Windows and RTAS versions are expected as well. A preview release of Igor Engraver, a free music notation program currently available for Mac, is now available for download. Steinberg's new Voice Machine VST plug-in for both Mac and PC makes it easy to turn a vocal sample into an instrument with adjustable pitch, while preserving the vocal's character. Software FM synthesis isn't new, but Native Instruments' FM7 can actually read programs from the synths that defined FM, while adding a number of new capabilities. Due later this month, IK Multimedia's SampleTank is a sound module VST instrument for Windows and MacOS that comes with up to 500 sounds and can import Akai S-format samples.
Programmers can create custom algorithms too.
The Attack VST Instrument from Waldorf is a percussion synthesizer capable of producing both pitched and non-pitched sounds, with plenty of controls for shaping the sounds. Inc. All rights reserved.