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Scanned Synth Pro (download demo version)
Scanned Synth Pro for Microsoft Windows is now available for purchase worldwide from our shop at an astonishing price of 99.99 USD/59.99 Euros!
Scanned Synth uses a unique new form of synthesis inspired by advances in digital music theory. It is designed to create rich complex digital tones and fantastic sound effects, while using simplifed controls and traditional synths techniques such as filters, lfo's and effects.
Perfect for biting metallic growls, movement filled pads, and weird modular-like sound effects, ScannedSynth Pro provides a unique sound that is constantly changing and new every time you press a key. Featuring a revolutionary synthesis engine, combining the powers of both Physical Modelling and Wavetable synthesis, with simplified controls and full MIDI automation, ScannedSynth Pro is both simple and complex, powerful and easy to use.
If you've heard enough of the same boring static sounds, if you've tired of the same old methods of synthesis, if don't want to sound like everybody else– then download ScannedSynth Pro – a step beyond the clones.
Demo Sounds
Click on the links below to download samples of Scanned Synth Pro 2's preset sounds in MP3 format:
What people are saying about Scanned Synth Pro:
Scanned Synth Pro has many fans. Here's what some of them have to say about it:
"...I like Scanned Synth Pro a lot. I like a synth with an individual sound, and Scanned Synth Pro has personality and character in spades… It seems to create an unsettling, ominous atmosphere without even really trying… SSP is also capable of producing some surprisingly punchy analogue-style bass and lead parts that would work in the most conventional of dance tracks...
It seems to produce sounds that fit well into an arrangement, whether it’s surrounded by electronica or live recordings. There’s little of the glassy, unreal quality that can make other types of digital synthesis so hard to work with in a mix... Scanned Synth Pro has already brought a new dimension to the projects I've used it on."
Sam Inglis, Sound on Sound Magazine, October 2007 (Read the full review in SOS)
"When it comes to unusual synth noises, there's a lot on offer in the VST world - and Scanned Synth Pro competes with the best of them... A VST plug-in for Windows, it combines physical modelling and wavetable synthesis to create a new method of sound generation that the company calls scanned synthesis. Using this method, Scanned Synth Pro can create unique and unusual digital tones and sound effects, but its interface retains the kind of terminology and controls that are familiar to synth users."
Hollin Jones, Music Tech Magazine, November 2007
"Overall imho this is one of the synths of the year. Not much else to say really."
Juanjo
"Scanned Synth Pro is much, much more than a dedicated sound-fx
machine... i've been using it on most basslines in my recent tracks, it
can create great pads and leads... and while there may be some great
emulations of vintage gems out there, i feel this can sound more
alive/crazy-analogue, than many of these..."
Tomoroh Hidari
http://www.tomoroh.com/
"From the first beta release, the unique sound demanded attention; there
was nothing else quite like it... Remember that this beauty is not
designed to replace the bread and butter synths you may already have.
Rather, it is the spice that brings the soup to life."
Daniel Maurer
"well - after some testing i must say is a really great synth. so
"alive" !... This synth gets +10 from Makunouchi Bento !"
Felix Petrescu
http://makunouchibento.inpuj.net/
http://myspace.com/makunouchibento
Why buy Scanned Synth Pro (and not just use Scanned Synth Mini)?
When you buy the full version of Scanned Synth Pro you get a revolutionary, fun and inspiring piece of professional quality software along with a huge range of preset sounds (111 of them at time of writing) that you can use immediately in your own productions. You also get immediate access to all new releases as well as technical support through the Humanoid Sound Systems web site (http://www.humanoidsounds.co.uk).
What you get in Scanned Synth Pro that you don’t get in Scanned Synth Mini:
- A geometrical increase in the number of sonic textures that can be produced. Scanned Synth Pro also has a much wider variety of waveforms on which its sounds can be based than Mini (58 of them as opposed to 3 in Mini). The fact that these waveforms can be applied to the Hammer Shape, Mass Shape and Centre Wave parameters means that the range of sonic textures that can be produced using Pro is increased by 55 x 55 x 55 = 166375 times, and that’s before you start playing with all of the other 97 synthesis parameters!
- An audio input that can be used to feed Scanned Synth Pro's hammer and mass shapes making its sound even more dynamic.
- An envelope follower that follows the level of the audio input and can be used to modulate the synth's parameters.
- Context-sensitive help.
- Pro gives full access to all 124 plugin parameters as opposed to Mini that only gives access to the randomisation parameters.
- 111 great preset sounds as opposed to only 15 in Mini.
- An additional LFO type called "Random" that allows parameters to be modulated randomly to create unpredictable results.
- Support for processors with SSE and SSE2 instruction sets giving a performance improvement of between 33% and 50% over Scanned Synth Mini!
- The ability to load and save presets and banks from within the plugin to support hosts that do not provide this feature.
- Pro is continually updated whereas there are no plans to add any more features or improvements to Mini.
Scanned Synth Pro is a commercial product and is available for 99.99 USD/59.99 Euros (excluding VAT). We plan to produce a Mac version of Scanned Synth Pro soon.
Please download the demo version of Scanned Synth Pro from here to try it out for yourself. The demo has the following limitations:
- The synth outputs one second of silence every thirty seconds
- The synth becomes silent after twenty minutes of use
- Programs cannot be saved
You can find out more about installing and running Scanned Synth in the Getting Started Guide.
And try the demo Randomizer below for even more unusualness:
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