Sylenth1 is not just another synth. It was built from
a producer’s point of view. It was built to produce
superior quality sound and music. It was built to
perform. A lot of research has been invested in order
to achieve unheard warmth and clarity. The graphical
interface ensures the highest level of usability so
you can fully unleash your creativity.
Oscillators
At its core Sylenth1 houses 4 alias-free unison
oscillators, which generate analog shaped waveforms.
Each oscillator is capable of producing 8 unison
voices in full stereo, adding up to a total of 32
voices per note. With its 16 notes of polyphony this
means you can play up to 512 voices simultaneously!
The oscillators perform extremely well in both the
very low (down to 0.01Hz and below!) and very high
(all the way up to half the samplerate) frequency
regions without losing their sharpness, liveliness or
character. This makes them well suited for all kinds
of sounds, from the deepest basses imaginable to the
highest crystal clear bells.
Filters
On top of that there are 2 state of the art, pure
analog sounding filter sections. Each of these
consists of 4 filter stages with nonlinear saturation
incorporated, in order to emulate the warmth and
drive of a real analog filter. The resonance control
can be turned up to a level way beyond self
-oscillation and combined with the drive control this
makes it possible to let the filters SCREAM! Where a
lot of digital filters sound like they’re made out of
cheap plastic, these filters sound rock-solid, warm
and raw.
Modulation
Sylenth offers many modulation options to sculpture
the sound any way you like. There are 2 ADSR
envelopes and 2 LFO’s which can be used to modulate a
whole set of different parameters. Next to that, it
is possible to use the extra 2 amplitude envelopes,
velocity, keyboard track or modulation wheel as a
source for modulation.
Master FX
The final part of this synth is the master effects
section. A set of 7 professional quality sound
effects and an arpeggiator, conveniently grouped into
an LCD panel structure.
Arpeggiator û 10 different melodic modes, built-in
step sequencer with adjustable pitch, velocity and
hold settings. Outputs Step Velocity as a modulation
source.
Distortion - Five different types of distortion
(overdrive, foldback, clip, decimator and bitcrusher)
in full stereo, uses 4x oversampling to minimize
aliasing artifacts.
Phaser - 6-Stage stereo phaser, with 2x oversampling,
an embedded LFO, feedback and frequency spread
adjustment.
Chorus/Flanger û 4-Stage stereo chorus, with 2x
oversampling, adjustable delay time, depth, rate and
feedback for flanging effects.
Equalizer - Bass and treble adjustment by frequency
and amplification.
Delay - Delay module with low and high pass filters,
unique echo smearing function, pingpong mode with
stereo spreading, independent left and right delay
time and adjustable stereo width.
Reverb - Smooth reverb with adjustable pre-delay,
damp, size and stereo width.
Compressor - Stereo compressor with attack, release,
threshold and ratio settings, which can be used to
increase punch, drive, warmth and analog feel of your
sounds.
Performance
With all the functionality and processing horsepower
mentioned above, you might expect that this synth
would max out even the fastest CPU in no-time,
especially considering the high sound quality of each
single voice and effect. Well, one of the many
benefits of this synth is that it doesn’t. It uses
highly optimized code and SSE instructions in order
to reduce the CPU usage to a minimum. It will also
automatically turn off any parts that are not used,
to save extra CPU time. This enables you to create
pure quality sound using only minimal system
resources.
Features
4 Ultrahigh-quality bandlimited unison oscillators in
full stereo, each of which can generate 8 voices per
note.
2 State of the art analog-sounding 4-stage stereo
filters per note. Selectable lowpass, bandpass and
highpass modes with 12dB or 24dB attenuation. A
filter drive knob controls the analog emulation of
overdrive in each filter stage.
16 Notes of polyphony, which adds up to a total of
512 simultaneous oscillator voices and 32 filters in
realtime.
4 ADSR envelope generators per note.
2 Low Frequency Oscillators with 11 different
waveforms.
16 Modulation slots with 24 different selectable
modulation parameters each.
Easy to use built-in master effects section
consisting of an arpeggiator and 7 professional
-quality sound effects: distortion, phaser, chorus,
equalizer, delay, reverb and compression.
Arpeggiator with built-in step sequencer, 10
different melodic modes, adjustable pitch, velocity
and hold settings. Outputs Step Velocity as a
modulation source.
4-Stage stereo chorus, with 2x oversampling,
adjustable delay time, depth, rate and feedback for
flanging effects.
Five different types of distortion (overdrive,
foldback, clip, decimate, bitcrush) in full stereo,
with 4x oversampling to minimize aliasing artifacts.
Equalizer with bass and treble adjustment by
frequency and amplification.
6-Stage stereo phaser, with 2x oversampling, an
embedded LFO, feedback and frequency spread
adjustment.
Delay module with low- and high-pass filters, unique
echo smearing function, pingpong mode with stereo
spreading, independent left and right delay time and
adjustable stereo width.
Smooth reverb with adjustable pre-delay, damp, size
and stereo width.
Stereo compressor with attack, release, threshold and
ratio settings, which can be used to increase punch,
drive, warmth and analog feel of your sounds.
Heavily optimized code using high-performance SSE
processor instructions.
Easy to use user-interface.
Onboard preset browser.
Fully controllable by MIDI. Knobs can be simply
assigned to MIDI CCs or RPN/NRPNs using the MIDI
learn function.
Sync button for syncing LFO and delay parameters to
host tempo.
2 Modes of portamento sliding, which will slide both
velocity and pitch parameters in polyphonic or
monophonic mode.
1300+ presets