- Product: STRÄNG 2
- Developer: Quantastical Sound
- Version: 2.5.5
- Format: Standalone, VST3, AU
- Requirements: Windows 10 or later, macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
- Source: quantasticalsound.com/strang
It started with one oscillator and a year of trying to make something more organic than a traditional subtractive synth. What got me there was running convolution in real time inside each voice. That gave the sound a body, part of the sound itself instead of a sample being triggered.
The oscillator has company now, a shadow layer, a sub, a string model and SPARKLE. I added components to get me closer to the sound I heard in my head, and all of them feed that same body.
The CORRIDOR reverb engine is built in. CORRIDOR is out on its own.
New in 2.5
A new look. And sympathetic resonance.
Skins change the whole look, the background, the knobs, the frames and the light. And SYMPATHY adds sympathetic resonance: the notes you are holding ring through every new note you play, like a piano with the pedal down.
Sympathy
Held notes ring inside every new note’s body. Its own section with BLEND, DECAY and TONE.
4 new envelopes
An A/B toggle adds four freely assignable envelopes with twelve destinations, including FOLD and TWIST.
S&H patterns
Thirteen fixed sequences for the sample-and-hold step, locked to the bar or fanned across a chord.
Preset packs
Export a single preset, or build a shareable pack with a name, author and cover.
37 new presets
The factory library grows to 341, and everything new sits in its own NEW category in the browser.