Discovery is a software synthesizer
VSTi and
Audio Units
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plugin designed and distributed by discoDSP originally released on February 10, 2003. On September 4, 2008, discoDSP released a version for
Linux
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marking the first commercial VSTi plugin available on Linux platform.
[Linux Journal - Discovery - VSTi Analog Synthesis For Linux](_blank)
/ref> Discovery is also available for Windows
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and Mac OS X
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.
By design Discovery is a subtractive synthesizer with 4 voices (2 oscillator
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s each). It has built in arpeggiator
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, selection of filters including formant filters, monophonic and polyphonic operation. It is also comes bundled with extensive collection of presets and is able to import Clavia Nord Lead
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Released in 1995, the original Nord Lead popularized the term "virtual analog synthesis". The phras ...
presets.GarageBand
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, Cockos Reaper, Renoise and Ableton Live
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In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for compos ...
virtual studio environments.
References
External links
discoDSP Discovery homepage
discoDSP Discovery Pro homepage
Software synthesizers
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