Alphatron SE
by HG Fortune
by HG Fortune
3.9 / 5
(13 votes)
Win32
VST
Alphatron is a hybrid analog / digital oscillators synthesizer.
Alphatron is not just a simple VA synthesizer instead in using a 3rd oscillator with digital waves (quite similar to an Ensoniq ESQ-1 / SQ 80 from the late 1980ies) it does offer a lot more sonic potential. Also this 3 rd oscillator serves as sync master for oscillator 2 thus creating a lot more sonic flavours. Amplitude Modulation has got it's dedicated adjustable output and uses oscillator 2 as main source being modulated either by osc. 1 or 3. Oscillator 1 is a polywave oscillator with up to 5 additional waves, so you might have something like Super Saw(tm), Super Pulse, Super Ramp etc.
Alphatron is not just a simple VA synthesizer instead in using a 3rd oscillator with digital waves (quite similar to an Ensoniq ESQ-1 / SQ 80 from the late 1980ies) it does offer a lot more sonic potential. Also this 3 rd oscillator serves as sync master for oscillator 2 thus creating a lot more sonic flavours. Amplitude Modulation has got it's dedicated adjustable output and uses oscillator 2 as main source being modulated either by osc. 1 or 3. Oscillator 1 is a polywave oscillator with up to 5 additional waves, so you might have something like Super Saw(tm), Super Pulse, Super Ramp etc.
- 1 VA Oscillator with up to 6 poly waves for Saw, Ramp, Sine, Tri, and Pulse.
- 1 VA Oscillator with single waves as above plus white and pink noise, Sync slave.
- 1 Sample Oscillator with fairly typical digital waves with different hamonic content, Sync master.
- 1 Amplitude Modulation with dedicated output.
- 1 24 dB resonant Low Pass filter with dedicated ADSR EG, 4 mixable mod sources.
- 1 VCA EG.
- Both EG have 3 modes: exponential, reverse exponential, and linear; and optional control for Attack and Decay by velocity.
- 1 Booster or Enciter selectable.
- 1 Mystify with three selctable types (Brite, Soft, Dark).
- 1 bpm synced Delay with adjustable Offset controlley manually or by modsource, Pan.
- 1 Bass Boost.
- 1 Pan for undelayed signal.
- 1 small Reverb for adding some nice flavour.
- 1 Saturator.
- 1 main Volume.
- 3 x LFO, 1 x Duo LFO (with two waves and phase control for 2nd wave), 1 x S&H.
- 1 Pitch LFO with option to speed up or down the LFO speed controlled by Modwheel or Aftertouch.
- 3 Lazy buttons.
Downloads
Win 32 VST
(10.6 Mb)
Became very sad to discover, a few months after my hiatus from Internet (until a few months ago), and soon after his nation's team won FIFA World Cup, the author passed away. I felt he was my friend. My first plug-in by HGF was Protoplasm21 Free which I got from MusicTech Magazine, have the full version and still use it in my music. I bought a few things from him including this synthesizer. The step sequencer is the weakest point for sure. Sometimes doesn't trigger correctly and cannot save to FXP nor FXB anything the user changes. The "NFG" version is the same thing but without that sequencer. Sometimes when changing patches at least one menu shows with blank option, must be an issue with Synthedit. This is great for granular lo-fidelity noisy stuff especially percussion. Less impressive for bass and leads as the built-in presets demonstrate.
(4 / 5)
Crashed Cakewalk a few times, some good useable sounds, better than Standard Alphatron for my uses.
(5 / 5)
Amazing.
(5 / 5)
Just great. With the random of NanoHost produces incredible sounds. I don't understand the commentby Joe.
(5 / 5)
Хороший струмент!
(0 / 5)
Total scam. Wasted storage downloading this.
what happened ?
(5 / 5)
Amazing, powerful synth. A masterwork for free, a must-have. Inspiring!Under Magix Samplitude Studio 16 (2012 lol) x86 on Windows 7 64 bits. THANK YOU MISTER HG FORTUNE!
(5 / 5)
No brainer, the best on this site
(5 / 5)
Lovely possibilities with this synth.