Linplug
relectro
you do with one affects what you do with the others.
become the new maximum values for didgeridoo. Finally, using the same those controls, i.e. with the AMT synth preset again but using "Deo control at the top you hear the same Mod dh" in relectro I ended up with LinPlug is renowned for their sound as when, previously the AMT an ethereal, cut-off wind-blown‌ modulation "sections", if I can put it control was between 0 and 100%. thing. like that. Starting way back with Actually clicking the camera and GakStoar in early 2000 (see WSM July watching what happens is a lot There are some very interesting 2011) LinPlug started including a well simpler than trying to describe it. possibilities here that will be worth thought out modulation matrix in their investigating over the coming months. synths. As GakStoar progressed to OK, that's a lot of talk about what What's going to be hard is describing become Delta and then Albino the relectro does. How does it sound? To exactly what relectro can do. Sound modulation matrix improved and a try relectro out I downloaded and samples may be needed. highly functional arpeggiator was also installed LinPlug's RMV drum machine introduced. This arpeggiator appears - it seemed the obvious partner for This is version 1 of LinPlug's first ever in Albino, Octopus (LinPlug's FM relectro. I connected the two effect plug-in. Is it good? Yes, it is. I synth), MorphoX and now, in a slightly together and hit the "Play" button on think some patience and thought will modified form, in relectro where it's the default loop in RMV. The result - it be required to get the best out of it. called, simply, a modulator. Either was like listening to a low speed There are so many options that it way, and whatever you want to call it, Sample & Hold preset on a classic seems to me that it would be crucial it's good to see it make an synth. The sound is resonant and kind to gain a good understanding of what appearance here. In fact relectro of funky. At this stage I'm pretty is happening. The included presets are features two of these 16 step much using the "twiddle and see" a good place to start but they don't modulators. Double the fun since they method for checking out what tell the whole story. I feel that there is operate on the signal independently. relectro can do. Randomly moving a definitely more in there than you You use the modulation matrix to bunch of controls and changing to a might think on first glance or listen. direct the modulators to any one of 26 fast hi-hat based loop in RMV left me destinations. You can even use one with a weird reversed sound effect Anyone who has been reading WSM modulator to modulate the other, or that was actually quite fun. over the last few months knows itself. already that I'm a LinPlug fan. I can't So, moving swiftly on before I (and won't) hide the fact. They create Finally, the Output section. It features produce any more weirdness. How good, usable, musical, interesting the two control wheels that I've does relectro cope with things other plug-ins and relectro is looking to be already described along with low and than drum loops? A gentle string type a great new addition to the line-up. high pass filters and a chorus. One synth pad sound piped into relectro interesting feature here that I'd have using the "Turbulator dh" preset You can buy relectro for $79 or ₏59, not figured out without reading the produced a pleasant gurgling, bouncy direct from LinPlug at manual is the ability to take snapshots effect whilst leaving enough of the http://www.linplug.com based on the current position of the basic sound that you still had a usable AMT wheel. When you click on the pad. The same synth preset using camera icon the current control values relectro's "Drunk Bassline vv" preset associated with the AMT at that point ended up sounding something like a 84
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