Alternative to Synapse Audio WaveFusion? (simple wavetable synth)

[cyrb]

One of the tragic casualties when Synapse's Orion discontinued. It's a pretty good wavetable synth with a nice sound. Any alternatives that match what it can do without going too far ahead? Unfortunately I can't keep Orion around forever. And the ReWire is removed in 8.6, but it was bugged anyway.

3 LFOs, 3 oscillators, each with an index into wavetable (as well as an LFO and modulation envelope for travelling through wavetable). Pretty fast envelopes. pretty simple and straight to the point.

I know PPG Wave 3x exists but I'd rather not go for a pure emulation in this case.

[Dafydd Powell]

Kilohearts phaseplant is one to look at. If you can manage with only 2 wavetable oscillators and you aren't trying to make heavy bass music sounds, check out Xfer serum instead.

[george]

We have several wavetable synths (they support WAV and SF2): Discovery Pro and Corona.

[carrieres]

Dune3 from synapse audio, 3LFO, up to 16 wavetables

[Teksonik]

Yes Dune 3 is the successor to Wavefusion.

Spurred on by this thread I just tried importing Wavefusion wavetables into Dune 3 and it works so you should be able to reproduce all of Wavefusion's sounds in Dune 3 and then go ten times farther if you wish.

[EnGee]

What about a "great" alternative by the same developer but for cheap?!

Dune CM is great! I still use it sometimes when I need simple wavetable synth (although it is not that simple) but I love its GUI with just one layer and everything is accessible mostly. Get it with any Computer Music issue from Zinio

[Teksonik]

3 LFOs, 3 oscillators, each with an index into wavetable (as well as an LFO and modulation envelope for travelling through waveform).

Dune CM which is a feature limited version of Dune 1 is great but only allows for 2 simultaneous Wavetables and no WT import.

Still for the price of a magazine Dune CM is a great deal especially considering how many other plugins you get for that price.

[EnGee]

I think it is only the FX section is missing in Dune CM compared to Dune 1. Anyway, if the OP have the money, then I absolutely recommend Dune 3 as the others said

[Russell Grand]

Years ago, I used to wish that I could get Wavefusion as a VSTi for use in other DAWs. Some great sounds and simple workflow on that one.

[ENV1]

I think it is only the FX section is missing in Dune CM compared to Dune 1.

AFAIK CM also has only 1 ModMatrix page.

Its BE (BeatEdition) that is more or less the full version minus the FX.

(IIRC there was some other minor thing missing in BE but i cant even remember what exactly that was.)

[Teksonik]

I'm giving Wavefusion a play for the first time in years and....Meh....things have advanced so much since then........

Ultran is an Orion only synth that I always thought would have been worthy of further development but you can hear the DNA of all the old Orion instruments in Dune 1,2, and 3......

[cyrb]

Phaseplant, Serum and Dune3 are fine I am sure, but greatly surpass the capabilities of WaveFusion. I'm trying to confine myself to that 'early 2000s wavetable synth' feeling. Basically like PPG Wave but with a more traditional interface than a bunch of menus trying to emulate the originals. Perhaps it is time to dust off the ol Reaktor...

Although if Dune3 can actually import WaveFusion tables, that's nuts! I'll have to take a look now then. I'll also have a look at DuneCM as that is a classic.

I'm giving Wavefusion a play for the first time in years and....Meh....things have advanced so much since then........

Ultran is an Orion only synth that I always thought would have been worthy of further development but you can hear the DNA of all the old Orion instruments in Dune 1,2, and 3......

Yeah it definitely sounds dated as far as what is expected from modern synths, but it captures that early 2000s gritty digital vibe well. Another plugin I am reminded of is SHN-1 by Shin'en.. but that one doesn't let you modulate the wavetable as much as WaveFusion. Here's the kind of sound I mean:

https://clyp.it/n1kjxfk1?token=c374af80 ... d60feb7aaf

[Teksonik]

Sorry I should have said Dune 3 can import the Wave files that Wavefusion uses for its WTs. The WTs themselves are just simple .txt files. You can open them in Word Pad and see what they contain.

So you could import the Wavefusion wave files into Dune 3 and make tables that way. Looks like there are several hundred .wav files in the Orion Wavetables folder so you could combine them in a myriad of ways to create Tables.

I suppose if you don't find a substitute you like you could still use Wavefusion in Orion then burn a track to wave and import it into your current DAW of choice.

[gentleclockdivider]

We have several wavetable synths (they support WAV and SF2): Discovery Pro and Corona.

Afaik corona and discovery pro don't do wavescanning , which is what the topic starter asks for

[EnGee]

I think it is only the FX section is missing in Dune CM compared to Dune 1.

AFAIK CM also has only 1 ModMatrix page.

Its BE (BeatEdition) that is more or less the full version minus the FX.

(IIRC there was some other minor thing missing in BE but i cant even remember what exactly that was.)

Yes the CM version has one page of ModMatrix (the second is disabled). I don't know really what is the differences between CM and BE editions other than the ModMatrix (CM is not monophonic, don't know about BE). The CM edition has a 64bit version.