ROB PAPEN / BLADE

The heart of BLADE is the Harmolator, which lets you expand the oscillators, fatten up your sound, and even add a square/sine wave sub-oscillator. Plus, you can use 21 per-voice distortions and 14 filters to further refine your sound.

■Software Synthesizer
BLADE's additive synthesis system doesn't use an additive partial system, but instead uses comprehensive controls that capture the essence of additive synthesis in an intuitive way that makes sound creation easier than other additive synthesizers.

■Key Features

- 16-voice poly, mono 1/2, legato 1/2, arpeggiator
- 9 Harmolator oscillators with controls, waveform settings, two expansion functions, and an extended sub-oscillator
- XY pad with 12 amount controls for each of the X and Y axes, modulating 9 Harmolator parameters, filter, cutoff, filter Q, and volume
- XY pad allows direct manipulation and recording of movements in poly, mono, and free modes
- XY pad also controls movement speed
- 21 distortion units (pre-filter) per voice
- 6/12/18/24 dB low-pass/high-pass filters 12/24 dB bandpass/notch filter. Vocal & comb filter.

Two FX units with 27 effect types, including distortion, reverb, and tape delay.

16-step arpeggiator with pitch, velocity, and free amount per step, usable as a sequencer for modulation purposes.

Preset Manager screen for easy preset and bank organization.

MIDI control of all parameters, including the XY pad.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows: Windows XP/Vista/7, VST/RTAS plug-in (32/64-bit compatible).

Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.5 or later, RTAS/AAX plug-in (32-bit compatible), AU/VST plug-in (32/64-bit compatible).
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), AU/VST/ RTAS plug-in (32-bit compatible)
* Also works with PowerPC (subject to the host application's operating environment requirements)

* By registering your serial number, you will be issued a second serial number for use on a second computer.