The Extreme Synthesizer, Audio Unit and VST plugin

About Extreme

Extreme belongs to our range of hybrid synthesizers. Have you been looking for a synth which sounds different? Then look no more. Extreme supplies a range of sounds which are everything else than common.

Extreme includes 1024 presets which are divided into 16 groups. With 1024 presets to explore you'll never be out of ideas. You can, of course, make your own sounds as well.

Extreme uses samples/waveforms as the oscillator source. In addition, there's an ensemble section which can multiply the oscillator source into 6 different oscillators, which gives Extreme a very thick and punchy sound.

The waveforms/samples can be categorized as distorted, big, punchy, noisy and wicked, appealing to musicians who need a unique tool which sounds different compared with the average software synthesizers on the market.

Extreme features one resonant lowpass filter per voice. And there's a traditional amplitude envelope as well. And pitch modulation (LFO). There's a stereo delay (one for the left and one for the right stereo channel). In addition, Extreme includes an ensemble unit which multiplies the oscillator into six oscillators which can be detuned (the amount control) and mixed with the original voice.

The effect section in Extreme is quite comprehensive. We have included a resonator, a flanger, reverb, a pitch shifter, amplitude modulator and even a sub oscillator. And there are several filter banks and bandpass filters.

These effects can be used in series or layered to create thick effects and they can be cross faded as well.

Sound Examples

These are demos of Extreme. Please note that no other plugins were used to record these demos. Extreme is the only plugin you hear. Most demos feature several instances of Extreme running (around 4-5).

Demo Song 1 (900 KB)
Demo Song 2 (840 KB)
Demo Song 3 (820 KB)
Demo Song 4 (600 KB)
Demo Song 5 (870 KB)

More Information

You may configure Extreme so it gives you any number of voices your computer can handle (depending on how fast it is). Or you can set a fixed limit if you don't want to allocate more than a certain number of voices for Extreme.

The plugin has a learn mode for MIDI controllers. Just click on the learn button, turn a particular software knob, which you want to control, and then turn a hardware knob on your controller. Then the plugin has learnt that this hardware knob will control this software knob. Can't be easier. You can also use the learn function to draw controller waveforms in your MIDI sequencer.

There's a 4th order lowpass filter with resonance, which can be controlled by an envelope. In addition, MIDI velocity may control the filter cutoff frequency. If you don't like volume velocity then you may reduce the volume velocity or turn it off completely.

The plugin includes an LFO for pitch modulation and another LFO for effect modulation.

Technical Details

Powerful sample/waveform based synthesizer.
1024 presets.
Effects section with 133 different effect modes.
Crossfading effects and layered effects.
Effects may be controlled by an LFO.
LFO with 7x2 different waveforms.
Ensemble section.
Stereo delay.
No fixed number of voices.
Easy mapping, knobs to MIDI controllers.
Each voice has its own warm resonant filter.
Filter controlled by envelope or with velocity.
And much more...

You may download a demo here, but the demo contains only 5 presets and 5 samples. And it has a 3 minute limitation. All these restrictions are of course removed when you buy and download the full version.

Click here to read the manual in PDF format.

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