Use Audio Plugiator Digital Synthesizer

Use Audio Plugiator Digital Synthesizer Overview

All is not what it seems with this intriguing and innovative little synth from USE AUDIO.

The Plugiator is an excellent concept and it offers a number of advantages over conventional soft synths. It's also excellent value, especially with the additional plug‑in bundle installed.

Features

• Innovative Virtual Circuit Modeling - not sampling
• Capable of storing eight plug-ins and tons of presets
• Easy to switch between presets and plug-ins
• Includes four free factory plug-ins
• Handy plug-in manager software
• Online sound database
• Highly portable

Traditionally modern hardware synth modules are fixed-architecture, basically providing one fixed sound engine and presets which cover the range of the given architecture. In contrast, the Plugiator can store up to eight DSP plug-ins featuring very different synthesis architectures thus hugely expanding the sonic possibilities and sound spectrum! And while sample players only play back recordings of different instruments, the Plugiator emulates and models the actual instruments themselves. Compared to samplers, that makes a big difference in sound: the sound is more lively, more intense and just more genuine. Also, most importantly, you can also access and tweak all sound parameters of the model for creating new sounds.

Bottom line: The Plugiator plug-ins actually sound and behave like real hardware, not just recordings of it. The Plugiator can store up to eight different DSP plug-ins. Each plug-in comes with 100 presets allowing you to store up to 800 different sounds within the cute little box which the Plugiator is. When connected to your computer via USB, the Plug-In Manager software (for Windows and OSX) lets you tweak each plug-in via its GUI and manage your presets which you want stored in the Plugiator box...... Another unique innovation is the elegant integration of an online sound database which allows you to listen to new user-uploaded presets with just one click of your mouse! Yes No need to download and install sound banks: actually listen to new sounds from the internet instantly; it just does not get more convenient than that. The Plugiator would not be a Use Audio product if the operating panel wasn't equally inviting: Eight encoder knobs allow you to tweak major sound parameters while playing, and the ten quick pads let you quickly store and recall your favorite plug-in/preset combinations just as you need it when you perform live. The Plugiator box provides MIDI In and Thru connections, USB, a microphone input, stereo line outs and a headphone output.