Synapse Audio Software
Synapse Audio Software is a software company located in Germany. Previously known as Sonic Syndicate and headed by Richard Hoffmann, they develop music production software for the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows platforms. They started developing software in November 1998 as Sonic Syndicate and changed their name to Synapse Audio with the release of Orion Platinum in 2002.
Sonic Syndicate ran a competition for users to suggest new names for the company. The winner received a free copy of Orion Platinum.
Orion Studio
Orion is a main product manufactured by Synapse. It is a standalone music production package with a multitrack sequencer and pattern-based workflow. Orion includes several built-in instruments and supports additional Virtual Studio Technology instruments and effects plug-ins. As of version 8.5, Synapse Orion Studio contains following default instruments :- DrumRack - A 12-track sample-based drum machine, containing its own step and velocity sequencer.
- Sampler - Multisample player with two LFOs and three envelopes.
- Pro-9 - Virtual-analog drum machine.
- XR-909 - Analog drum synthesizer.
- Tomcat - Monophonic drum sound synthesizer.
- Wasp - Virtual Analog synthesizer.
- Toxic - A 6 oscillator FM synth.
- Monobass - Monophonic bass synth
- Screamer - A 2-oscillator synth with a distortion unit.
- Plucked String - Physical modelling string synth.
- Acoustic Grand Piano - Piano based on high-quality stereo samples of a real acoustic piano.
- WaveFusion - A 3-oscillator wavetable synthesizer.
- Ultran - A Wave-morphing sampler.
- MidiOut module
- : Enables sending notes to external MIDI-compatible music equipment
Other products
- The Legend - A recreation of Minimoog Model D synthesizer
- Obsession - A uniquely detailed software emulation of components of famous Oberheim classic synthesizer hardware, resulting in that rival the original
- DUNE3 - A virtual-analog and wavetable synthesizer with a "Differential Unison Engine"
- DUNE2 - A blend of virtual-analog and wavetable synthesizers with a "Differential Unison Engine"
- DUNE - A virtual-analog synthesizer with a "Differential Unison Engine"
- Antidote - Subtractive synthesizer with two complex oscillator banks and an eight mode filter
- EKS Pro - An electronic kick-drum synthesizer
- X-Poly - Emulation of early analog synthesizers
- Hydra - Multimodel FM-like synthesizer
- Junglist - Multimodel KickMaking synthesizer
- Scorpion - Emulation of a vintage analog synthesizer
- Plucked String - Simple Guitar simulation instrument