The deputy Mark II – v1.0.1

"Editor's Choice" of the German Beat magazine #78 (May 2012)
Score: 6 out of 6 points
"Excellent" ("sehr gut")

The deputy Mark II is a VST™2.4 software instrument for Microsoft Windows® (both 32 and 64 bit) in the tradition of classic string machines and early "polyphonic" synthesizers, written in native C++ code for high performance. The main features are:

  • Polyphonic string/synthesizer (Poly) section and monophonic synthesizer (Mono) section
  • Built-in Ensemble and Phaser effects
  • Flexible keyboard assignment for Poly and Mono section
  • Poly section:
    • Up to 61 voices polyphony
    • Two band-limited frequency divider-driven oscillator banks
    • Sawtooth and PWM waveforms
    • 2-pole multi-mode filter and ADS envelope per voice
    • Global ADSR envelope for paraphonic modulation
    • Resonator bank (3 zero-delay feedback filters)
  • Mono section:
    • Single VCO plus suboscillator and noise
    • 4-pole zero-delay feedback lowpass filter
    • ADSR envelope and LFO
    • Output of Poly section can be send to filter input
  • Plug-in comes in 32 bit and 64 bit versions
  • Fully compatible with SM Pro Audio's V-Machine™

On the track "deputy", the deputy Mark II is the only audio source (plus some delay, reverb and slight compression).

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last updated: May 16, 2012 by the Bucket