Cherry Audio has added one other software program emulation of a classic synth to its quickly increasing secure of digital devices.
After beforehand taking over Korg’s ultra-rare semi-modular PS-3300 synth and KR-55C drum machine, the corporate has turned to the Korg Trident for inspiration, an ’80s instrument that is a hybrid of synthesizer and string machine.
The Trident took its title from its three sonic layers, which deliver collectively an eight-voice polyphonic analogue synth, string part and brass part collectively in a single instrument, timbres that could possibly be layered or break up throughout its 61-note keyboard.
Cherry Audio describes the Trident as an “eight-voice, 16-VCO, 16-memory-slot beast that was equal components orchestra-in-a-box, multi-timbral wall of sound, and Swiss military synth rolled into one.”
While Trident by no means fairly carved out the identical fame as a few of Korg’s extra enduringly in style devices, the synth made its approach on to extra data than you would possibly anticipate, popping up on memorable cuts from Yes and Orchestral Manouevres within the Dark, together with Parisian synth-pop act Phoenix’s 2009 hit 1901.
Released in 1981, Trident was adopted up in 1982 by Trident Mk II; Cherry Audio is constant the instrument’s legacy 4 many years later with a brand new plugin emulation titled Trident Mk III.
Meticulously recreating every of Trident’s three sound engines, Cherry Audio has expanded the polyphony to 16 voices per part whereas bringing some trendy enhancements you’d anticipate from a tender synth, together with velocity sensitivity, MIDI mapping capabilities and each channel and polyphonic aftertouch.
Trident Mk III’s synth part is absolutely polyphonic with two oscillators and a filter per-voice, whereas the brass part and string sections retain the paraphonic construction of the unique Trident, their a number of oscillators working via a single shared filter and envelope stage to supply a cohesive, ensemble-like character.
The plugin’s three timbres may be blended, transposed and panned within the Master part and break up or layered throughout the keyboard within the Motion panel, which additionally encompasses a 32-step polyphonic sequencer and twin multimode arpeggiators.
Trident Mk III additionally boasts a complete collection of results that go properly past the unique’s flanger, ensemble and vibrato: providing 17 results throughout 4 customizable chains, Trident Mk III encompasses a compressor, ring modulator, 7-band EQ alongside a number of delays and reverbs.
Priced at $69, Cherry Audio’s Trident Mk III is out there now for macOS and Windows in VST/VST3/AU/AAX codecs. A free 30-day trial is out there.
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