UPDATED 03.07.2017
XILS-Lab releases Poly-M​

Always excited to see new toys from XILS-labs



The PolyM
Beyond The Pleasure Principal
Launch Offer : -30% until August 31th, 2017. Get the PolyM for 99€ instead of 149€





Unlimited polyphony, as PolyM's model was considered when released ! Even if it was not true, compared to monophonic synthesisers of these times or to the five or eight voices machines, the 71 voices, each one with its own pulse width modulation, filter, VCA and envelope generator, was clearly a revolution.

Recreating this legendary synthesiser as a virtual analog was a real challenge ! We decided to take up the gauntlet !

A Gem of Pleasure : It took more than two years, analysing, measuring, testing, scratching our heads, but we are proud to now offer you the PolyM, one of the best, if not the best, virtual divided-down based virtual synthesiser out there.

Two Top Octave Divider (T.O.D) oscillators, slightly detuned for an incredible phasing effect and a very special envelope generator are the Heart and the Soul of the PolyM.

The secret of this monster is its hybrid design from an organ like synthesiser and three filter banks, including a 24db ladder filter, driven by a monophonic envelope.

The Sound ! Using divide-down technology offers a particular sound for Chords and Pads you can't find any other way, but that's not all. With that sound, feeding a monophonic zero-delay 24db self-oscillating filter, driven by the keyboard gives you the possibility to play huge Basses or leads as no other synthesiser can do.

But That's not all : Add to this an Acoustic filter bank, a Resonator bank, a Delay, Phaser, Reverb and plenty of modulation possibilities, you can understand why the PolyM gives you so much pleasure when playing it !




Top Octave Divider Oscillators : A technology first invented for organ synthesisers then adapted in more versatile synthesisers back in the 70's. In this technology, a high frequency oscillator is divided in 12 temperated scale interval for producing a full octave, which is then divided by multiple of 2 for creating several octaves. This means that all the notes are locked to a single oscillator and then always played with the same relative phase. This produces a particular sound aside from giving a wide polyphony.

The PolyM reproduces finely this divide-down technology which has been pushed far by adding a polyphonic Pulse Width Modulation.

The two top octave dividers oscillators can run independently in the FREE mode, for small or huge phasing effects. On the other hand, in the LOCK mode, the two oscillators are almost locked in phase, producing a phase modulation, instead of a frequency modulation when the square wave form is modulated in pitch.

The two T.O.D oscillators can be modulated in pitch by an LFO (tempo sync-able) and the Square oscillator has its pulse width modulated by an LFO (tempo sync-able too).

The Keyboard is divided in two parts, Lower and Upper, and for each part, the PWM, waveform mix and envelope decay can be tweaked independently.

The Master Gain control allows you to easily listen to various part of the sound, DIRECT oscillator mixers output, through the MODE acoustic filters, through the RESonator filter bank or through the 24db VCF filter.

The envelope has two modes, LEGacy or ADSR. In the first case, the envelope has been designed to match as close as possible its model and in the other case, it's a standardADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) envelope generator.





Each note has its own 12db filter, modulated by its own ADSR envelope giving the PolyM much more possibility than a simple Organ like synthesiser, much more than its model which modulated its filter only with the VCA envelope.

Moreover, The PolyM can change the filter type from Low Pass to High Pass and Band Pass.

MODE acoustic filters and presets: The blue buttons are selecting the Acoustic filter ran in the MODE filter bank section. They can also load the PolyM with the original settings for producing specific sounds (Strings, Piano, Organ, Harps, Funk, Clav, Vibes, Brass, Vox). When the DOT button is engaged, only the MODE filter is changed.



The Resonators filter bank features three parametric filters for which Frequency, Level or Resonance can be adjusted. These filters can be Low Pass, Band Pass or High Pass, 6db or 12db.





The VCF section (Voltage Controlled Filter) is a 24db self-oscillating ladder filter, created from the XILS-lab zero-delay algorithm. It can be modulated by an LFO (sine, sample and hold) as well as an independent envelope, controlled by the keyboard in a monophonic way.





And finally, In the Advance Settings Panel, you will find 9 Modulation slots, Delay, Phaser and Reverb settings.

Everything to push the PolyM sound possibilities far away from its model, but keeping the pleasure characteristic.



THE LIST, as short as possible : The PolyM offers

• Two aliasing-free Top Octave Divider oscillators: One for the Sawtooth, the other for the Square.
• 71 emulated chips offering Mixer, VCA, envelope, 12db filter and Pulse Width Modulation for each of the available notes.
• Gorgeous 24db ladder filter, using the acclaimed XILS-lab zero-delay algorithm.
• 9 dedicated acoustic filters (Strings, Piano, Organ, Harps,..) carefully reproduced from the original model.
• 1 resonator filter bank using 3 parametric filters (6 and 12db) matching the original model.
• Three Vintage effects (delay, Phaser, Reverb)
• 9 modulation slots for endless sound possibilities.
• 1 monophonic envelope
• 3 monophonic, tempo sync-able, LFO
• All parameters are MIDI controllable
• More than 200 presets

The PolyM is available with the following formats (32 and 64 bits):

• Mac OSX 10.7 and later : VST, Audio Unit, AAX (32&64 bits, native)
• Windows XP, Vista and 7,8,10 ; VST, RTAS (Protools 7.0 and later),AAX (32&64 bits, native)

Audio Demos:

https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/PolyM/PolyM_BachChoral.mp3

https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/PolyM/PolyM_VicEmersonBig Synth.mp3

https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/PolyM/PolyM_VicEmerson_ClaviPlus.mp3

https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/PolyM/PolyM_MathiasBrusselComingFromSpace.mp3

https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/PolyM/PolyM_Demo_DivineVessel_KFord.mp3


You can find Demo version HERE

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SOURCE: XILS_LABS

 

Last edited: Jul 3, 2017

ohh nice bout time somebody did the poly.

 

Thay's would be pretty interesting and unique

 

Where's the hype train emoji? Anyway, Woo-Hoo! Even when XILS do quirky stuff that seems nonsensical, it always ends up being fun to use, at least.

 

why would this be nonsensical? Polymoog is considered one of the greatest synth ever by many people.

 

I didn't mean PolyM, I meant that @ first glance some of their other releases have seemed.. too... quirky? But even these ended up having some use / fun.

 

now that is great new, finally someone that doesn't go back to mini Moog and takes on one of the other great Moog synths

 

Graphics are dope!

 

Knowing XILS quality, sound shall be dope too.

Still not a polyphonic Minimoog everyone waited for back in the day when it came out. But I guess this news made Numan fans happy, so it's all good. Guys at Synth Magic sure didn't feel as enthusiastic about it, though.

 

Update: The plugin has been released on an intro offer of $99

You can try the Demo HERE

 

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Last edited by a moderator: Aug 6, 2017

so the bitch drops...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=xils+polym

 

Quote from gearslutz posted by Dave Polich:

I bought it on the day of its release.

I owned a Polymoog 203a from 1980-1983.
Yes, Poly-M sounds like the Polymoog as I
remember it.

Bear in mind, the original Polymoog did not
sound thick and phat like the Prophet 5 or
the Oberheim OB-X. It achieved its polyphony
via "divide-down" oscillators, like a string
machine such as the ARP String Ensemble.
Most people would call the Polymoog's sound
"thin", and it was, although it still had that
famous Moog ladder filter so you could get it
to do squelchy/blippy/bowng-y stuff.

Also, Bob Moog did not oversee the Polymoog's
development. It was sold under the Moog
name but a different design team was in charge
of the Polymoog project.

That said, the Poly-M nails the old Polymoog
sound very well, to my ears.

 

well despite all the hype, I never liked the sound of the Polymoog. It sounds to me like an organ with filters (it actually is).
If someone would release a truly convincing Memorymoog I´d be buying it in a second.

 

Gunnar's baby wasn't convincing? Slap that bitch with Nebula tapes and Valhalla reverb, the bitch will sing!

 

I doubt we'll see any real Poly compared to VST videos on YouTube lol... XILS is cool, but I've never really utilized them. Kind of CPU hogs, but they do sound good. As for the poly.... Not to sound cheap, but I think the only thing it's really known for is that Vox Humana patch that every sampler has anyways

 

what´s Gunnar´s baby?
Ah you mean the Memorymoon? Nah not at all, I mean it sounds good but did you ever hear a real memorymoog with it´s filters been overdriven? Never heard that sound anywhere else, not even from another Moog.

 

there's not much when it comes to Memorymoog. Memorymoon is the only emulation, while others are samples like Soundsdivine MM+ http://soundsdivine.com/product/mm/

IK's Syntronik will feature Curtis CEM3320 filter, though Memorymoog itself won't be included in the bundle.