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Simple Media Super String Thing

Simple Media Super String Thing is a 12 note polyphonic, multi-purpose physical modelling synth. Multi-purpose physical modelling synth for producing a wide range of natural and un-natural acoustic sounds. Anything from guitars, through bowed strings, flutes and bells to atmospheric textures can be produced using the unique synth engine of Super String Thing.

Buy Simple Media Super String Thing - EUR 20

Demo Download (Zip Archive, 1.6 Mb):

Super String Thing Demo A

Super String Thing Demo B
Audio Demos (Mp3 files):

Through the Smoke

Strumpetted by Strumpet

Super String Thing features:

control over impulse
control over resonator (string)
control over resonant body
variable bandwidth pre-filter
various modulation controls
various controls for tonal quality
repeating note control
advanced play and dynamics
infinite range of possibilities.

Installation:
To install simply unzip (unrar) and copy the dll to your VSTI plugins folder.

Controls and usage:

Thicken - the impulse contains a tuned component which can be significantly detuned to create new harmonics or enharmonic effects
Scale + - the scaling (how the pitch tracks the note played) of both the impulse and the resonator can be changed to create untuned or enharmonic instruments
Reference Tone - changing Thicken or Scaling may affect tuning so a reference tone can be switched on for tuning the instrument
(ADSR) Filter - this sends the envelope output to the cutoff value in the filter/resonator
Bend 1 and Bend 2 - control the pitch bend range for the impulse and the resonator respectively
Presence - this is how loud the resonant body is in the instrument output
Body Size, X, Y and Z - the resonant body is a simple model acting either as an instruments body, a sounding board or a space the instrument is found in, it’s shape and size can be adjusted using these controls
Ring - controls the resonance/feedback of the resonant body, at a low value sounds are mellow and warm, at high values the sound has a metallic quality
Pulse Repeat - this is used to create sounds of repeated plucking such as those of a mandolin or repeating bowing or chiffing
Length and Speed - control the basic length and speed of each impulse when using pulse repeat
Vary Speed and - Vary + - used to modulate the speed of the pulse repeat for a more natural effect
Velocity - how much key velocity affects amplitude
(play controls) Filter - how much key velocity affects cutoff
(play controls) Attack - how much key velocity affects attack (harder = shorter).

Tips:

high Q and ‘Ring’ values may introduce distortion, which may be desirable, but keep an eye on levels
there are known problems with SE synths and the creative ASIO driver when working in Orion, so please be aware of these
the method of synthesis used means that this synth is CPU intensive so if you wish to use multiple instances but have problems with CPU overload, try rendering out each instance to an audio file when finalising a track and muting instances that are not being worked on while creating a track
it may be called string thing but this synth really can do more than just plucked and bowed strings, try adjusting scaling and thickness values to produce enharmonic effects or using the pulse repeat and LFOs to create moving pad sounds - just watch those levels.

System requirements: