Soft Synth Designed For Creative Flow

US FAW releases Circle 09/06/08

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Previewed at this year's Frankfurt Messe, Future Audio Workshop have announced the release of Circle, their new software synth that they say is designed for creative flow. Circle works as standalone, Audio Unit, VST and RTAS.
FAW had this to say, â€œFlow refers to the state of mind in which you are at your most creative and productive, a place where hours pass like minutes and musical ideas become reality. Staying in flow becomes increasingly difficult however, when dealing with the complexities of modern software synthesizers.
By looking at the most important things a synthesizer should do and designing simple work flows around these tasks, we feel we have created a synthesizer that is both powerful and complete in its features, yet simple and easy for the musician, sound designer and performer to use, play and stay in flow with.â€�

Key Circle Features:

1) Ease of Use

Designed to be easy to use and intuitive through simple work flows.
Large easy to see knobs and sliders.
Connect up modulations via color coded circles in a simple and visual fashion. To preview a modulation, simple place a circle under a knob, and hear its effect.
See all your connections at a glance, without the clutter of virtual cables.

2) Interactive Control

Visually interactive midi learn. Assign your midi controllers in a simple, fast and familiar way.
Attach multiple Circle controls to a single knob. Speed up an LFO, while closing a filter, while increasing a delay effect time. Experiment with control!
Use hands on control in a creative way as part of the sound design process.

3) Live Performance

Single view, high contrast screen, lets you see everything at a single glance.
Organize and group your sounds for live performance using the sounds browser.
Use Apple Remote to change sounds from afar (Mac version only).

4) Fresh Sounds

4 oscillators per voice, chose between classic analog or contemporary wave generators.
Semi-modular voice structure, giving you the freedom to pick and choose from many different sound modules.
Unrestricted modulation - connect up modulation in an easy and free way.
Lots of great master effects to choose from.

Pricing and Availability:
$199.00 / â‚¬149.00 More information: