Charlatan v1.1.4.
BlauKraut Engineering has released an updated version of Charlatan, their awesome freeware VA synth (included in BPB’s best free synths list) in VSTi plugin format for Windows.
Hi all, here is a new version for you with various enhancements and fixes. In parallel to these maintenance updates, I’ve been working on a complete rewrite of the synth engine using hand-optimized SSE code. Especially with polyphonic patches, this reduces CPU usage by more than 60% ! I’d say the rewrite is ~80% completed and I don’t expect serious issues for the remaining 20%. However, due to the nature of such large scale code rewrite, this needs extensive testing to avoid regressions.
Charlatan is available for free download via BlauKraut engineering.
What’s New
Improvements in Charlatan v1.1.4:
- Yet another revision of the 4-pole ladder filter implementation.
- New switch 2OCT for Osc2: double detune range (+/-2 octaves)
- 90 degree phase shift of Osc2 square wave relative to Osc1 (only when sync is inactive). Emulates behavior of sub-oscs of Roland synths.
- If Osc1 is set to noise, the ring mod input from Osc1 is now the rectangle signal rather than noise.
- Reduced max. filter key tracking from 200% to 100%. 200% just isn’t useful.
- BUGFIX: LFO delay parameter was completely hosed (10x the displayed value!)
- BUGFIX: handle LFO delay time on samplerate change
- Foubled max. LFO delay time (10s -> 20s)
- Minor tweaks’n’fixes
Links
Download Charlatan: click here
