Pg8x Vst Plugin

UPDATE: new native C++ version is being developed. News on the status can be found on my FaceBook page.

Beta versions can be downloaded from my Dropbox.

Features:

6 voice polyphony
Two DCO's with Saw, Square, Pulse, Noise
Hard Sync and Ring Modulation
Two exponential envelop generators
24 dB resonant LP filter
HP filter (3 stages)
Stereo Chorus

I am recently had downloaded the synth1 vst 64 bits, and i begun the process of instalation. But the issue begins when i open the vst on ableton 9.7.5 64 bits, and the vst appears whitout a preset sound, even when i loaded the complete information from the folder vst, including the factory banks. Pg8x virtual synthesizer. Apr 26, 2020 The PG8X VST synth plugin can load in original JX-8P patches over sysex. You can hear some pads, leads and brassy tones in a few melodic examples of what this free plug-in can do.' Ableton Live 10 Wavetable electro w/ PG8X & OP-X synths: Dirt Rally.

Technical information:

Framework (GUI) in Synthedit
Sound generation (DCOs and VCF) entirely in custom modules
- C++/Assembler
- SSE code
up to 4 x 16-fold oversampled oscillator
4-fold oversampled filter
Custom voice allocation
6 Key assignment modes:
- Poly (re-assignment of voices)
- Poly2 (round robin)
- Unison (two voices in unison)
- Unison2 (second voice shifted by 1 octave)
- Mono
- Mono2 (all voices in unison)
MIDI Learn: MIDI Controllers can be assigned by right-clicking on the slider
Automatic adjustment of samplerate
Manual and automatic settings for oversampling of the oscillators

A manual will follow soon.

Acknoledgements:

Thanks to Dave Haupt and Kelly Lynch for some of their modules and, of course, Jeff McClintock for the Synthedit.

(click on the image for a full size screenshot)

This VST is still under development, and some features might not be working at this time. Please, use it at your own risk, and feel free to provide any feedback, bug reports or suggestions, preferably through the comments below.

This version contains some factory presets to demonstrate the sound.

The VST can be downloaded below in the attachments section. In order to play it as a stand-alone synth, one can use SAVIHost.

There is a thread discussing this synth on the KVR forums.

If you find this synth useful and want to support the development, feel free to donate something...

Free Virtual Analog Synthesizer Plugin by BlauKraut Engineering

Charlatan is a polyphonic, subtractive virtual analog (VA) synthesizer plugin with focus on sound quality and easy usability. It comes with a flexible, yet not overwhelming feature set which encourages artists to start tweaking instead of just relying on presets. Inspite of it's simplicity, Charlatan's architecture is flexible enough to create both classic sounds and rather experimental noises. While making no compromise about sound quality, the sound engine has been highly optimized for efficient CPU usage making Charlatan well suited as a 'bread and butter' synth even in projects with a large number of plugin instances.

Best of all, it's FREEWARE! Enjoy!

Key Features

2 oscillators with shape modulation
Oscillator hard synchronization and ring modulation
Unison mode with upto 7 voices and stereo spread
Stereo noise generator
2 ADSR envelope generators
LFO with host tempo synchronization
3 filter types modeled after classic analog hardware: 4-pole (24 db/oct) and 2-pole (12 db/oct) lowpass, bandpass
3 voice modes: Monophonic, Monophonic Legato and 8-voice Polyphonic
Ultra-low CPU usage

Latest Version

2.0 Final (2015-06-05)

Fix loading of 1.x presets
Fix popup menus with multiple monitors
Make Amp envelope sustain parameter logarithmic
Fix old presets (LFO Wave), add some new ones
Reduce pitch drift

2.0 Beta 3 (2015-05-03)

BUGFIX crashes on AMD systems

2.0 Beta 2 (2015-05-02)

BUGFIX not loading in some hosts
BUGFIX note hanging after switching voice modes

2.0 Beta 1 (2015-05-02)

completely rewritten DSP engine resulting in roughly 50% (!) CPU savings in polyphonic mode
unison mode with upto 7 voices and stereo spread. Even with 7-voice unison, CPU usage is very bearable
major GUI overhaul
additional LFO waveforms
stereo noise
some more presets
mostly compatible with presets for Charlatan 1.x (*)

(*) Due to some tweaks to the sound engine, there may be subtle audible differences when loading some of the old patches.In most cases, it should be possible to compensate for those with some fine adjustments. Still, I recommend to keep anold 1.x version of Charlatan around if you need to fully preserve old projects. Sorry for the inconvenience...

Download

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Latest version from 1.x (legacy)

Pg8x Vst Plugins

User preset banks

Please note that many of the presets are already included (maybe slightly modified) in the official releases.

ZN_Classics_for_Charlatan.fxb (Zorniko)
ZN_Classics2_for_Charlatan.fxb (Zorniko)
Charlatan_Bank_NedK.fxb (NedK)
Charlatan_Bank_2_Tek.zip (Teksonik)
alvfaria_charlatan_banks.zip (Alvfaria)

More banks can be found at the KVR database. If you want to share your presets, please upload them there.

Demo tracks

Solidtrax - Charlatan 21 by Solidtrax

Also, many exciting songs made using Charlatan exclusively are the submissions for the KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) 33.

Support

Discussion about Charlatan takes place in the Instruments sub-forum @ KVR audio. If you have questions or suggestions, post them there. You can also contact me at KVR via private message (username karrikuh). Note that I don't take any responsibility for any damage you might experience from using my plug-ins, so use at your own risk!