discoDSP Vertigo released

discoDSP have released v1.0 of Vertigo, their additive synth with resynthesis and morphing capabilities. Vertigo is available as a VSTi for Windows and can be purchased online for 60 EUR. A demo version is also available for download.

Vertigo 1.0 Features

General

• Up to 16 voices polyphony.

Envelope

• 256 breakpoints parabolic envelopes with stage slope control.

Partials

• Euler generated (Max: -120dB s/noise ratio) (no wavetables used).
• Up to 256 per voice.
• 2 Modulation sources with morphing.
• Phase.
• Amplitude.
• Note pitchshift amount.
• Frequency ratio.
• Frq/amp envelope (see Envelope above).
• CPU usage: 256 partial program = 60%. (P3 – 800 Mhz).

Synthesis options

• Harmonize (Harmonic/Odd Harmonic vocoder).
• Phase smearing.
• Frequency smearing (ensemble).
• Classic waveform generator assistant (saw/sqr/tri/2xsaw/...).

Filter

• -24dB/Oct modes: Lowpass/Hipass/Bandpass/Notch + -12dB/Oct Lowpass mode.
• Cutoff envelope.
• Wheel/Key/Velocity modulation amounts for cutoff.
• Wheel/Velo modulation amounts for resonance.

Voices

• Two resonant filters (serial/parallel mode).
• Pitch envelope.
• Amplitude envelope.
• Pitchbend control

Mono Effects

• Distortion (8 times oversampled overdrive with softclip).
• Phaser (up to 128 taps).
• Flanger.
• Compressor.
• Equalizer (100hz /1 kHz/ 10 kHz bands).

Stereo Effects

• Chorus.
• Delay.
• Reverb.

Resynthesis and Sampling

• WAV PCM analysis.
• Method: Overlapped FFT windows/parabolic peak stimation.
• Partial amp/frq tracking.
• 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 FFT framesizes
• 4 Windows: Bartlett, Hamming, Hanning, Blackman.
• Peak level detection threshold control.
• Peak desestimation using 'ATH' (Absolute Hearing Threshold) and 'Tone Masker' psychoacoustic models.