Want to dapple in additive synthesis? Then try out discoDSP Vertigo R3, a newly updated additive synthesizer instrument plugin for Windows and Mac offering lots of options for the synth enthusiast.

Vertigo is a 256-oscillator additive synth with resynthesis and sound morphing. As discoDSP notes, Vertigo imports WAV audio and PNG or BMP images and it boasts a very accurate recreation of complex musical phrases, drum loops, speech, and simple tones.

Check out all of the features of Vertigo:

Highlights

• 64-Bit Audio Units and VST support
• 32-Bit Audio Units, VST and RTAS support
• Up to 16 voices polyphony
• WAV PCM analysis and bitmap import
• 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 FFT frame sizes
• 4 Windows: Bartlett, Hamming, Hanning, and Blackman

Envelope

• 256 Breakpoints parabolic envelopes with stage slope control

Oscillators

• Euler generated (Max: -120dB s/noise ratio) (no wavetables used)
• Up to 256 per voice
• 2 Modulation sources with morphing
• Phase
• Amplitude
• Note pitch shift amount
• Frequency ratio
• Frequency / amp envelope

Synthesis Options

• Harmonize (Harmonic / Odd Harmonic vocoder)
• Phase smearing
• Frequency smearing (ensemble)
• Classic waveform generator assistant (Saw / Square / Triangle / 2X Saw / Square / Triangle)

Filter

• -24 dB / Oct modes: Lowpass / Hipass / Bandpass / Notch
• -12 dB / Oct modes: Lowpass / Hipass
• Cutoff envelope
• Wheel / Key / Velocity modulation amounts for cutoff
• Wheel / Velocity modulation amounts for resonance

Voices

• Two resonant filters (serial / parallel mode)
• Pitch envelope
• Amplitude envelope
• Pitch Bend control

Effects

• Distortion (8x oversampled overdrive with soft clip)
• Phaser (up to 128 taps)
• Flanger
• Compressor
• Equalizer (8 bands)
• Chorus
• Delay
• Reverb

Changes in Vertigo R3:

• 64-bit Audio Units support for Mac
• 64-bit VST support for Windows and Mac
• RTAS support for Mac and Windows
• Vertigo Data moves to My Documents/discoDSP/Vertigo/Banks/
• PDF Manual revision
• Cross-platform project support

The Demo version of Vertigo R3 includes 128 presets and it is available as an Audio Units, VST, and RTAS plugin for Mac Intel and VST and RTAS for Windows.

Vertigo is now available for $99 for a single platform and $119 for both Mac and PC platforms. Previous Vertigo customers can update to R3 for free by logging to their accounts on discoDSP's Web site, discodsp.com.