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Ammonite VSTi is a feature packed dual synthesizer, extremely powerful, yet intuitive to use. It comes from a long line of Astralis Synths and benefits from the proven formula that ensures a user friendly experience. Whether you want a synth capable of undulating atmospheres, or Kraftwerk/Orbital style sequencing or cutting leads, Ammonite is capable of this and much more.
# 2 independent synth engines each with:
1. a Dual Oscillator capable of additive, subtractive and FM synthesis. The oscillator/Synth engine was coded as a single piece of SSE optimized code and is also expandable in the future.
2. The usual Sine, Saw, Square waveforms as well as a waves such as Piano, Guitar etc...
3. A huge and diverse selection of 3,500 digital style waveforms.
4. 24 Note Polyphony.
5. 10 different filter types including the usual suspects, cascadable up to 8 times
6. White Noise
7. Drive
8. Drift
9. Glide
# A Microtuner that uses Scala files, and 300 patches are included organised into categories.
# 2 Dedicated Volume Envelopes with up to 32 steps, a multitude of transition shapes, and the ability to repeat to any stage.
# 2 dedicated Filter Envelopes
# 2 LFOs with many waveforms and features.
# 2 Modulation Sequencers, one is polyphonic and the second is monophonic.
# 2 Gates Sequencers, the first is a trance gate for re-triggering the Envelopes and the second for re-triggering the FX Modulators and driving the Gapper.
# A Gapper is available for the final output with Attack, Width, Release and Mix settings.
# A sophisticated Arpeggiator/Note Sequencer.
# Programmable Vibrato
# A Modulation Matrix with 8 input sources and a large selection of destinations.
# Quantizers on each of the Modulation Matrix Destinations for glissando style effects.
# A preview keyboard with sticky keys to make working on patches easy, plus it displays incoming midi notes.
# A sophisticated Randomization system with a global randomize button and a Randomize options page for selecting which parts of the synths it will affect. Global Default button resets 90% of the synth to it's default state with one click.
# There are randomizer and default buttons throughout the synth for just randomizing particular settings.
# A built in WAV Recorder capable of auto-naming and recording a specified number of bars.
# Manual Tempo for old school style Arpeggiator usage etc...
# A powerful purpose built FX engine TerraNova which includes:
1. SoundScaper for comb/Reverb and Vast church bell style Delay Effects.
2. Stereo Delay with additional Reverse and glitch modes.
3. 3 x Modulator. The Modulator is a general purpose effect capable of many different effects such as Flanger, Phasers, FM, Chorus, Filters, Ring Mod, Synth Tones, Mod Delay and Pitch shifting.
4. Drag and Drop Routing.
5. Hi and Low Exciters for bringing presence and clarity to the top and bottom end.
6. Compressor
7. 8 band Graphic EQ
8. Hi and Low Cut
9. Drive with 4 different styles.
# Analog Mode with 4 different levels, to warm up the sound and make it sound more natural.
# An always visible Master ON/OFF for all major components.
# A pitch Shifter which uses delay based pitch shifting either pre or post FX.
# An Envelope dedicated for use through the Modulation Matrix.
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