MSE Synthesizer System – New Synth by Max for Cats
Max for Cats just released their newest soft-synth and it is jam-packed with some powerful features. The system includes an individual synth module, “the Quad” which is 4 of the synths stacked into one instrument, and the SEQ8 step sequencer.
The MSE Synthesizer module gives a lot of bang for your buck, it contains the following features:
- Mono or 8 voice poly mode
- Glide/Pitchbend
- 2 oscillators (saw/pulse with PW)
- Oscillator sync for pulse wave
- Multimode state variable filter with LP, notch, HP and BP
- 2 LFOs with several waveforms, sync or free running
- 2 ADS envelopes
- A sub and noise oscillator
- Several modulation targets
The Quad is the MSE Synth times 4, each synth can be panned, gain-staged, and key split individually to assign specific key ranges to each synth. It contains these features:
- 4 MSE modules
- Keysplit for each MSE
- Individual glide for each MSE
- 8 oscillators
- Oscillator sync for pulse wave
- 4 multimode state variable filters with LP, Notch, HP and BP
- 8 LFOs with several waveforms, sync or free running
- 8 ADS envelopes
- 4 sub and noise oscillator
- Several modulation targets
The SEQ8 is an 8 step analog style sequencer with swing, transposition, and Mapping abilities to control other software synths and even external synths. It contains these features:
- Sync or free running
- Key transpose
- Randomise for each row
- 1- 8 note steps
- 1- 8 octave steps
- 1- 8 velocity steps
- 1-8 map steps for free parameter mapping with smoothing
- Swing
- Note scaling
- Direction: FWD (forward), BWD (backward), BAF (back and forth), ALT (alternate), RND (random)
- Step mutes
We were impressed with the punch this system packs and at $35 this is a definite bargain, watch the video below to learn more and visit the Sonic Bloom website to purchase MSE Synthesizer.
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