VAZ Modular 2 Soft Synth Released

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Software Technology has updated their VAZ modular software synthesizer to version 2, capable of turning a Windows PC into a virtual analog synth. Design a synthesizer from the 51 different modules provides, using up to 255 modules for a single synth. The software can provide up to 16 note polyphony, and VAZ Modular 2 is also multi-trimbral, supporting up to 16 synths at any one time (processor speed will affect the overall performance.) Your sounds can be further shaped via DirectX and VST plug-ins, which can be used as a module within a synth, or applied at the mixer level. Several commonly used effects are built-in as well.

Armed with VAZ Modular 2, you could easily create VAZ+ by connecting the oscillators, LFO, and filters in a few minutes. But with the modular flexibility, you can go much, much further.

VAZ Modular 2 is controllable via MIDI, or the computer keyboard can be used for easier auditioning of sounds. Sliders and switches can be controlled via MIDI as well so you don't have keep one hand on the mouse at all times. The latency experienced will depend on the precise card and drivers used, but can be as low as 18 ms on some systems.

Key Features

• Multi-timbral: 16 Synths, each displayed in its own window, with its own module configuration
• 16 Note Polyphony / Synth (or per MIDI channel, if synth has multiple CVs)
• 255 Modules / Synth
• 51 fully-featured module types
• Sampler, allowing mapping of instrument and drum samples across keyboard range(s)
• Global Mixer window to set levels and apply effects to the synth outputs.
• Support for both DirectX and VST plug-ins in the mixer and as a module within patches.
• Real-time, low latency using DirectX (typically 18-40ms, dependent on soundcard/drivers)
• Selectable audio output rates: 11, 22, 32 or 44.1 kHz
• 3 Sequencers: Notes, Control and Trigger.
• Extended sequencer pattern randomize dialogs.
• Arpeggiator
• MIDI controllable, play from Qwerty or MIDI keyboard/software in real-time
• MIDI control of on-screen sliders and switches.
• Loading of patches by a configurable patch menu and also by MIDI Program Change messages.
• Sample playback straight/voice/wavetable
• Multi-sampling support in Wavetable and WTVoice modules.
• Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger and Reverb effects.
• Connect outputs of any module to the inputs of any other module
• Loads VAZ+ patches and creates modules automatically
• Load/Save Banks of Synths, Synths, Sequences, Mixers.

System Requirements

• Minimum PC Pentium 100
• Recommended Pentium 200 and higher
• Soundcard
• Windows 95, 98 or NT