kontakt full version)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-11-15
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt
    • OSX AU: Kontakt
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt
    • Price: £19.95
    • Comments: Samples of the Korg Delta. See also Nabla (above in the present list) from Full Bucket Music which is a true VST instrument (and 32/64 bit and paraphonic) emulating perfectly this legendary string synth without the use of samples.
  • Tronsonic - Logandy (for Kontakt full version and Apple EXS24 included in Logic)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2011-06-01
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Kontakt
    • Windows 64-Bit: Kontakt
    • OSX VST: Kontakt and EXS24
    • OSX AU: Kontakt and EXS24
    • OSX RTAS: Kontakt and EXS24
    • Price: £6 (the KVR database is wrong)
    • Comments:
  • Ugo Audio - M-Theory
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-04-14
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: Yes! (verified in my zip file!)
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask). Ugo wrote "M-theory is a physical modeling hybrid synth that provides a very wide range of high quality synthetic and hybrid acoustic modeled sounds. M-theory is the successor to the popular String Theory and, in comparison to its predecessor, M-theory is far more flexible and delivers a much higher quality tone, with greater depth, clarity, and character.". Ugo has recently totally ceased to create plug-ins.
  • Ugo Audio - String Theory
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2005-04-18
    • Paraphony: No
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Discontinued, but very easy to find (feel free to ask). For example the most recent version can be downloaded here.
  • UVI - String Machines (for UVI Workstation)
  • WOK - Cromina String Machine
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2010-05-01
    • Paraphony: Yes (by a switch in the envelope section where also a piano style envelope can be selected)
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: No
    • OSX VST: No
    • OSX AU: No
    • Price: Freeware
    • Comments: Emulation of Solina essentially, but also Crumar and Logan. It's also the good place here to mention its little VST synth brother Estrima (last update 2013-01-30) sold for only €7. While in 32-bit and Synthedit-based, all the stuff made by Wok is of great quality.
  • Wusik - Electronic Vintage Ensemble (EVE)
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-07-12
    • Paraphony: No (but since July 2014, a very nice news, Wusik 4000 has the Paraphonic module, not Wusik EVE. But Wusik 4000 is provided with some Wusik EVE sounds! Hence it's worth it to mention it in red here)
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes (new information from the developer some posts below)
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • Price: $79.95
    • Comments: Samples of CP 70B, D6 Clavinet, Rhodes 73 MK I, Suitcase 88, Mellotron Strings, PE2000 Strings, Solina, Trident String Brass Combi, Vintage Strings O3, B3 Percussive Dry, CX Drawbar Set (4 versions), Vox Continental C, Several analog waveforms, A complete Electro Drum Set, Minimoog, PolySix, Wurlitzer EP, Zvon Prepared Rhodes, Fairlight, Ethnic sounds.
    • Now discontinued.
  • Xils-Lab - PolyM
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-07
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • OSX RTAS:Yes
    • AAX: Yes
    • Price: €149
    • Comments: Huge emulation of the famous Moog Polymoog with many improvements!
  • Xils-Lab - V+
    • KVR page
    • Website page
    • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2017-12
    • Paraphony: Yes
    • Windows 32-Bit: Yes
    • Windows 64-Bit: Yes
    • OSX VST: Yes
    • OSX AU: Yes
    • OSX RTAS:Yes
    • AAX: Yes
    • Price: €149
    • Comments: "The XILS V+ combines a Vintage 10 band Vocoder, Supreme Top Octave Divider based Strings and Human Voices, or any sophisticated layering of these three elements." ... "The Top Octave Divider Oscillator provides a unique sound that no samples, or other simple synthesis techniques can reproduce. Emulating the T.O.D, without any aliasing on the whole frequency range, with its pitch and waveform modulation, was a real challenge, worthy of XILS-lab. We are very proud of this effort and offer it to you for your inspiration and enjoyment." ... "The XILS V+ would not however be a real XILS-lab instrument if we did not add a lot of functions and possibilities that were not present in the original machine, some giving access to its internal circuitry and parameters. And some being totally new."
The things seem now a bit clearer...

Note: last update of this list : 2019-10-27
Last edited by BlackWinny on Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:01 pm, edited 23 times in total.
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Cromina has a switch for paraphonic behaviour ;)
(it's in the envelope section where also a piano style envelope can be selected)
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WOK wrote:Cromina has a switch for paraphonic behaviour ;)
(it's in the envelope section where also a piano style envelope can be selected)
Thanks!!!

I rectify that immediately!
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DONE!
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While we are at it... could you tell me what is the exact date of the last update?
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BlackWinny wrote:So here is the result of two days searching for the best emulations of String Synths. I have probably passed beside some other goodies which are therefore missing here, but I have deliberately omitted all those which are totally anecdotical.

Below you have:
  • in blue those which are samples. They are the less interesting products to recreate quite accurately the behavior of a string synth.
  • in black those which are not paraphonic (and of course not samples since we said above that the samples are in blue). These non-paraphonic architectures are interesting for recreation of string synths for someone who is not exigent.
  • in red those which are true paraphonic. They are the most interesting to recreate accurately the true behavior of string synths. Choose by preference in these products.
  • in bold those which work on OSX. (not talking about Kontakt and Reaktor)
[*]Hugo Portillo - Solina-V String Ensemble (for Reaktor)
  • KVR pages
  • Website page
  • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-03-06
  • Paraphony: No
  • Polyphony: Yes
  • Windows 32-Bit: Reaktor
  • Windows 64-Bit: Reaktor
  • OSX VST: Reaktor
  • OSX AU: Reaktor
  • Price: Freeware
  • Comments: See also this tutorial



[*]Hugo Portillo - Eminent-V 310 Strings Ensemble (for Reaktor)
  • KVR pages
  • Website page
  • Last update (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-01-10
  • Paraphony: No
  • Polyphony: Yes
  • Windows 32-Bit: Reaktor
  • Windows 64-Bit: Reaktor
  • OSX VST: Reaktor
  • OSX AU: Reaktor
  • Price: Freeware
  • Comments:
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I am pretty sure both Reaktor ensembles don't use samples and are true divide down and at least the Solina is selectable paraphonic.

How to check if a synth has a divide down oscillator:
Fire up your oscilloscope and press C3, then add C4.
On a divide down synth the combined waveform would always look exactly the same, on a multioscillator polysynth the combined waveform shape will depend on the time at which you pressed C4.
Of course this effect is also audible, but for some people who dont know yet what exactly to listen for to check it, the oscilloscope method will be better.
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Thanks Mutant. Glad you mentioned that!
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LimboLoves wrote:Thanks Mutant. Glad you mentioned that!
Yes. A mistake. I don't know Reaktor enough and I've been got. I'm gonna rectify this. Thanks!
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Hum... You're half-right... and half-wrong.
:D

Yes, you're right his emulations are not sample based.

And... no, you're wrong for the other side: they can't be paraphonic (in my humble opinion) since the reference manual and it's addendum don't talk at all of paraphony, so I think Reaktor doesn't manage the paraphony.
Build your life everyday as if you would live for a thousand years. Marvel at the Life everyday as if you would die tomorrow.
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Updated!
:D
Build your life everyday as if you would live for a thousand years. Marvel at the Life everyday as if you would die tomorrow.
I'm now severely diseased since September 2018.
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I saw you guys listed Wusik EVE, just a quick comment (and shameless promo, sorry): Wusik 4000 comes with all Wusik EVE Sounds and is Windows and MAC 32 and 64 bits native. ;-)

Now, I could check out what Paraphonic is and maybe even implement it on Wusik 4000 if people want it. :hug:
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