Just because something is considered retired, doesn’t mean it’s deemed useless by the die hard users. Tone2 understands this and has taken the coined “vintage” soft synth and made it free for everyone to use. Don’t think just because something is free, that it isn’t powerful and useful. Firebird uses Tone2’s Harmonic Content Morphing Synthesis to create unique and extremely useful sounds for today’s music.
Firebird 2.0 goes freeware!
After seven years of faithful service, Firebird itself has become vintage. Even though it’s no longer profitable to remain
a commercial product, we feel that more people deserve an opportunity to enjoy this sometimes heavily underestimated
synthesizer.
Which is why we decided to release one last update and turn Firebird, previously sold for $79, into freeware.
Please feel free to download, share and enjoy this freebie, which should provide you with a nice introduction to our products,
as well as many more years of musical inspiration.
Firebird+ Unique & innovative
Firebird+ is not just another subtractive synthesizer, it uses a unique synthesis architecture to deliver next-generation sounds.
Its innovative user interface provides you with the tools to create impressive sounds with a minimal amount of effort. Featuring
an impressive selection of 437 build-in sounds, representing both highly sought-after VA sounds, as well as sounds more
specific to Firebird and characterized by its Harmonic Content Morphing synthesis, breathing both life and dynamics into the
sounds.
Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM™) synthesis
Harmonic Content Morphing synthesis is based on a large, expandable repertoire of standard waves, like saw, pulse, as well as
more complex wave material, like multi-waves, trumpets, organs, pads, pianos and voice samples.
These waves are modified in real-time, by for example transposing the wave by one or two octaves and adding it to the original
wave, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, compressing or even expanding the frequency domain of the spectrum. Making
the wave for example sound more fat using only one oscillator, transforming each wave into a hyper-wave or selecting some
cycles of a sample and moving through them over time (comparable to wavetable synthesis). Any modification of a wave can be
modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (remember: using only one oscillator!) With a total of more than 18,000 different
spectra available for combination and modulation, Firebird+ gives an almost unlimited amount of timbres to experiment with.
Highlights:
* Very easy to program and easy to use
* A unique sounding synthesis: Harmonic content morphing (HCM)
* High sound quality: Warm, transparent
* 437 hand picked presets included, over 1000 sounds available
* 84 oscillator types containing 18,000 morphable waveforms
* 38 different filter types
* True stereo mode, 4x unison mode, and up to 8 oscillators per voice
* Can sound like other synthesis methods – additive, subtractive, AM, FM, phase distortion, supersaw, vocoder, sync
* Can sound like natural instruments like piano, brass, organs…
* 23 spectral manipulations or “modifiers” can be applied to the oscillators
* 21 arpeggiator types
* 13 effect types
* Skinable user interface
To download, visit http://www.tone2.com/
