Introducing Charlatan, a light and crisp virtual analog synth sound source (WinVST2 only)
Version 3 has been released which is significantly updated and supports VST3.
For those who are going to use it from now on, version 3 is better.
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Today is old, but I would like to introduce the virtual analog synth sound source Charlatan.
Charlatan has many presets, so it is also recommended for those who do not want to edit.
Sound demo
I tried playing the preset.
I added effects and added drums and bass (Charlatan).
Charlatan does not have effects, so you may feel that it is not good at first, but it will change if you apply effects.
Download presets
Presets are included, but you can also download them from KVR.
(KVR account required)
You can download from the above link and click "Download". (login required)
Overview
Charlatan is a polyphonic subtractive virtual analog (VA) synthesizer plug-in with an emphasis on sound quality and ease of use.It's flexible yet has an overwhelming feature set, encouraging artists to start tweaking rather than relying on presets.While simple, Charlatan's architecture is flexible enough to create everything from classic sounds to experimental noises.Without compromising sound quality, the sound engine is highly optimized for efficient use of the CPU, making Charlatan well suited as a 'bread and butter' synth, even for projects using numerous plugin instances. .
Best of all, it's freeware!Please enjoy!
Major features
- 2 oscillators with shape modulation
- Oscillator hard sync and ring modulation
- Unison mode and stereo spread for up to 7 voices
- stereo noise generator
- 2 ADSR envelope generators
- LFO synced to host tempo
- Three types of filters that mimic classic analog hardware: 3-pole (4db/oct) and 24-pole (2db/oct) lowpass,
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- 3 voice modes: monophonic, monophonic legato, 8-voice polyphonic
- Ultra-low CPU usage
Download
Transition from the above link and close to the bottom of the screen.
Click "Charlatan 2.0 Windows 32/64-bit VSTi (ZIP file)" to start downloading.
Installation
When you unzip the downloaded file, there are x86 and x64 folders inside, so "Charlatan.dll" is in the 64bit folder, so put it in the VST2 folder.
Most VST2 folders are one of the following:
C:Program FilesVSTPlugIns
C \ Program Files \ Steinberg \ VST Plugins
C \ Program Files \ Steinberg \ Cubase \ VSTPlugins
C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ VST2
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\VST2
Summary
It's old, so it doesn't support VST3 and you can't change the GUI size, but it's light and sounds good.
And I think that a recent CPU with many presets can be used without feeling stress.
I'd like to have a light sound source because it comes in handy.
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