LHI Audio Cadmium, a vector phase-shaping synth

[Cinebient]

Oh, you got me at audio rate...but i have to wait for an AU to try. Interested for sure.
No FX is good sometimes. On of the finest and biggest sounds i get from Dagger which is mono and comes with no FX (beside the included saturation/gainstaging)
I mean i like included FX if you can modulate it but mostly i bypass it anyway and replace it with my FX of choice. Polyphonic FX are wonderful as well and are better spread across as any cores as possible.
The demos sounds really nice so far. I love these half digital and half organic timbres.

[acYm]

I'd love to hear more about this. Which host? I've got a rework of the preset system scheduled for the mid-term (next year, probably Q2). Most synths seem to eschew the VST preset management entirely, but if people use those functions then I'll see about keeping them in.

Thanks for the kind words all around!

oh, I'm one of the few Kore 2 survivors in here. while it can import, that is actually the only way to access the patches when a vst has no integrated browser, as it has no per-instance preset selector. however, because of how the demo works, external preset management doesn't work, so I had to check out the patches in ableton for now. but it looks like I'd be able to make a quite nice control template... but, I'd need an automation parameter on the filter type selector, please.

Softube has the best of both worlds: fxp import support and modern onboard browser at the same time. not that I like their silly looking browser... just saying

[Examigan]

I've been using this synth for... a few years now. It's a f**king monster, and it's quite unique.

I thought it was just released? Were you a beta tester?

[wrl]

Oh, you got me at audio rate...but i have to wait for an AU to try. Interested for sure.
No FX is good sometimes. On of the finest and biggest sounds i get from Dagger which is mono and comes with no FX (beside the included saturation/gainstaging)
I mean i like included FX if you can modulate it but mostly i bypass it anyway and replace it with my FX of choice. Polyphonic FX are wonderful as well and are better spread across as any cores as possible.
The demos sounds really nice so far. I love these half digital and half organic timbres.

AU coming real soon (later this year or January 2019). VST2 was the widest platform/host support so that had to come first. You make a good point about using in-plugin modulation for the FX. Gets a little hairy with polyphony but there could be some interesting approaches there.

There are definitely some fun organic sounds in there – my personal favourites in that vein are the "WRL Hollow/Hollower/Hollowest Lead" ones. Love using them for chord stabs.

[Examigan]

Oh, you got me at audio rate...but i have to wait for an AU to try. Interested for sure.
No FX is good sometimes. On of the finest and biggest sounds i get from Dagger which is mono and comes with no FX (beside the included saturation/gainstaging)

Curve 2 is another with no FX.

[wrl]

I've been using this synth for... a few years now. It's a f**king monster, and it's quite unique.

I thought it was just released? Were you a beta tester?

Yeah, Robert helped out a ton during testing.

[wrl]

I'd need an automation parameter on the filter type selector, please.

Quick note that this is a small bug (there's an automation parameter for this, but it's incorrectly signalled to the host when it's being edited in the UI) and will be fixed with the next update.

[acYm]

ah, indeed I'm able to map the param by fishing it out of the list and it works.
let's see... what about the LR / MS switches, they don't seem to register either, and I can't see entries for it, though I can only see the first 64 params, could be it's further down.

[egbert101]

whoa, this sounds awesome. But seems a bit barebones? Love some of the pad presets and the bass sounds are strong. Hopefully this will be a long term development, so I'll keep an eye out.

[Sinthoid]

For a 1.0 this is absolutely spectacular, looking at it reminds me why I have high standards for softsynths. Not sure when I'll buy it, but I wish you the best of luck on it's development going forward.

[simmo75]

So happy I bought this, it’s unlike any other soft synth I own.
Congratulations on a truly unique instrument!

[Distorted Horizon]

Very interesting synth. I have some weird behavior in Reaper or I just don't understand something.

When I set init to polyphony, there's always sound like stuck keys or something but the sound goes away when I pull down the sustain from ENV1. Also if I set init to mono, the sound disappears but suddenly amp doesn't follow ENV1 but gate (ie sound goes on/off).

[ATS]

I almost always turn off all the effects on a synth anyhow.

[Tj Shredder]

Does it support MPE or voice per channel mode?
This is the first question I ask for any synth...

[wrl]

Very interesting synth. I have some weird behavior in Reaper or I just don't understand something.

When I set init to polyphony, there's always sound like stuck keys or something but the sound goes away when I pull down the sustain from ENV1. Also if I set init to mono, the sound disappears but suddenly amp doesn't follow ENV1 but gate (ie sound goes on/off).

Very odd, and could indeed be stuck keys. Can you reproduce this from an empty REAPER session? And, if so, can you send the steps you took (along with which OS you're running on and whether you're using 32 or 64 bit) to support@lhiaudio.com? Either way, I'll see if I can reproduce this as well.

Does it support MPE or voice per channel mode?
This is the first question I ask for any synth...

Not yet, but it's on the list. Can't provide any insight on priority or schedule just yet but if more folks start asking for it I'll bump it up.