Product Description

Features AU, RTAS and VST plug-in synthesizer for PC and Mac Modular and extendable design currently with with 4 Oscillator Modules, 4 Filter Modules, 2 Envelope Modules and 12 Effect Modules 32 voice polyphonic (CPU dependent) More than more than 2000 Rob Papen presets, integrated sound browser up to 4 oscillator per voice and layer, various High Quality Oscillator types with countless waveforms Oscillator AM and FM and "Pulse Width Modulation" for all (!) waveforms, oscillator sync, filter FM up to 2 filters per voice and layer, each with 4 types of multimode filters, altogether 20 filter modes, saturation control up to 8 envelopes per voice and layer, 2 types: 5 levels / 5 rates with loop and ADSFR mode Variable keyboard and velocity tracking, individual for each envelope up to 4 LFOs per voice and layer with various waveforms, broad range of tempo sync, Symmetry and Phase adjustable, additional DAD envelopes for every LFO Controller hardware (faderbox or synth) can be used to control Albinos parameters using the LinPlug ECS Portamento / Glide with various options, constant Time or Rate and Auto-Bend Improved adjustable Precision to bring in the warmth of good old analogue modules Sophisticated Arpeggiator per layr with 32 programmeable steps, several modes, swing, several clock settings, save/load/copy/paste and many more functions Modulation matrix with more than 1000 possible modulation routings Spread for ultra-fat sounds (up to 20 Oscillators per layer) Microtuning support (TUN files) for different scales Up to 4 effect blocks per layer with chorus, flanger, phaser, filter, distortion, delays, reverb, gator, wah, compressor and LoFi effects Fully recognized velocity, mono and poly aftertouch, pitch bend, mod-wheel and various other controllers Full version comes with a comprehensive PDF manual (box version with printed manual) Sample accurate timing, full automation and settings are saved with your song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107515 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Rob Papen
• Dimensions: 1.97" h x 7.28" w x 9.84" l,

Features

• System Requirements:PC, Mac

Customer Reviews

4.5 stars, Rounded up...
Albino is a wonderful synth.

The filters are smooth and powerful, the oscillators offer a wide variety of sounds, and the ability to "morph" between digital waveforms allows for supreme tweaking. The mod-matrix is easy to use and offers good possibilities. Built-in effects are sub-par, but usable. The arpeggiator is a bit complicated, unless you're familiar with old-school tracking software. The default patches are *incredible*... Rob Papen has much skill in this area.

There are only two gripes I have with this software: 1) it occasionally caused my environment (Live 5, at the time) to freeze on rendering a track (put never during playback)--there may have been a better way to solve this, but I ended up replacing these tracks with impOSCar... which segues right into reason 2) I prefer impOSCar. :) Despite the flexibility of Albino, and sleek, smooth filters it offers, I was looking for something with a little more punch and character.

Another very minor gripe: all of the patches are set to relatively low volumne, by default (about 6db lower than other soft-synths).

That said, I would (highly) recommend this synth to any composer interested in a soft-synth capable of nice, smooth analog sounds and even a touch of digital grit here and there. In my opinion, this is a perfect synth for ambient and "lighter" electronica: sublime pads, nice icy plucks, and enough thickness to the PWM sounds to sit well in a subtle mix. Though there are plenty of trance-like patches, I think you will be happier (if you write that kind of music) with something "fatter", like Z3ta+.

I should also mention: CPU use is relatively low, but not super-low. A little more than, say, NI's Pro4, but less than most synths these days.

albino 3
Most people experience serial number troubleshooting with this synth. At the very last stage of download. The price tells the true story of this software. Save your money and use it towards something that wont drive you nuts just to install.
ps. The worst customer support ever. Impossible to contact anyone.