de la Mancha has released plastique, a 2 oscillator subtractive synth, using the 31 waveforms from the Casio HT-700 synth and some enhancements to the originals feature set.

de la Mancha plastique

It does lofi 80s sounds but also so much more, with a configurable filter (up to 16 poles), a pitch envelope for percussion, an arp, tempo sync delay & LFO, chorus and some lofi instability

plastique features

  • 31 Waveforms from the Casio HT-700
  • 2 Oscs with sync and octave / semitone detune
  • Configurable Resonant Low Pass filter (2-16 poles with cut-off spread)
  • Volume and Pitch envelopes
  • Tempo sync LFO with 10 waveforms and note-on sync to modulate filter and pitch
  • Tempo sync Arp with 6 modes and adjustable octave range, note length
  • Tempo sync Delay
  • Adjustable Chorus
  • Lofi options include reduction in quality, distortion and pitch drift
  • 64 presets from Tim Conrardy, Ouroboros & Sink

Plastique is available as a freeware VST instrument for Windows PC.

de la Mancha has also announced a Buy One, Get One Free deal for Octav8r.

Until 1st Jan 2009, if you buy Octav8r ($24) then Dirtbox3 will also be included for free in the download (normally $24)

Visit de la Mancha for more information and download links.

You can have a peek at de la Mancha’s next plugins here, here, here, here, and here.