deputy Mark II

The deputy Mark II is a software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3/CLAP) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/AU/CLAP) in the tradition of classic string machines and early "polyphonic" synthesizers, written in native C++ code. The main features are:

• Polyphonic string/synthesizer (Poly) section and monophonic synthesizer (Mono) section.
• Built-in Ensemble and Phaser effects.
• Flexible keyboard assignment for Poly and Mono section.
• Poly section:
  • Up to 61 voices polyphony.
  • Two band-limited frequency divider-driven oscillator banks.
  • Sawtooth and PWM waveforms.
  • 2-pole multi-mode filter and ADS envelope per voice.
  • Global ADSR envelope for paraphonic modulation.
  • Resonator bank (3 zero-delay feedback filters).
• Mono section:
  • Single VCO plus suboscillator and noise.
  • 4-pole zero-delay feedback lowpass filter.
  • ADSR envelope and LFO.
  • Output of Poly section can be send to filter input.

• Resizable user interface (not "N" version).

• All parameters can be controlled by MIDI controllers.
• Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32-bit and 64-bit).

The deputy emulates an instrument that might have been built this way in the 1970s. Due to technical and economical reasons it would have been a compromise between which features a musician expected, what he was willing to pay for it, and what fitted in a single box. It is (technically speaking, and as to nowadays standards) a fairly limited instrument. However, I strongly believe that technical limitation can be a source of great creativity. Prost.