FREEWARE and EXCELLENT EMS SIM

It is unusual for me to work on VA.

But when Burnie asked us Nova and me to do a VCS3 plugin I was
interested.
This old EMS synthesizer is great with its modern matrix concept, its
joystick and its possibility to do feedback patches
Nova collected some docs and Scot Solida sent to Nova his recordings
I used them to research the way to do a close oscillator simulation.
I did a new filter based on the KX filter code.
Nova built a modern skin.
We did not built another SE clone of this synthesizer
but added some great features on the original concept.

One of the new features of the 2.0 version is the polyphony with a
total respect of the original feeling of this synthesizer.
A new KXMOD system is implemented to create fat vintage leads or nice
polyphonic instruments.
A CV and gate sequencer has been added to create real vintage sequences.
Common features
with the VCS3
Three variable shape oscillators,tweaked to simulate the color and
bandwidth of Vcs3's oscillators.
16*16 pin matrix with feedback connections.
LP filter, 18 db per octave with self oscillating.
Noise generator with EQ.
Ring modulation.
Two external inputs.
XY joystick.



Added features

Polyphony up to 6 voices.

Total control of the polyphony features with the extended KXMOD system.
Each voice can be controlled with RELATIVE parameters (KXMOD).
Analog sequencer (CV & gate) with a memory of 256 CV and 256
gates, files saved on disk, 2 accent lines, random clock, keyboard
input to transpose or to reccord the CV...
Mini knobs to adjust each matrix modulation, 0 to 1.
Modern skin with notepad and variable color background.


You can adjust the response curve of the oscillators.
The original ASR (trapezoid) is extended to 2 ADSR with Attack Reset
mode, Host and internal sequencer synchronization.
Delay fx with host synchronization and lfo modulation. It replaces the
original spring reverb.

LFO, Sample & Hold and third ADSR envelope added (monophonic
modulations), they can replace the external inputs (In1, In2).
Keyboard scalers.
X Y matrix Midi controllers.
All main parameters have a Midi CC controller.
Velocity to envelope segments, cut off
and volume.
Midi in splitter.
Omni Midi output to control external monophonic instruments
and build polyphonic ensemble, each instrument is one voice...
Sequencer Midi ouput.
KX presets:
27 polyphonic instruments
12 unison presets
36 monophonic presets (v 1.04)
17 sequencer demos
14 tutorial and initialization presets




Last update
*02/2010: new version, KX-SYNTH-X16-V 2.5
IU is Blue Now

THE MATRIX

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About the VCS3





The creator of the original VCS3 (1969) and Electronic Music
Studios(London) is Peter Zinovieff.


The REAL Stuff & Its History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3

The old days are back... Do you miss the old days when a synth was not plug n play, but a challange in routing? Where you had to tune a synth before you could play it and where spring reverbs and filters would go nuts? With Cynthia you can do all that crazy stuff you cant do with a modern synth. Cynthia is monophonic VSTi, very Old School, but will still be able to keep in tune throughout the song, patches can be stored and it is of course fully MIDI controllable. Cynthia is free to use and will send you 30 years back in time to the dawn of modular synthesis... As the name implies its inspired from the old EMS CynthiA. I did my best to match the specifications of the SynthiA, but as I got bored I threw in a bit extra... Latest build: v1.02 Stay tuned - be creative!