Our friend BEAT16 made the announcement of KarmaFX 80% off on AudioPlugin Deals a few weeks ago. The offer is over now... but WA Production makes now the same offer until the evening of October 6:

KarmaFX Synth Modular2 80% off at W. A. Production




Remember, KarmaFX Synth Modular 2 is a greatly improved new version of the old KarmaFX Synth Modular. Its new features are very impressive:

• Advanced Simulated Analog Modular Synthesizer and Effect Unit.
• Full Modular patching of synth Components and Controls.
• Patches are built using Generators, Filters, Amplifiers, Controllers, Effects and Modulators.
• Internal high-frequency digital simulation of analog voltage levels.
• Oscillator with phase, Detune and Pulsewidth that generates standard synth waveforms.
• Dual Oscillator with Detune, Hardsync and Ring modulation.
• Sampler, 16/24/32 bit Mono/Stereo multi sample player that imports WAV/SF2/SFZ files.
• Multisample editing with Key/Velocity-ranges and Loop-Points.
• Additive and Pad module with waveform and Harmonic Magnitude/Phase editors.
• User defined waveforms and built-in presets of up to 1024 harmonics.
• Granular module for sample-based granular synthesis with variable grain size/rate.
• 2/4 Pole Resonant Multimode Filters with Cutoff, Resonance, Saturation and Drive.
• Resonant Filters (LP/HP/BP/BS): SVF, SVF2, SKF, Zolzer, Moog, Moog2, Acid, and MS20.
• Additional filters include Formant, Comb, Allpass, Parametric and Shelving.
• EQ3, 3 band equalizer with adjustable crossover frequencies, and 2 and 4 pole modes.
• 10-band digital and 31-band simulated analog Graphic Equalizers.
• Amplifier and Stereo module with Panning, Volume and Velocity control.
• Two channel Mixer with Ring modulation and Circuit Bending Bit Shuffle operations.
• Inverter for Amplitude Modulation, and Mid/Side module for stereo separation.
• Delay, Reverb, Phaser, Chorus/Flange, Pitchshift, BitShuffler and Distortion effects.
• Soft-knee Compressor with Peak/RMS detection and optional Sidechain,
• Folder, Limiter, Repeater, Soft Clipper and 3-band Multiband Compressor with Peak/RMS detection.
• 10 Octave/12 Note Pitch control with Detune, Portamento and Pitchbend support.
• Choose between Mono, Legato, or up to 16-voice true Polyphony.
• Controllers for Frequency Modulation (FM) and frequency/phase control.
• Support for Linear FM, Phase Modulation, and Exponential FM with Exponential Sync (EXS).
• Generators support Through-Zero frequency, and optional High Quality (HQ) 16x oversampling.
• Up to 16 channel Unison controller with Detune and Stereo pan spread.
• 32 step, 4 octave Pattern controller with Hold, Loop, Legato, Sustain and programmable Arpeggiator.
• Custom arpeggiator note masking with programmable scales and 30+ scale presets.
• Scope Module with synced, multi-layered oscilloscope, frequency and phase displays.
• Keyboard module for MIDI visualization and manual MIDI triggering, with Pitchbend/ModWheel.
• Bipolar/Unipolar LFO with Tempo Sync, HFO with FM/Phase Modulation option + Fade and Keyb. Tracking.
• ADSR and Multipoint Envelopes with Linear, Exponential, Hermite and Cubic curves.
• 32 step Step Sequencer, Envelope follower, Sample & Hold and Decay modules.
• Shaper module for custom waveshaping.
• Output module with Panning, DC removal, Volume and Clip control.
• Noise generator, filtered Pink, White and Brown Noise with Frequency Sync control.
• PanSpread stereo expander with individual low and high spread + crossover frequency adjustment.
• Sonic Maximizer emulation module with Low Contour, Process and Peak Detector.
• Input generator so synth can function as an Insert effect.
• SubPatch generator and effect modules for re-using patches within other patches.
• Number of simultaneously running modules supported per patch is practically unlimited.
• Full stereo support (selected modules can run in mono to save CPU cycles).
• Expression option, so parameters can respond to MIDI Mod.Wheel, Aftertouch and Velocity inputs.
• Instant visual feedback on all controls. Frequency, Time/Amplitude, Modulation, etc.
• Visually see signals, and knob's and slider's modulation-values in real-time, as they are modulated.
• Fast trigger and output response, with zero latency and tight latency compensation.
• Up to 128 simultaneously running internal voices (Polyphonic and Unison combined).
• MIDI modulator modules for MIDI Controller, Velocity, Aftertouch and Pitchbend input.
• MIDI Polyphonic Expression support (MPE) for per-note Pitchbend, Aftertouch and Timbre.
• Synth frequency can be offset from "Concert Pitch" (from 440Hz to e.g., 432Hz).
• 128 user-assignable Automation controls with MIDI Learn.
• Control Panel & Patch Browser for quickly navigating patches and banks with search filtering.
• Fully skinnable GUI: Skins bundled with the installation support HiDPI/Retina GUI scaling up to 200%.
• Fully customizable GUI resolution of up to 4096 x 2048 (default is 1500 x 1000).
• Customizable GUI patch-cables can be shown as linear, curved and dangling.
• 5 banks of pre-made KarmaFX patches + Extra userbanks. (More than 1000+ patches total).
• Additional Online Banks can be downloaded and installed from inside the synth.
• Full VST 2.4+ support on PC/Windows and Audio Unit/VST 2.4+ support on Mac/OS X.
• A 120+ page User's Manual in PDF format is included with the registered version.

And the GUI looks like this :



You can find some video demos and tutorials here:
» Video Demos and Tutorials

And sound demos here:
» Sound Demos

I find that the sound demos do not pay tribute to the synth, it is much more interesting than what they show!

This amazing modular synth embeds no less than 66 modules, including many different types of oscillators (even single-cycle samples synthesis with user defined waveforms, and FM synthesis and additive synthesis, and also even granular synthesis are included), noise generators, many different types of filters, many different types of modulations, many different effects, arpeggiators, sequencers, the MPE ability, a polyphony up to 128 voices, the ability to create patterns that you can use later as subpatches, resizable and skinnable GUI, more than 1.000 presets to use (directly or as start points for your own patches), etc. And it's very easy to use and understand the workflow compared to cabled modular synths in the style of Moog Modular. As an added bonus, all modules contain a multimode oscillogram display so you can see exactly how the signal looks at every step along the way from wave generation to outputs. An incredible versatility for all styles of music and for experiments and sound designers.

I use it and it is my goto synth when I want to use a modular.

On KarmaFX website you'll find only the old partial preview of the PDF help file... so I have uploaded the FULL help file on my own web space, here, where you will find much more information on the modules that this new version contains and on its MIDI abilities.

An additional mention:
Our friend BEAT16 made himself a superb soundset for KarmaFX, you will find it here.

 

Last edited: Sep 27, 2022

Thanks for the info. So the actual price is 39.80$