Xen-Arts has released IVOR, a free microtonal virual analog synthesizer in VSTi plugin format for Windows. (via Synthtopia)
IVOR is a microtonal sound-designer’s virtual analog synthesizer with a carefully designed ergonomic workflow for quickly creating powerful sounding and musical useful timbres.
IVOR is available for free download via Xen-Arts. As an introduction to this instrument, it would be a good idea to do a bit of reading about microtonal music.
Features
Main features of IVOR:
- A ‘knob-less’ design featuring slider controls only, which enables intuitive direct control with a computer mouse.
- A dedicated control signal system mapped to the most important synthesis functions.
- Settings are made by typing values into fields, dropdown lists, left-and-right arrows, switches and sliders.
- Enables musicians to specify precise microtonal pitch-bend settings.
- Features arbitrary microtonal oscillator transposition settings.
- Velocity modulation of harmonics enables dynamically playing harmonics of the fundamental pitch.
Links
Download IVOR: click here