Roger Linn Design Releases AdrenaLinn Sync Plug-In

Nov 4, 2009 5:29 PM

           
 

Berkeley, CA-based Roger Linn Design has released AdrenaLinn Sync ($99), an AU/VST/RTAS-compatible plug-in for Mac OS X (a Windows version is coming) that offers the same type of beat-synced filter effects of its hardware sibling, but with many improvements.

Here are some of the highlights:

More Control—More parameters to fine-tune your filter modulation and filter sequencing effects.

More Randomness—Random sequence generation, random LFO amplitude, plus variable probability of randomly-generated notes or envelope firing.

More Swing—In additional to half or full swing timing for sequenced notes, you also get on randomly-generated notes.

Noise source for Self-Generated Noise Beats—Use noise with the sequencer to create synthesized drumbeats, or to excite resonant filters into self-oscillation.

2 Simultaneous Modulation Paths—Separately route LFO & Sequencer, or Sequencer Level & Sequencer Envelope, to individual levels of filter frequency, volume and pan modualtion.

Full Stereo Signal Path—Maintain full stereo from input to output.

Self-generating sequences—Increase resonance to full for self-oscillating filter or flanger, then use the Sequencer for random or looped self-generating note sequences.

Musical Scale Constraints—Snap the LFO or Sequencer modulation signals chromatic, major, minor, pentatonic, blues, whole tone, diminished or seven other musical scales.

Tube-Modeled Distortion—A very warm and smooth distortion with pre-hipass and post-lowpass filters.

Stereo phaser—A rich, 4-stage stereo phaser.

10 Second Stereo Delay with Ping Pong—Makes your beat-synced delays and delay loops more useful. Delay loops as long as 8 bars in length (up to 10 seconds).

Clean & Simple User Interface—Clearly shows signal flow and modulation routing.

128 Presets—Includes all of AdrenaLinn III sequenced, random and modulation presets, plus some new self-generating pitched sequences and noise drumbeats.

The AdrenaLinn sync doesn't offer the drumbeats, amp models, reverb or note-triggered filter-modulation features of the hardware pedal, but the company figures that most users will already have those capabilities in their existing plug-in collections.

For more information, go to www.rogerlinndesign.com.