PGS-1 is our take on a classic virtual analog all-purpose polysynth.
While it’s inspired by several favorites, it’s not attempting to emulate any particular hardware. It just wants to be a simple, straightforward, sweet-sounding pretty good synthesizer.
PGS-1 is currently in prerelease, which means:
- we haven’t added any presets yet.
- we haven’t written any documentation yet, other than what’s built in to the plugin.
- it’s free – we might charge money for this one in the future, but for the time being, go crazy.
You may have to temporarily disable Gatekeeper to install on Mac; just go to System Preferences->Security and allow the installer to run. We’ll work on getting a developer certificate to avoid this as we approach a proper release.
Features
- 2 multi-waveform oscillators, plus a square-wave sub oscillator
- 12dB/octave low-pass filter and 6dB/octave high-pass
- 2 ADSR envelopes
- 2 LFOs
- easy-to-use color-coded modulation system
- unison mode with up to 8 voices per note
- subtle parameter variations across components to avoid sounding too digital
- helpful descriptions and tips appear as you mouse over each parameter
Version History
- 0.1.3 - Fix UI bug where LFO button is always highlighted
- 0.1.2 - Windows support
- 0.1.1 - native support for Apple silicon
- 0.1.0 - prerelease
Acknowledgement
This plugin was made using the ASPiK Plugin SDK. It’s a great tool, so check it out.