The Ocean of Sound
For all creatures in the ocean of sound - sonic textures from other worlds, analog signature sounds, cut-through-the-mix leads and silkily smooth pads: POSEIDON sets the standard for sounds and ease of use. All of this was made possible through a combination of the familiar, conceptual simplicity of the analog synthesis and the F-Domain synthesis technology.
Concept
At first sight POSEIDON looks like a simple structured analog “Oscillator-Filter” synthesizer with all controls visible at once. This gives POSEIDON the ease of use with nearly no learning curve. The real power is working under the hood: The oscillator is nothing less than the award winning spectral modeling sound generator of CUBE. The variable slope Filter is a design based on VirSyn’s unique F-domain synthesis. But let’s go step by step...
Spectral model oscillator
Select a basic sound model from over a hundred delivered with POSEIDON. The basic sound model determines the sound characteristic you want to start: taking an artificial model like “Sawtooth” gives you analog style sounds. Use complex models from analyzed samples for earth shaking ambients and evolving pads.
Analyze your own favorite samples to create new models. For really fat sounds use the unisono mode giving you up to eight oscillators with variable detune. The bitmap import function lets you even take images and convert them to soundscapes!
Time manipulation
POSEIDON gives you complete control over the temporal evolution of a complex sound model: time stretching, manual time control and freezing made simple with an unprecedented quality!
Model parameters
High level controls allow for changing the spectral shape, the harmonicity and balances the level of residual noise and spectral amount of the oscillator model. The inherent sound movement can be blurred in time.
F-Domain Filter
The F-Domain filter allows for drastic changes in the resulting sound spectrum. Five filter types including lowpass/highpass characteristics can be used to shape the sound. They have the usual controls like cutoff but also very unusual ones like a variable slope ranging from 0 dB to 72 dB / Octave and independent controls for resonance and bandwidth! These kinds of controls are only possible in the context of the F-Domain synthesis technology. This results in an extremely clear filter sound with breathtaking fast modulation possibilities.
The filter type “Inverse” interprets the sound model as a "Source" and a resonant body "Filter". The cutoff parameter shifts the filterbase - this is the equivalent to making the instrument body smaller or bigger.
Spatializer
This simple control gives your sound a distinctive moving distribution in the stereo panorama. Every atomic sound particle has its own path through the space!
Sound browser
The sound browser in POSEIDON gives you a fast selection of sounds based on five search criteria: sound category, timbre expression and style. But POSEIDON’s browser doesn’t stop here. The current selection can also be used to generate random new sounds fitting the selection you’ve made!
Features:
Spectral modeling oscillator
- 512 oscillators
- Harmonic/inharmonic spectra
- Arbitrary noise spectra
- 8 times unisono mode
- Sub octave / fifth
Time machine
- Free control over temporal evolution of sound
- Modulatable time stretching/compression
- Time freeze
Timbre control
- Natural Brightness control
- Balance partial spectrum and residual noise
- Frequency stretching
- Amplitude/Frequency blur filter.
F-Domain Filter
- Inverse filter for formant preservation
- Lowpass / Highpass / comb / Antiresonance
- Unique design with resonance and bandwidth.
Spatializer
- Independent moving stereo position of each partial
Resynthesis
- AIFF/WAV sample import
- Sine spectrum
- Residual spectrum
- Bitmap import for sonification of images.
Effects
- Chorus/Phaser/Flanger
- Distortion
- Echo/Delay
- Reverb
Arpeggiator
System
- Standalone and plug-in
- VST / AudioUnit / RTAS support
- Scala compatible Microtuning
User interface
- Unique design
- MIDI learn function
Interfaces
- VST2
- AudioUnit
- RTAS
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