Synapse Audio Software is a software company located in

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. Previously known as Sonic Syndicate and headed by Richard Hoffmann, they develop music production software for the

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platforms. They started developing software in November 1998 as Sonic Syndicate and changed their name to Synapse Audio with the release of Orion Platinum in 2002. Sonic Syndicate ran a competition for users to suggest new names for the company. The winner received a free copy of Orion Platinum.

Orion Studio

Orion is a main product manufactured by Synapse. It is a standalone music production package with a multitrack sequencer and pattern-based workflow. Orion includes several built-in instruments and supports additional

Virtual Studio Technology Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio plug-in software interface that integrates software synthesizers and effects units into digital audio workstations. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional rec ...

(VST) instruments and effects plug-ins. As of version 8.5, Synapse Orion Studio contains following default instruments (generators): * DrumRack - A 12-track sample-based drum machine, containing its own step and velocity sequencer. * Sampler - Multisample player with two LFOs and three envelopes. * Pro-9 - Virtual-analog drum machine. * XR-909 - Analog drum synthesizer. * Tomcat - Monophonic drum sound synthesizer. * Wasp (XT and Mk-V) - Virtual Analog synthesizer. * Toxic (2 and 3) - A 6 oscillator FM synth. * Monobass - Monophonic bass synth (Acid Basslines) * Screamer - A 2-oscillator synth with a distortion unit. * Plucked String - Physical modelling string synth. * Acoustic Grand Piano - Piano based on high-quality stereo samples of a real acoustic piano. * WaveFusion (formerly WaveDream)- A 3-oscillator wavetable synthesizer. * Ultran - A Wave-morphing sampler. * MidiOut module *: Enables sending notes to external MIDI-compatible music equipment

Other products

* The Legend - A recreation of

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/ AU / Rack Extension Plugin) * Obsession - A uniquely detailed software emulation of components of famous

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hardware, resulting in ( VST / AU Plugins) that rival the original * DUNE3 - A virtual-analog and wavetable

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with a "Differential Unison Engine" (

/ AU) * DUNE2 - A blend of virtual-analog and wavetable

with a "Differential Unison Engine" (

/ AU) * DUNE - A virtual-analog

with a "Differential Unison Engine" (

/ AU) * Antidote - Subtractive

with two complex oscillator banks and an eight mode filter ( Rack Extension Plugin) * EKS Pro - An electronic kick-drum

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/ AU) * X-Poly (formerly Poly-850) - Emulation of early analog

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/ DXi) * Hydra - Multimodel FM-like

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/ DXi / AU) * Junglist - Multimodel KickMaking

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/ DXi) * Scorpion - Emulation of a vintage analog

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/ DXi) * Plucked String - Simple Guitar simulation instrument (

/ DXi)

External links

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