About The Space Synthesizer

Are you using VST plugins or Audio Units and need an instrument which provides interesting wave table textures? Then the Space Synth is one of the plugins you should definitely have a look at. The Space Synth is available as a VST plugin for Windows and Audio Unit on Mac OS X.

The Space Synth produces ambient sounds suitable for music genres, such as ambient techno, space-music and traditional ambient music. The MIDI synth comes with 256 presets and a manual (Adobe Acrobat).

This one and our other plugins have been tested with Cubase SX, Cubase VST, Garage Band, Muzys, Orion Pro, Logic, Acid Pro, Magix Music Studio, Audio Mulch and SONAR using various adapters. The Space Synth should work with all VST compatible hosts on Windows and all Audio Unit compatible hosts on Mac as long as they follow the VST or Audio Unit specification.

The Space Synth was designed to produce sounds, which can be used to create ambient music, space-music or just moody electronic music in general. The odd signal path, modulation routings and sequencer controls make it possible to come up with a vast array of sounds, which have a moving and organic character. It's different from other plugins, both in terms of sound and architecture.

The ensemble creates a big and wide sound. The resonator stands for fatness in combination with a screaming feedback control. The filter gives the sound a warm analog character and the sequencer controlled evolving oscillator generates tones you have never heard before.

Full polyphony is provided. Thus the number of voices that you'll get from the plugins voice scheme is only dependant on the power of your CPU. If you have a computer which can handle 47 voices, then you'll get 47 simultaneous voices etc.

Sound Examples

Here are a couple of MP3 files that demonstrate the sound of the Space Synth. Each demo was created using the Space Synth, as the only instrument, and Cubase VST. No effects were used. What you hear is what you get. No other plugins were used.

Preset 1 - Huge Universe (441 KB)
Preset 2 - Machine Talk (572 KB)
Preset 16 - Vox Pad (554 KB)
Preset 23 - Float in Space (454 KB)
Preset 25 - Space lead (231 KB)
Preset 27 - Big Thing (302 KB)
Preset 37 - Atmosphere (541 KB)
Preset 42 - Angel Talks (472 KB)
Preset 45 - Whispers (700 KB)
Preset 50 - Captain fat (207 KB)

Or listen to this MP3 file (2.4 MB), which contains around 2-3 minutes of the Space Synth (4 simple notes are played with different presets).

Many parameters can be controlled by the built-in analog style sequencer, for example the waveform of the oscillator, which can be set to make smooth or abrupt transitions. Unusual patches can be created. For example, the resonator can be swept with an LFO that has a random shape. Or the sequencer can control the filter cutoff.

A wide range of exotic patches, with an ambient feel, can be created using the extensive modulation capabilities of the SpaceSynth. How about sequencer control of the filter's resonance parameter? Or how about modulating the resonator LFO's rate with random values? Or let the plugins sequencer control the ensemble effect's vibrato depth.

The Space Synth uses a resonator, to create that famous sweeping sound, and an ensemble effect to give the synth that lush and smooth sound.

Technical Details
  • Powerful evolving oscillator
  • Warm lowpass filter
  • Resonator with feedback
  • Sequencer controlled oscillator
  • Sequencer controlled resonator and lowpass filter
  • Modulate filter depth and rate
  • Modulate resonator depth and rate
  • Modulate ensemble depth
  • Smooth or abrupt wavetable switches
  • Ensemble
  • Stereo Delay
  • And much more...
Two delays add an extra dimension to the sounds. The delays can be synchronized to MIDI or they can run on their own.

The plugin features a relatively odd signal path and has a relatively rare overall architecture. Therefore, the sounds are also relatively odd and rare but nevertheless powerful, beautiful and very exciting. The synthesizer often sounds alive and very organic. Listen to the demos yourself and judge.

Click here to read the manual in PDF format.