Academic M-Audio GForce Virtual Synth Bundle

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M-Audio GForce OhmForce Oddity
Virtual Synthesizer

The raw sound of the Oddity is everything, the 'spirit' of the original is key!

The Ohm Force Oddity is modeled on the classic ARP Odyssey which was used by artists as diverse as Gary Numan, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk and Portishead. In much the same way as the M-Tron turned a whole new generation on to those sounds, we’re certain the Ohm Force Oddity will do the same in terms of monophonic/duophonic synths.

The Ohm Force Oddity is the result of a lengthy collaboration between ourselves and OhmForce with both parties bringing unique skills to the project. As a result we have been able to extensively model the original instrument’s components and have achieved a stunning degree of authenticity in terms of functionality, character and tonal textures. We look at it as the first plug-in synth with serious 'balls', particularly when using the duophonic mode with some ring modulation.

Much scientific analysis has been carried out to achieve this inspirational emulation of the classic mono/duophonic ARP Odyssey. Samples of the various Odyssey outputs were taken, with different settings, in order to understand the influence of each parameter on things like, the shape of the envelopes and filter responses etc. Also conducted were detailed analysis of the control paths (keyboard, LFO, etc) until finally there was enough information to model and code both the oscillators and filters. One of the most difficult tasks were things like the control signals which are quite strange. For example, each time a key is pressed, the envelopes and LFO are re-triggered. However if more than four keys are held, they aren’t. Whether these things were a deliberate part of the original design is debatable, but in much the same way as the Mellotron's maximum note duration of eight seconds, it’s this oddness that gives the original instrument bags of character, and it was vital to include these idiosyncrasies in
The Ohm Force Oddity.

The Ohm Force Oddity features two syncable oscillators - fully tunable across a six octave range, with sawtooth,sine, square and variable pulse width waveforms. White and pink noise. Monophonic or duophonic modes. Host syncable LFO. Ring modulator, Resonant lowpass filter, highpass filter. Sample & hold, portamento, two envelope generators and a wealth of modulation routing options.

Further enhancements include velocity sensitivity, plus the famous OhmForce patch-morphing and a unique “flying slider” feature whereby it’s possible to grab faders with the mouse and throw them at varying speeds, recording these changes within your host application. The GUI also features a glissandi keyboard and all on-screen parameters can be simply mapped to external MIDI control.

It would have been easy to to take the cynical approach to building this synth and simply bolt an Odyssey looking GUI to a bog standard set of oscillator and filter code - but that was exactly what we set out to avoid, we think the effort and attention to detail have certainly been worth it, we hope you do too.

The VSTi Ohm Force Oddity is supplied, boxed, with a full printed manual, 5 banks of 64 Presets

Please take a little time to check out the Ohm Force Oddity Audio Demos below. We hope you enjoy them.

All Oddity (& delay) Demo (1.3Mb)

Funk Bass Demo (350Kb)

Harmonic Overtones (350 Kb)

Duo Distorted (350Kb)

Sample & Hold 1 (350Kb)

Sample & Hold 2 (350Kb)

Oddity Absynth Demo (1.8Mb)

An ambient Absynth chord with a searing Ohm Force Oddity lead.

Combined Demo (2.8Mb)

Section 1 features the Ohm Force Oddity on all parts except the drums which are taken from our Trance and Epic House CD

Section 2 features the Ohm Force Oddity on all parts except the drums which are taken from the DR-008 groove library.

Section 3 features the Ohm Force Oddity on all parts except the EVP88 for the Rhodes sound and the drums, which are taken from our Acoustic Swing & Shuffle Grooves CD

Section 4 features the Ohm Force Oddity for every instrument.

Four-Way Morph (500Kb)

Lead Morph (400Kb)

Oddity Rez Demo (600Kb)

Sample & Hold Morph (650Kb)

Many pro musicians and producers have contacted us and offered their feedback on this notably emotive instrument. The highly respected synthesist Klaus Schulze said, "Today I installed the Ohm Force Oddity.....it's beautiful. And with the 24db filters it sounds much better than the original! I really can recommend this synth."

While in the UK, praise also came from Liverpool pop-mongers, SPACE who initially said, "it's beautiful...even the packaging", and later added that "The M-tron & the Ohm Force Oddity feature heavily on the new SPACE album 'Suburban Rock & Roll'"

Praise also came from respected reviewers and magazines too, with Computer Music awarding it both Value and Performance Awards and commenting "It's one of the most inspirational and authentic analogue synths we've come across."

Additionally, aside from awarding it a Platinum and Value Award, Adam Fuest from Future Music also said "I have to say I unreservedly love the Oddity... If you were an Odyssey fan you have to have this. And if you have never tried an Odyssey then
treat yourself."

In the USA Craig Anderton noted in EQ Magazine that the Oddity is "an aficionado's plug-in.....a product for synth connoisseurs", and perceptively stated that "it feels more like a labor of love than an attempt to rule the world of soft synths with a Great Big Commercial Hit; somebody put a lot of time into getting the details right."

And now in the UK, analogue authority Gordon Reid's detailed review in August 2003 issue of Sound on Sound surmised that "Soft synths have come a long way in the past few years, with oscillators and filters that sound very much like analogue circuitry. The Ohm Force Oddity is one of this new breed and provides a remarkable imitation of a classic synth." Before concluding; "Given that Odysseys are rare, expensive, unreliable, often have damaged faders, always have scratchy faders, often drift out of tune, and are always a nightmare to tune, I don't merely recommend that you try the Ohm Force Oddity. I very STRONGLY recommend you to try it."

"WOW!!!!! I just installed Ohm Force Oddity, and I feel like Michael J. Fox in "Back To The Future". I remember the ARP on gigs I did and sessions I played on "back in the day". This softsynth sounds like you went back in time and snatched the original and dragged it back to now. It sounds soooo amazing!"
Ted Perlman, whose credits include: Whitney Houston, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Stephanie Mills, The Manhattans, Ringo, Joe Cocker, Chicago, Young M.C., Jonathan Richman, Peggi Blu and more...

"Incredibly accurate great ARP sound, versatile programming possibilities, wonderful interface and fun to the max! A musically useful trip to retroland!"
Andrew Schlesinger, whose programming credits include: Emu, Generalmusic, Casio, Korg, Kurzweil, Roland, Novation, Kawai, Seer Systems and Alesis.

"Since I last talked to you, I have been using the Ohm Force Oddity again, in greater detail. I.....I can't....stop....using it. It is really great"
Mike Overacker - Odyssey Website Host

Ohm Force Oddity Minimum System Requirements 

The Ohm Force Oddity is a VST Instrument.

Mac OS:
VSTi, AudioUnit and MAS
Power Mac G4
64Mb of RAM (128Mb from Mac OS 9)
Mac OS 8.6 or higher
VST Instrument-compatible application such as Logic Audio or Cubase SX

Microsoft Windows OS:
VSTi
Pentium III or better.
64Mb of RAM.
All current Windows versions
VST Instrument-compatible application such as Steinberg Cubase SX

M-Audio GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer

When the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer  project began way back in 2001, it's true to say that we were being slightly optimistic with our intended schedule of six months development time. The early signs were good and our supercoder Jon quickly created an alpha version with the basic outlines of key parameters before setting to work in earnest on the detail.

As it's often been said, "The devil is in the detail" because like peeling back the layers of an onion, this instrument became more and more intriguing as time progressed. The combination of digital waveforms, the ability to create your own user waves and subsequent processing through amazing analogue filters meant that, not only would this be a multi-disciplined task, it would take time to get right.

Thrilled by the acknowledgement as to the accuracy of the Oddity in relation to the Odyssey, we started to consider "what if we had added new features along the way?" And the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer gave us the perfect opportunity to put some of these thoughts into action. Over time these thoughts and ideas became realities by way of enhanced filter modes, polyphony, multi-effects and more, and all this took a long time to get right without stifling the character of the original instrument. And then came the huge task of accurately modelling the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer filters, separation and overdrive.

The OSCar, with its two analogue 12dB filters running in series, its filter overdrive and sublime separation control was not a job for some normal off-the-shelf filter algorithms, getting this right demanded huge dedication and anyone who saw our 'April Fool' will now be able to read between the lines to know how much hair-pulling and probe poking was going on. However, we're delighted to say that this painstaking work was fully justified - not only in the way that the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer sounds but also because of the subsequent licensing of these filters to one of the best regarded plug-in instrument manufacturers around today. Yes, due to the rich, versatile and musical sounding filters, even if you decide the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer isn't for you, you'll definitely be hearing a lot more of these filters in 2004 and beyond!

So here we are approaching the beginning of 2004 and we're only just at a point where we think everything is present and correct, and we're finally happy to release the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer  We think the work, and indeed the wait, has been worthwhile. True, the wait has been hardest for those most eager to lay their hands on it, and to those people we'd like to say a special thanks for bearing with us - we appreciate all your encouragement, support and patience.

 
Whilst the GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer is an emulation of the classic British synth the OSCar, we believe it's additional features and astounding array of instantly accessible programing possibilities making it a true 'classic' for the 21st Century!
The GForce impOSCar Virtual Synthesizer incudes PC VSTi, Mac VSTi and Audio Unit versions

M-Audio GForce Minimonsta
An Expert Emulation of the classic Minimoog Synthesizer

The Minimonsta from GForce is an expert emulation of the classic Minimoog* that was at the forefront of the analog synth revolution and made famous by artists like Jan Hammer, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Chick Corea, Gary Numan and Kraftwerk.

Every component of the triple-oscillator vintage synth has been faithfully modeled in G-Force Minimonsta with stunning realism—and then some. The G-Force Minimonsta is fully programmable, ships with over 2500 presets and can even morph between presets within a bank for unprecedented control. There’s also an additional LFO and ADSR that can be applied to just about any parameter, as well as delay. You can even play the G-Force Minimonsta in monophonic, polyphonic or unison modes. This true players’ instrument runs as a stand-alone application (Mac/PC) or as a plug-in for most popular host applications.

G-Force MinimonstaFeatures
> expertly crafted analog model of the classic Minimoog synthesizer
> all original features including:

3 VCOs
pink/white noise generator
famous Moog 4-pole 24dB/octave
low-frequency VCF
2 ADSRs
external input
mixer
glide
> additional LFO & ADSR for matrix modulation of almost every parameter
> monophonic, polyphonic, legato and unison trigger modes
> fully programmable with over 2500 factory patches
> real-time morphing between up to twelve patches via keyboard control
> external input allows filter to be used as plug-in effect
> MIDI learn with storable Continuous Controller maps
> delay effect
> full automation support
> stand-alone or host operation (RTAS (PC/Mac), VST (PC/Mac), Mac AU)

G-Force Minimonsta Minimum System Requirements

G-Force Minimonsta Macintosh Requirements

1.25 GHz PowerMac G4
128MB of RAM
Mac OS 9 or later (CarbonLib 1.5 or higher required); OS X
VST 2.0, RTAS, or Audio Unit compatible host application for plug-in operation
G-Force Minimonsta Windows Requirements

Intel Pentium III 1GHz with 64MB RAM
Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP
VST 2.0 or RTAS compatible host application for plug-in operation
G-Force Minimonsta Compatibility

VST 2.0 (Mac/PC including VSTi)
RTAS (Mac/PC)
MAS (Mac)
Audio Units (Mac)
*M-Audio is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Avid Technology, Inc. They are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during GForce’s sound model development.