| Manufacturer |
Product |
Version |
Type |
Minimum System Requirements |
Automation |
Format |
Synthesis Methods |
Special Features |
Price |
| Toontrack |
Drumkit From Hell Superior |
N/A |
Virtual instruments |
Win 98, ME, XP, PIII - Athlon 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM;
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM |
Yes |
N/A |
Sample playback |
1 DVD and 4 double DVDs with 35 GB data |
$300 |
| Toontrack |
DFH Custom & Vintage |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Win 98, ME, XP, PIII/Athlon 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM;
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 512 MB RAM |
Yes |
N/A |
Sample playback |
Fine vintage and custom-built drums |
$300 |
| U&I Software |
MetaSynth 4/MetaSynth 4 Pro |
4 |
Sound - design, electronic music composition |
Mac OS X.2, 512 MB RAM |
No |
Standalone non-MIDI |
FM, additive, subtractive, granular, spectral,
all with custom tunings |
Unique graphic approach to synthesis/sound
design |
$499/$599 (Pro) |
| Ueberschall |
PLP120 Perc Live Performances |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Win 98, ME, 2000, XP, Pentium II 300 MHz, 256 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST 2.0, RTAS Audio Units |
Sample playback |
1.5 GB of live percussive performances |
$200 |
| Ueberschall |
BPM120 Beat & Percussion Module |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Win 98, ME, 2000, XP, Pentium II 300 MHz, 256 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST 2.0, RTAS Audio Units |
Sample playback |
2.4 GB of drum and percussion material, packed
in a massive library |
$200 |
| Ueberschall |
VCP120 � Vin
tage Chord Progressions |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Win 98, ME, 2000, XP, Pentium II 300 MHz, 256 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST 2.0, RTAS Audio Units |
Sample playback |
Library of � m
ore than 1,800 live - recorded chord progressions with an
innovative audio engine |
$200 |
| Ueberschall |
VLP120 VIntage Licks & Phrases |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Win 98, ME, 2000, XP, Pentium II 300 MHz, 256 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST 2.0, RTAS Audio Units |
Sample playback |
Over 3 GB licks and phrases on 5 CD ROMs |
$300 |
| Ueberschall |
Liquid Saxophone |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Mac OS X 10.3, 512 MB R
AM, G4 500 MHz |
|
RTAS (req. Pro Tools 6.4 or later) |
Sample playback |
Featuing a great range of styles played on
baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones |
$200 |
| Ueberschall |
Liquid Bass |
N/A |
Virtual instrument |
Mac OS X 10.3, 512 MB RAM, G4 500 MHz |
Yes |
RTAS (req. Pro Tools 6.4 or later) |
Sample playback |
Contains a great range of styles played on '78
Musicman Stingray, '77 Fender Jazz Bass (maple neck) |
$200 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 1 Keyboards Collection |
1.8 |
Sample-based synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Acoustic and electric pianos, classic
keyboards, release triggers, reverb |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 2 Fretted Instruments |
1.8 |
Sample-based synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Acoustic and electric guitars, basses, plus
world guitars |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 3 Drums & Percs Elements |
1.8 |
Sample-based synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Acoustic drum kits, all styles, electronica
kits, drum machines |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 4 Hip Hop & R 'n' B Toolkit |
1.8 |
Sample playback synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Loops, kits, mono-mode leads, basses,
dual-resonant filters |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 5 World of Synthesizers |
1.8 |
Sample-based synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Retro and modern synth sounds, dual resonant
filters, reverb |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Vol. 6 Global Collection |
1.8 |
Sample playback synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
Wide variety of sounds, advanced GM set,
built-in reverb |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
SonicBoomBox |
N/A |
Apple Loops plug-in |
Mac OS X (GarageBand, Logic Pro 7, Soundtrack,
Final Cut) |
Yes |
Apple Loops |
Sample playback, subtractive |
Reverb |
$99 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Charlie |
N/A |
Sample-based synth plug-in |
Mac OS 9, OS X; Win 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP |
Yes |
MAS, RTAS, VST, Audio Units, DXi |
Sample playback, subtractive |
Retro organ, reverb |
$299 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Plugsound Box Set |
N/A |
Sample-based synth |
Win 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Mac OS 8.6.128 MB
RAM |
Yes |
VST OS 9/OS X/Win, RTAS OS 9/OS X, MAS OS 9/OS
X, Audio Units |
Subtractive sample playback |
All six plugsound volumes in one box |
$399 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
Ultra Focus |
N/A |
Sample-based synth plug-in |
Mac OS X; Win 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP |
Yes |
MAS, RTAS, VST, Audio Units, DXi |
Sample playback, subtractive |
2 layers and multi effects |
$399 |
| Ultimate Sound Bank |
X-treme FX |
N/A |
Sample-based effects & sound-design
plug-in |
Mac OS X; Win 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP |
Yes |
MAS, RTAS, VST, Audio Units, DXi |
Sample playback, subtractive |
2 layers and multi effects |
$399 |
| Unitonic |
Aurora |
2 |
Modulative synthesizers |
Win XP, Mac OS X |
Yes |
TDM |
Additive with timbre modulation (PM), and
noise modulation |
Polyrythmic step sequencers and unprecedented
control |
$699 |
| VirSyn Software
Synthesizer |
Cube |
2 |
Spectral morphing resynthesizer |
Win XP, Mac OS X, 512 MB RAM, PIII/G4 |
Yes |
Standalone, VST, Audio Units |
Additive resynthesis |
Graphical spectrum editor, 2-dimensional
morphing, multistage envelopes, resynthesis |
$319 |
| VirSyn Software
Synthesizer |
Tera |
3 |
Synth |
Win 98, XP, Mac OS X, 512 MB RAM |
Yes |
Standalone, VSTi, Audio Units, RTAS |
Analog model, FM, spectrum synthesis,
additive, physical modeling, formant synthesis, wave shaping, sampling,
terrain synthesis |
Multi-modular synthesis, 8D sound access,
song/step sequencer, built-in mixer/effects |
$339 |
| VirSyn Software
Synthesizer |
Cantor |
1.6 |
Vocal synthesizer |
Win XP, Mac OS X, 512 MB RAM, PIII/G4 |
Yes |
Standalone, VSTi, Audio Units, RTAS |
Spectral modeling vocal synthesis |
Built-in vocal sequencer, direct text to
phoneme conversion for American, English and German |
$389 |
| Waldorf-Music |
Attack Percussion Synthesizer |
1.2 |
Drum and percussion synthesizer |
Win 95 to XP, 266 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Mac PPC
604e, 64 MB RAM, MacOS 8.0 to OS X 10.2 |
Yes |
VSTi |
Virtual modeled circuitry synthesis |
8 audio outputs (2 stereo, 4 mono) ,
polyphonically playable percussive bass and lead sounds |
$150 |
| Waldorf-Music |
PPG Wave 2.V |
1.2 |
Wavetable synthesizer |
Win 95 to XP, 266 MHz, 64 MB RAM; Mac PPC
604e, 64 MB RAM, Mac OS 8.0 to OS X 10.3 |
Yes |
VSTi |
Wavetable synthesis |
VST plug-in based on the well known PPG Wave 2
series from the Mid-Eighties |
$200 |
| Wavelength Devices |
Dual Filter |
1 |
Filterbank |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC v3.1 |
Yes |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC |
Analog-modeled filterbank |
Stereo filterbank that allows the frequencies
of the left and right to be shifted apart |
$29 |
| Wavelength Devices |
europa |
1.12 |
Synth |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC v3.1 |
Yes |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC |
Subtractive/FM |
Vintage analog timbres, great for classic
funk/ R&B/ electro |
$69 |
| Wavelength Devices |
uberPlastic |
1 |
Synth |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC v3.1 |
Yes |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC |
Subtractive/FM |
Unique sound, capable of lush feedback timbres |
$99 |
| Wavelength Devices |
sparC |
1 |
Synth |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC v3.1 |
Yes |
CreamWare SFP/ XTC |
Subtractive / FM |
Oscillator sync and crossmod capabilities |
$99 |
| Manufacturer |
Product |
Version |
Type |
Minimum System Requirements |
Automation |
Format |
Synthesis Methods |
Special Features |
Price |
