Dense - Sinevibes

Dense vintage virtual analog oscillator

Dense is a vintage virtual analog oscillator plugin for KORG prologue, minilogue xd and NTS-1. Its foundation consists of four separate oscillators with saw, square, triangle waveforms – generated using a technique often used in the early virtual analog synthesizers. In addition to mutual detuning, each oscillator has its own random pitch drift LFO, and global pitch can also be slightly off on every key press – together, these features simulate tuning instabilities and per-voice discrepancies in old analog synthesizers, going from very subtle to “badly needs calibration”. Dense includes a total of 50 sound source configurations with different settings for the individual oscillator parameters such as waveform, coarse tune, output level, as well as optional ring modulation or bit depth reduction for an even wider sonic palette. To add final polish, there’s a one-pole high-pass filter and an additional sine LFO for vibrato. Thanks to the various fluctuations and dynamic interactions happening between the oscillators, as well as between the oscillators and the synthesizer’s filter, Dense can produce beautiful vintage-style sounds that are full of life and organic movement.

HIGHLIGHTS

Four virtual analog oscillators with saw, square, and triangle waveforms
50 oscillator configurations featuring different settings for waveforms, coarse tune, fine detune range, output level, ring modulation, and bit depth reduction
Four random modulation generators (one per oscillator) for simulating vintage analog-style pitch drift
Adjustable key pitch randomization for simulating vintage synthesizer tuning discrepancies between multiple voices
Adjustable one-pole high-pass filter with cutoff frequency key tracking
Built-in sine LFO for additional global pitch modulation
Built-in lag filters for noise-free, ultra-smooth parameter adjustment and modulation