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Synthesizer

Complex-1

Reason Studios

Where to get itAvailable from Reason Studiosreasonstudios.com

Complex-1 is a monophonic/duophonic (paraphonic) modular synthesizer with a 4x oversampled synthesis engine and freely routable signal and modulation paths. It combines West Coast (Buchla-inspired) and East Coast (Moog-inspired) module designs—including the Complex Oscillator, Low Pass Gates, Shaper, and ladder-design Filter—enabling creation of both glitchy modular textures and accessible instrument sounds including beefy basses.

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Key Features

01Complex Oscillator with dual oscillators, hard sync, and AM/ring modulation capabilities
0224dB/octave resonant multimode lowpass filter with 12dB/octave highpass filter and overdrive
036 noise types (Red, Blue, Resonant, Band, Static, Binary, Buffer) with sync modulation for formant sounds
04Shaper module with 6 distortion algorithms (Saturate, Fold1, Fold2, BiPulse, Pickup, Glitch)
05Comb Delay module with feedback, pitch control, and optional self-oscillation
06Fully modular architecture with audio-rate modulation capabilities on nearly all parameters
07Dual oscillator support for duophonic/paraphonic MIDI control via Key 1 and Key 2 outputs

Things to Try

  • 01Modulate the Shaper's Shape Modulation input from a Shaper output to create recursive distortion effects
  • 02Route the Complex Oscillator's 1-2 output (Oscillator 1 minus Oscillator 2) to the Filter for phase cancellation effects
  • 03Sync the Noise module from an oscillator signal and modulate its Color parameter from the Key output with full modulation amount to play resonant or band noise chromatically
  • 04Set the Comb Delay Feedback high and disable the input signal to achieve self-oscillation, then modulate Pitch from the Key output for pitched delay effects
Formats
VSTVST3AUAAXSTANDALONE
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