Phosphor 3

About

Phosphor is a unique instrument plugin modelled on the alphaSyntauri, a vintage digital additive synth from the early 80s. The original alphaSyntauri required an Apple IIe to operate, but Audio Damage have gone ahead and eliminated the middle-man so you can have this classic digital synth in your DAW of choice.

Version 3 once more modernizes the original's tried and tested feature set. Besides plenty under-the-hood improvements, it comes with a new coat of paint, expanded modulation options, MPE support, TUN-file support for non-equal-tempered tunings, and our brand new preset browser.

Phosphor’s topology closely follows the alphaSyntauri, while adding many modern features. It sports two identical voices, each with its own additive synthesis wavetable oscillator, noise source, amp envelope and delay line. Pick between low-resolution mode mirroring the original's sonics and the more pristine high-resolution setting for that top-end goodness. Keep it tame with 16 partials or cross-modulate Phosphor's oscillators and wade into the waters of the Synclavier's FM capabilities! Phosphor accurately models the original's sounds while providing plenty new paths for sonic exploration.

Features

• Two Voices:
• Each voice has a wavetable oscillator with transposition and fine-tuning controls, a noise generator, level ADSR, delay line with filter, and level and pan controls.
• Additive Wavetable Oscillators:
• Each oscillator has 16, 32 or 64 partials with individual level sliders, preset buttons for common waveforms, and partial level randomisation.
• Noise Sources:
• White noise in regular operation or shift-register noise in vintage mode.
• One level envelope for each voice with control over the duration and curvature of the Attack, Decay, and Release segments.
• Vintage Modes:
• Introduces digital artefacts and distortion. Can be engaged individually for each oscillator and noise source.
• Optionally host tempo-synced Low-Frequency-Oscillators with Sine, Triangle, Rectangle and Random shapes. Skew sliders affect waveforms differently in different modes. Can be used on per-note basis or globally.
• Modulation Panel:
• Quick modulation assignment via modal panel
• Dual Delays:
• One optionally host-tempo synced delay effect for each voice with feedback filter. Each voice's delay can crossfeed into the other.
• TUN File Support:
• Load TUN-files for non-traditional/microtonal tunings.
• Cross Modulation:
• The voices' oscillators can modulate each other's frequencies, akin to the NED Synclavier. Voices can be muted and used only exclusively as modulators, too.
• Voice Modes:
• Poly mode, as well as mono mode without retrigger and retrigger mode. Variable portamento in mono and retrigger mode.
• T-Rand modulation:
• Modulation source generating a bipolar random value every time a note is played.
• Software Keyboard:
• Particularly useful on touch interfaces. Note velocity is determined by Y position.
• MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression):