By popular demand, virtual instrument and effect plug-in developer Rob Papen
Inspiration Soundware is proud to announce availability of an AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible version of
Vecto — previously only available as a Rack Extension (RE) for Swedish innovative music software
applications, interfaces, and technology standards company Propellerhead Software’s revolutionary
Reason — as a 32- and 64-bit Virtual Instrument (VI) synthesizer plug-in for Mac (OS X 10.8 - MacOS 10.14)
and Windows (Vista, 7, 8, and 10).
Rob Papen’s popular Vecto was originally created as an RE for Propellerhead’s proprietary Reason platform back in 2015. However, Rob
Papen has since received many requests asking if this product could also be made available for other platforms, as attested to by Rob
Papen himself: “By popular demand, we’ve now also created it as a VST, AudioUnit, and AAX version.”
Never let it be said that Rob Papen does not collectively listen to feedback from its valued customers! Clearly, the company believes in
adding value to its products. “From the start, it already has over 1,000 presets,” reveals Rob Papen, before adding: “It’s a great synthesizer
for ambient music, pad sounds, and synthesizer sounds, but the good news is that Vecto is also part of the eXplorer 5 bundle.”
But what, exactly, is Vecto, then? The name gives the musical game away. As a four-oscillator vector synthesizer that allows users to
draw in vector paths to shape the sound in many different ways, its OSCILLATORS include a wide range of options, working with
sampled waveforms and many MODULATION routings, plus preset vector paths to help create Vecto’s unique sound!
Watch Rob Papen’s introductory video for Vecto here:
“After releasing QUAD, we decided to make more use of the X/Y pad, which appears in a lot of other Rob Papen AAX-, AU-, and
VST-compatible VI synthesizers, such as Blade, BLUE-II, and RAW,” reasoned Rob Papen at the time of Vecto’s original RE-only release
— albeit also remaining relevant to today’s AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible version. “The
change in sound between the four
oscillators offers a lot of sound options in itself, including drawing
the movement between them, as well as preset movements and
additional features like time quantise [TIME Q] and space quantise [SPACE Q]. In fact, all movements are tempo-based and they
can also be changed dynamically.”
Due in no small part to those wide-ranging waveforms — from classic analogue modelled ones through to additive, spectrum, and
high-quality samples, Vecto’s sound options are dazzlingly deep! Two FILTERS are available with 28 filter types between them, while
two top-tier effect processors bring the audio signal path to its creative conclusion with aplomb. As affirmed, Vecto boasts countless
creative features, including an arpeggiator (ARP).
Feast your ‘eyes’ on some stunning Vecto presets here:
While words, of course, can capably paint pictures, a picture paints a thousand words, after all. But better still, Rob Papen himself
capably talked through some of those 1,000 presets that this latest Vecto version comes complete with during a recent YouTube live
stream, starting with Soundtrack Cream from the Pads BANK: “It’s actually one of my wife’s wine glasses from upstairs with a finger being
rubbed around its rim, combined with a hiss-like vocal. Another new one from the Pads BANK is called Glimmer Vox; it uses two
OSCILLATORS and no FILTERS at all — so it’s also very CPU-friendly, then it goes to FX 1, which is a Phaser, and then Delay, while the pitch
bend can be used to increase the speed of the Phaser and the modulation wheel can be used to make the attack slower.”
Saying all that, it surely stands to reason that this all-new AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible version of Vecto will make for a sound
designer’s dream synth when it comes to working with whatever DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) its user might musically favour.
Furthermore, by also adding Vecto to the latest download of Rob Papen’s all-encompassing bundle, Rob Papen’s latest VI synthesizer
is effectively available for free to owners of eXplorer 5!
Vecto can
be purchased in a boxed edition — as an AAX (32-/64-bit), AU
(32-/64-bit), VST (32-/64-bit) compatible VI synthesizer plug-in
for Mac (OS X 10.8 - MacOS 10.14) and Windows (Vista, 7, 8, and 10) —
from authorised Rob Papen dealers worldwide or as a download
directly from Rob Papen for a price of €99.00 EUR (including VAT)/$99.00 USD — from here: https://www.robpapen.com/
Note that Vecto is included in the latest version of the eXplorer 5 bundle, while owners of the original RE version of Vecto can crossgrade to the
AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible version of Vecto for a 50% discount by sending a copy of the purchase receipt to: info@robpapen.com
For more in-depth information, please visit the dedicated Vecto webpage here: https://www.robpapen.com/
Self-confessed synth freak and world-renowned sound designer Rob Papen started
working with synthesizers at the tender age of 15 when purchasing an
analogue Korg MS-20 semi-
modular monosynth and accompanying analogue SQ-10 sequencer. Suitably
inspired, he subsequently released several albums as part of Dutch
electronic music groups Peru and Nova — the
latter featuring the same members as Peru, but with a more commercial
slant — with whom he enjoyed number one hit singles in The Netherlands
(Nova) in 1982 and Austria (Peru) in
1988. Peru disbanded in 1993, by which time Rob had already established
himself as a sought-after sound designer, creating presets for the likes
of Waldorf, Access, Ensoniq, and E-mu, before
going on to found his namesake company in pursuit of creating a sound
designer’s dream synth.That software dream soon became reality when Rob
formed the RPCX (Rob Papen
ConcreteFX) partnership with music software developer Jon Ayres to
develop new Rob Papen virtual instruments and effects plug-ins, starting
with BLUE —
an exciting-sounding, self-styled
‘Crossfusion Synthesis’ affair (combining FM, Phase Distortion, Wave
Shaping, and Subtractive synthesis into one powerful dream synth) — in
2005. Today Rob Papen soundware defines
cutting-edge contemporary music production: powerful virtual instruments
and effect plug-ins that intermix innovative design, uncompromising
sound quality, and musical, production-grade
presets to make tracks truly shine, whatever the musical genre...
Inspiration Soundware, indeed!
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