H.G. Fortune has announced the release of ScapesWizard, a virtual synthesizer instrument for soundscapes, atmospheres and textures in motion.
ScapesWizard is a machine for soundscapes with very different control concept by triggering different samples via keyboard, or, using LazyPlay play a pool of waves in sequence or at random driven by inbuilt clock or have this triggered by keyboard.to advance manually.
There are three different soundengines: Slow Motion Scapes (Osc 1&2), OneShots and Loops (Osc 3), and Space Rumble Background Noise. Each engine has got some dedicated soundmodifiers partly with special controls. But the most important feature is you can trigger i.e. switch samples with a dedicated tune setting via keyboard (with velocity) which is ideal for live interaction too!
You got 2 x 24 samples (= 2 x 2 octaves) in direct access via keyboard. To each keyrange (from C2 to B3 and C4 to B5) a different waveset out of 5 can be assigned. This makes the plugin suited very well for usage with trigger pad controllers. Also for live interaction pitchwheel can be used for Osc1 & Osc2 with a range of +1/-1 octave and for Osc 3 the same for Modwheel.
The basic usage is intended to have a setting ‘in motion’ and then play different samples. Although there seem to be very few control elements most of these have a double function: left side is setting a dedicated value while right side adjusts modulation amount.
ScapesWizard Pro for Windows (VST) is available to purchase for 29 EUR until 1 January, 2011 (50% off regular price of 59 EUR. A fully featured demo of the Pro version (with occasional fade outs & voice overs) and X-Mas freebie ScapesWizard mini are available from the H.G. Fortune website.
More information: H.G. Fortune
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news on Nov 16, 2010
The Indie Dev Collective has announced their second massive sale, offering discounts on a wide range of products from various developers.
Following the success of their first collaborative event (May 2010), the Indie Dev Collective are back with another fantastic sale.
Nine developers providing a highly diverse selection of synths, effects, samples, loops, and presets – all on sale at the same time, with prices up to 70% off.
IDC Sale #2 includes products by:
- Dusted William Sounds
- H.G. Fortune
- Hardcore Harmonics/Supersynths
- Manytone
- Nucleus Soundlab
- Perimeter Sound Arts
- Ugo
- Westgate Sounds
- whiteLABEL
The sale lasts until November, 30th, 2010.
More information: Indie Dev Collective
H.G. Fortune has announced the release of Alphatron, a virtual synthesizer instrument plug-in for Windows.
Alphatron is not just a simple VA synthesizer instead in using a 3rd oscillator with digital waves it does offer a lot more variation. Thus it can do analogstyle sounds reminding of the old Moog and Prophet days but also merge this with the digital realm in various ways to achieve sounds beyond.
Alphatron features
- VA Oscillator with up to 6 poly waves for Saw, Ramp, Sine, Tri, and Pulse.
- VA Oscillator with single waves as above plus white and pink noise, Sync slave.
- Sample Oscillator with fairly typical digital waves with different hamonic content, Sync master.
- Amplitude Modulation with dedicated output.
- 24 dB resonant Low Pass filter with dedicated ADSR EG, 4 mixable mod sources.
- VCA EG. Note: Both EG have 3 modes: exponential, reverse exponential, and linear; and optional control for Attack and Decay by velocity.
- Booster or Enciter selectable.
- Mystify with three selctable types (Brite, Soft, Dark).
- BPM synced Delay with adjustable Offset controlled manually or by modsource, Pan.
- Bass Boost.
- Pan for undelayed signal.
- Small Reverb for adding some nice flavour.
- Saturator.
- Main Volume.
- 3 x LFO, 1 x Duo LFO (with two waves and phase control for 2nd wave), 1 x S&H.
- Pitch LFO with option to speed up or down the LFO speed.
- 16 Step Seqencer with Shuffle for notes and velocity plus mute buttons for each step..
- Incl 8 pattern slots per patch and 4 global pattern slots for instant changes.
- 3 Wheels.
- Aftertouch as selectable modsource.
- 8 Lazy buttons.
- 8 GUI variants selectable.
- 128 patches.
Alphatron Pro is available to purchase as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC for 29 EUR. The Basic version has limited features and is available as a free download from the H.G. Fortune website.
More information: H.G. Fortune
Dimitri Schkoda has released Premonitions (Part One and Two), music made with the Avatar ST virtual synthesizer by H.G. Fortune.
Avatar Premonitions: Two CDs recorded live by Dimitri Schkoda aka Inner Dreamer featuring Avatar ST VSTi Synthesizer only (no further FX used). Even more only one patch of Avatar ST was used per track at all though with some realtime tweaking of course.
The skilful play of Dimitri Schkoda unveils the very sonic potential of this synthesizer. This is partly cinematic to orchestral ambient sometimes with a dark touch and very well suited not only for relaxation but also for intense listening of his imaginary songs done with the ‘Futuristic Orchestra’ as he calls it. He has dedicated
this masterpiece of music ‘to all friends around the world who support works of HG Fortune’.
Premonitions Part One & Two are available as a free download from H.G. Fortune. Both rar archives include images for CD cover, booklet and CD label ready for printing.
More information: H.G. Fortune
H.G. Fortune has released Avatar ST, a virtual synthesizer instrument for Windows.
Avatar ST is featuring a new generation of HG Fortune synths. Basically it is most suited for a large variety of pads, soundscapes, athmospheres or related FX sounds but can do other sounds like e.g. certain kinds of basses too. The 16 Step Modulator allows sounds to be fairly rhythmicated in various ways if wanted.
Also you can have one section stepmodulated while the other is not as there are two complete sections with oscillators, modifiers, VCA EG, Delay, Pan and Reverb send, plus a grain processor and a multimode filter to be inserted via different audio routings. In addition there are a lot of modulation options you might select from in order to taylor your sound.
Twelve Tutorial patches have been created in order to help you exploring this synth – see also Appendix 4 of manual.
Avatar ST Pro features
- 2 x 2 PCM wave oscillators with 384 waves in 3 banks.
- 2 x Osc Mix section with one XY-Pad plus mix option for direct and step modulated out.
- 2 x Mystify with three selctable types (Brite, Soft, Dark).
- 1 x Grain Processor.
- 1 x Filter with 4 types (LP, HP, BP and Feedback) incl. 1 ADSR EG.
- 2 x VCA EG (ADSR).
- 2 x Delay, 2 x Pan.
- 7 x LFO, 1 x S&H, 16 Step Modulator, Keytrack and Modwheel.
- 1 semi parametric 3Band Stereo EQ, 1 small Reverb for adding some nice flavour.
- 16 voices, 8 Lazy Buttons.
Avatar ST is available to purchase as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC for 39 EUR.
A free version is available to download from the H.G. Fortune website (4 voices, 64 internal patches, 256 internal waves (banks #0 & #2), SF2 & wave loading only with Osc B2).
More information: H.G. Fortune
H.G. Fortune has announed a lowered price for a number of its synthesizer instrument plug-ins for Windows.
Former Backlist items STS-33 Pro and Anvilia Pro have been moved to the HGF Classics VSTi! Thus these are available for only 9Euro each.
Even more: AlioNoctis Pro, Arracis Gold Pro, and Swamp XT Pro have been moved to the Backlist at a reduced price.
H.G. Fortune has also released the first version of STS-11 (from February 2005) as freeware. Download it here (PC/VST).
More information: H.G. Fortune
