Synlay

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SYNLAY 2.0 IS CURRENTLY PLANNED !! It will be MUCH MORE CPU EFFICIENT (the current version still contained several inefficient pieces of code inherited from 1.0 which will be rewritten from scratch, and with some presets could eat upto 20% of CPU thread). It will also have some new features like external audio input, release velocity support and noise generator sync option.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEED UP 2.0 RELEASE AND TO KEEP SYNLAY DEVELOPMENT ALive, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING.

** MAC VERSION IS BEING DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF SCARCE AUDIENCE AND FEEDBACK, SORRY **.

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Advanced yet relatively compact delay-based synthesizer, capable of producing very diverse, original timbres and of high quality: from blown to orchestral sounds, from plucked strings to brasses, from amazing basses to synthetic sounds.

Key Features.

-Three parallel, independent Tuned-Delay modules with feedback damping.

-Autoscale-feedbacks-with-pitch option, for all notes to have the same release time.

-Stereo noise source and true stereo processing, for naturally wide stereo sounds (no need to use ambience effects).

-100% click-free (no annoying tiny sawtooth-like pulses, unlike similar synthesizers) thanks to a high accuracy digital waveguide coded by the author.

-Special resonant multimode biquad filter (upto 8 stages) for the noise source, with VEL/AT/KS/KF control.

- Impulse envelope with Attack and Release velocity control.

-Additional post-delays release gate to shorten feedback.

- LFO with sine or random wave for FM or AM.

-Option to apply Pitch Bend to the upper note only.

-Extensive Velocity and Aftertouch support.

-Polyphonic Glide support.

FIXED IN 1.0 FINAL.

-No more detuning with feedback damp.

-Delay lines use all-pass interpolation for all notes to have the same HF content.

-Now guaranteed to sound identical at any sample rate.

-Added OneShot option to the main ADSR to avoid "exploding" envelopes.

-No more loud sounds when switching presets.

-Improved feedback knobs linearity.

-Many new presets & general cleanup.

FIXED IN 1.1.

-Envelope could sleep forever after switching presets causing skipped notes. Fixed.

FIXED IN 1.2.

- Internal redesign which should result in lower CPU load.

- Added Release velocity control.

-Removed A, D, S from the post-envelope (they really had no purpose).

-New digital waveguides used with DC peak abatement and residual input removed for a cleaner sound quality.

FIXED IN 1.3.

-Important optimizations causing a 50% CPU drop.

-Fixed serious bug causing hiccups and delayed notes.

FIXED IN 1.4.

- Improved DC peak filtering.

- Fixed noise generator bug causing some presets sounding "bumpy" for the first seconds of plugin run time.

-In some rare occurrences clicks and distortions could still be produced, fixed.

-Micro tuning problem caused by subtle bug in all pass filters, fixed.

CHANGES IN 1.5.

-Fixed a bug which could potentially make the sound degenerate into loud noise to the point of rendering the synth inoperative.

-Fixed instability issue with digital waveguides when using the LFO.

-Fixed digital waveguides slight tuning issue.

-Tuning ranges extended to -36/+36.

-Some new cool presets replacing some old ugly ones.

CHANGES IN 1.6.

-Further code optimizations and tidy up.

-Linearity of feedback knobs / feedback modulation slightly changed.

-Master filter re-coded from scratch (100% compatible with the previous one though).

-Minor panel re-design.

-MAC version included (many thanks to Michael Dubois for the porting !).

NOTE: The audio demo is very outdated and was made with an early version of Synlay. When I have time I will make a better one. Consider that the general quality has improved and many new presets have been included since.

CHANGES IN 1.7 and up: see included history.

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