discoDSP has released Corona, a new VA + WAVE synth for 32- and 64-bit Mac OS X (VST/AU) and Windows (VST). It costs €99 / $139.
Corona is a virtual analog and wave synthesizer featuring 3 VA + WAVE oscillators, up to 14 combine modes between oscillators resulting in extensive timbres, 8 destination matrix modulations, 3 LFOs, 3 ADSR envelopes, unison, chorus, delay and limiter effects with high-quality sound and analog modeled filters using a straightforward and easy to use interface.
Feature highlights
Full 64 bit compatibility:
- 32- and 64-bit Audio Units and VST for Mac.
- 32- and 64-bit VST for Windows.
Unique oscillator modes: Oscillators can be combined using operators. There are 10 for Phase mode or 14 for Detune mode (DT):
- Add.
- Sub.
- Mul.
- And.
- Or.
- Xor.
- Abs And.
- Abs Or.
- Abd Xor.
- Pythag.
- Sync.
- Ringmod.
- Pm/Broken Pm.
Hundreds of waveforms: From classic VA saw, triangle, square, sine, parabola and noise to the included waveforms in two extra DWB banks with 300+ timbres from:
- Aeterphon.
- ARP 2600.
- Buchla Modular.
- Crumar Performer Elka Synthex.
- Eminent 310.
- EMS VCS-3.
- Fairlight CMI.
- Farfisa organ.
- Fender Rhodes.
- Hohner.
- Jen Bass Pedal.
- Korg Lambda.
- Korg MS-20.
- Korg Polysix.
- Mellotron.
- Memorymoog.
- Micromoog.
- Minikorg.
- Minimoog.
- Modulus Monowave.
- Moog MG-1.
- Moog Prodigy.
- Moog Rogue.
- Moog Taurus.
- Oberheim Matrix.
- Oberheim OB8.
- Oberheim Xpander.
- Odissey.
- Paia Fatman.
- Polymoog.
- Prophet 5.
- Prophet 600.
- Rhodes Chroma.
- Rhodes Polaris.
- Roland Alpha Juno.
- Roland Juno 60.
- Roland Juno 106.
- Roland Jupiter 4.
- Roland JX.
- Roland SH-101.
- Roland System 100.
- Theremin.
- Vox Jaguar.
- Waldorf Pulse.
- Yamaha CS80.
Filters: 7 different filter types, 2-pole and 4-pole each with selectable tahn, poly, asym1, asym2, hardlimit, polywrap and asymwrap shapes. Includes filter positive and negative drive, keytracking and selectable pre-post volume envelope stage.
Fat, easy, mix-standing unison: Dedicated Unison unit to make sounds spread across the stereo mix with selectable octave spread, voices, detune knob and panning spread controls.
Flexible ADR curves: Up to 5 different envelope curves for extended shaping.
Easy to use modulation matrix: Select the most relevant synth destinations to be modulated by:
- MIDI Note.
- MIDI Velocity.
- Pitch Wheel.
- MIDI CC#1 Modulation Wheel.
- MIDI Aftertouch.
- MIDI CC#4 Foot Controller.
- MIDI CC#11 Expression.
- MIDI CC#2 Breathe.
- Several random values.
- Modulation LFO.
- Modulation Envelope.
- Filter LFO.
- Filter Envelope.
- Vibrato LFO.
- Vibrato Envelope.