Astral Dreamer Synthesizer
Astral Dreamer on new ways for the special sound of HGFortune synthesizers!
There are dedicated routing options starting right at the oscillators which can be routed to one of the two filters, a flanger, or direct to the VCA.
So you can have a dedicated soundmodifier for each oscillator allowing a wide variety of multicoloured sounds within a single patch very much like multilayered sounds. Each oscillator has got an Additional Harmonics Shaper (AHS) to enrich sound in generating shapeable upper harmonics from the selected wave.
The character of this additional sound ranges from rich choruslike to metallic sounds and can be mixed - also via modulation - to the original wave.
The new waveset coming with Astral Dreamer does contain carefully processed waves to provide a wide variety of soundsources: Synth waves from real analog, virtual analog and digital synths, complex waveforms, soundscapes (mostly image generated sounds), plus some XFx sounds. Besides the routing possibilities there are a lot of modulation options to shape the sound into some intricate motion. And the straightforward GUI provides instant access to all controls for quick editing and tweaking to shape your sound.
Features (based on Pro version):
Soundsources:
3 PCM wave Oscillators each with 128 waves plus Additional Harmonics Shaper
Filters:
1 x 24 dB resonant Lowpass filter with ADSR EG and 4 channel mod mixer
1 x 12 dB resonant Lo, Hi or Bandpass filter with ADSR EG and 4 channel mod mixer
Filter Routing: parallel or serial possible
1 x Flanger
Mod sources:
2 Aux ADSR EG (3 & 4)
3 bpm synced LFO
1 bpm synced Sample & Hold
1 bpm synced double LFO with phase shifting
Output:
1 VCA ADSR EG
1 Pan for direct signal
1 Pan for delay signal
1 Delay
1 Stereo Reverb
1 Saturate/LoBoost (4 modes)
Other:
Lazy System with 8 buttons
Velocity Sensivity knob
visual display of LFO motion (can be hidden)
12 voices, 4 patchbanks (512 patches)
MIDI Learn/CC Edit for most control elements
inbuilt MIDI CC display
Astral Dreamer Pro is available in the shop
Free version: 4 voices, 1 Lazybutton, 128 patches, SF2 load only for Osc 3
Free version: 4 voices, 1 Lazybutton, 128 patches, SF2 load only for Osc 3
New! Astral Dreamer Patchbanks DS 4 & 5:
Both patchbanks show the richness in sound from darkest abyss of a black hole to crystal brightness of Astral Dreamer synth plugin by HG Fortune. And, no, there is no new waveset inside. These patches simply make versatile use of the deeper possibilities of the sound engine showing even amazing layering of supplementing sounds in one patch which is doable because of the various new routing options. These patches come to more live by the skilfull play of Dimitri Schkoda aka Inner Dreamer at realtime. Two little patch demos: Astral Dreamer Patchbanks DS 4 & 5 now available!
21 Patches Quick demo video
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Demotrack by Jesse james Allen:
This piece is more-or-less a one synth challenge except for the drums all I used to compose this piece was the HG Fortune Astral Dreamer. I'm adding in the patch data into the comments if anyone is interested in how it was put together. I am a big fan of HG's synths www.hgf-synthesizer.com/ mostly because I'm a huge sci-fi fan and these patches just make it so inviting to do tracks like this. For this track I went after a feel that was very cinematic yet remained very electronic (as Daft Punk did with Tron) of course being a huge "Mass Effect" fan it has a Jack Wall influence, thus how I decided on a title...so I suppose that makes this fan art ? As for the drums, they were done with a classic Reaktor patch called Newscool that I have adored for years, a few epic drum hits for drama as well as a basic kick\snare\HH from my old friend Battery 3. Another great demotrack by Alexey Parfyonov as Star Wars (tm) soundalike music!
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Astral Dreamer Hyper Experience - One Night From Eternity 2013!
by Dimitri Schkoda A free 3 CD Set for download with all required images for covers etc. All tracks exclusively made with HGF Astral Dreamer VSTi plugin Synthesizer. No external FX, nor sequencer, no other synth, no loop nothing else. Only the incredible Astral Dreamer and its Magical Morphism used in realtime. All tracks are exclusive "oneshots" (no past, no future). They are only fruits of the present because they reveal what's inside our heart deep inside the "moment". Each sound has it's own story! You may play the tracks in your favourite mp3 player via this m3u playlist or download all files. |
Patches were kindly created by: Dimitri Schkoda (DS) – n.a. Kujashi (KJ) – n.a. Junebug (JB) - www.electronisounds.com Robert ODonnell (BM) - on Reverbnation Dave Smith (DAS) - on Soundcloud MetaDronos (MD) - on Soundcloud Diego Callegari (DC) - diegocallegari.blogspot.de Simon Robinson (SR) – n.a. Geir Opdal (GO) - geiropdal.com PlasmaForce (PF) - on facebook |