LUXONIX releasing a pre-release demo of their forthcoming Ravity PCM synth plug-in. According to them, the Windows VST synth has been coded with an "optimized engine working very fast and lightly." I suspect that English is not their native tongue, but it's the sounds that do the talking and we're promised a healthy portion of raw PCM wave data Specification :

New structure based on PCM Synthesizer Module

32MB Wave Data

512+ ready-to-use preset sound (will be added)

Large preset browser (keyboard support) / Expandable easy editing GUI (hot-key support)

NAVI engine : Extremely low CPU load / 32bit sound processing (64bit on transposition)

HLMS : Hyper Layed MIDI assign System for real-time performance and sound editing

FOEM : Full Optimized embedded Effecting Module (24 types of algorithm)

Synth Mode : 4-layer combi system / Independent arpeggiator for each ayer

Rhythm Mode : 16 assignable pads/layers / 6 individual stereo outputs
* Both Synth & Rhythm modes are realized in ravity.
Minimum Requirements :

Pentium II 350Mhz or higher

about 40MB free hard disc space

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

VST 2.0+ compatible host application (2.3 recommended)
Limitations of Demo version :

The saving of user-presets has been disabled.

The manual link has been disabled.

A regular white-noise will be heard. ravity will be available in late April 2004, for $219 USD.

luxonix.com

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