impOSCar2

impOSCar2 is the multi-award winning reimagination of the OSCar..

impOSCar2 is the successor to our multi-award winning impOSCar software subtractive and additive synthesis synthesizer. If you're not familiar with the impOSCar then you're in for a real treat. However, if you fell in love with it the first time around, be prepared to fall in love all over again.

impOSCar2 comes with a 1000+ Patch library featuring sounds created by original OSCar users including Billy Currie (Ultravox) Darren Price & Rick Smith (Underworld) & Paul Wiffen (the original OSCar sound designer and programmer for Stevie Wonder & Jean Michel Jarre).

While the original impOSCar was a component emulation of the rare and classic OSCar synthesizer with a few added features, such as polyphony and on-board effects, impOSCar2 soars to new sonic heights via steroid injections of innovative features and enhancements, each designed around the wishes of those musicians, programmers and producers who loved the original.

Since the original impOSCar release we've carefully compiled user feedback and over the course of eighteen months, in another true labour of love, we've incorporated the best of these within impOSCar2 creating a synth that positively oozes more character, more playability, more expression and more detailed sound sculpting opportunities than could have been imagined a few years ago.

Patch library
impOSCar2 contains a small mountain of patches created by OSCar & impOSCar luminaries including; Darren Price & Rick Smith (Underworld), I Monster, Paul Hartnol (Orbital), Billy Currie (Ultravox) and many more.

The original impOSCar patch library is also included together with the Billy Currie Signature Sounds. Both libraries have been enhanced to take advantage of the additional features such as aftertouch and extra LFO routing.

Three User Interface Sizes
impOSCar2 comes with small (840), medium (1024) & large (1600 pixel width) versions.

Multiple Unison Modes
One of the biggest sonic enhancements on impOSCar2 is Unison control. Simply put, the entire Unison Section helps take the classic OSCar sound to awe inspiring new heights.

Utilising the various Mono and Poly Unison modes allows the creation of anything from screaming-bastard Unison Leads right up to mammoth 8 Voice Poly Unison stacks with 16 note polyphony. Additionally enhancing the sonic possibilities the unison detune knob takes unison voice tuning from subtle to insane for the phatest sound ever to come out of a virtual synth. We didn't stop there either. A Unison Spread knob enables each unison voice to be spread across the stereo spectrum for bombastically spacious chords or leads. This, in conjunction with five Pan Modes and individual Note Spread, means impOSCar2 can be tailored to fit within a mix regardless of whether the remit is a tightly focussed patch or a super-spacious texture across a vast stereo spectrum. Finally in the Unison Section there's the ability to apply different glide times to each unison voice when using Portamento or Glissando – a wonderful feature borrowed from the classic OB-8.

Polyphonic and channel aftertouch
impOSCar2 receives both polyphonic and channel aftertouch and this, combined with the existing Velocity Response Controls, means that impOSCar2 is a vastly expressive instrument.

Chord Memory
Play a chord, memorise it and then transpose that chord across the keys.

Comprehensive Arpeggiator
And on the subject of the Arpeggiator, impOSCar2 now contains a vastly improved Arpeggiator which includes a Pitch/Play mode for pitch or note orders, together with -1, +1 & +2 Octave Shift selection as well as the usual Up, Down, Up & Down and Random note and Octave modes.

Synthesis features
With regards synthesis features, impOSCar2 affords both additive and subtractive synthesis types but as you would expect we've made a plethora of additions that should keep even the most ardent synth programmer happy.

In the Oscillator section both oscillators now have independent pulse width control, for more control over the PWM and Rectangle Waveforms.

Ring modulation
Residing in the Mix Section, is a two-mode ring modulator which now helps you create a vast array of new textures from musical to subtle and to abstract and beyond.

Additional LFO modes
A completely new Aux Mod section has been grafted onto the instrument and offers destinations including Oscillator 2 Pitch, Osc1 Pulse Width, Osc2 Pulse Width, Osc1&2 Pulse Width, Filter Separation, Filter Resonance (Q), Oscillator Mix and Noise Mix. And when combined with LFO1 and/or the freshly added LFO2 and LFO Balance Controls, again, the net result is anything from complex modulated timbres to ever shifting organic sounding textures.

Features of 2.0 version:

• Mono, duo and 4 polyphonic modes.
• 2 Oscillators, 13 Waveforms.
• Programmable Additive Wave Matrix.
• Unique filter section: 9 filter types with Drive, Cutoff, Q and Separation.
• Two Envelope Generators.
• Mono, duo and polyphonic arpeggiator with 4 modes.
• 5 Keyboard Triggering modes.
• Extensive LFO section with sync.
• 6 portamento modes.
• Powerful Effects section.
• Programmable Velocity responses.
• MIDI Learn with storable CC maps.
• A vast range of sonic possibilities.
• 1000+ Patch library. Including sounds from many original OSCar users including Billy Currie (Ultravox), Mark Moore (S-Express) Rick Smith (Underworld), Lee Groves (Basement Jaxx, Terminalhead), Tim Dorney (Republica) and Paul Wiffen, original OSCar sound designer and OSCar programmer to Stevie Wonder & Jean Michel Jarre.

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