Product | Catalina |
Ableton |
✔ DAW ready, but plugins must be Catalina ready to work. |
Sonuus I2M |
~ Audio and MIDI works, but editing interface not fixed for Catalina |
Logidy UMI3 |
✔ v0_94 released 2019. Pedal management only. Works |
| bass |
(au) Tokyo Dawn Labs|TDR Kotelnikov |
✔ super flexible noiseless compressor. macOS version 1.6.1 was released April 2020 |
(au) TAL-Togu Audio Line|TAL Chorus LX |
✔ Awesome Juno-60 style old-school chorus. Latest release Oct 2016, but main site says all commercial and free OSX 64bit are Catalina compatible. |
(au) TSE AUDIO|BOD |
✔ Good sounding bass overdrive when you need it. |
(au) AudioThing|Filterjam |
✔ Resonant filter needs to be worked via pedal while playing, but all kinds of resonant feedback sounds |
| synths |
(au) Datsounds|Obxd |
✔ ref Vintage Oberheim synth. Sounds great and tracks well. |
(au) iZotope Iris 2 |
✔ notes Sampler with visual spectral selection, filtering and modulation effects |
(au) Vital |
✔ notes powerful wavetable synth |
| effects |
(au) Blue Cat Audio Phaser |
✔ Great phaser. Lows can be gassy on bass, but awesome otherwise. |
| Things to check out: |
Aalto by Madrona Labs |
The reincarnation of the Buchla music easel as fully digital. Heavy CPU but exceptionally versatile visual patch synth. $100 |
TrapDoor Audio synths |
? |
Xylo wood |
? |
Surge Synthesizer |
? |
Full Bucket Music|Tricent mk III |
? |
Full Bucket Music|Fury-800 |
https://www.kvraudio.com/nl/48789 |
Soundemote FlowerChild filter |
? |
Cluster Sound RX7 |
Free Drum Pack for Ableton Live |
SoundModeler GalactiX VSTi Synthesizer |
Another synth to try out. Improved MIDI tracking |
| Not currently using |
(au) u-he|Podolski |
✔ doc Nice sound and tracks well. Arp not tied to host clock. |
(vst) Kairatune |
✔ Club synth with non-subtle saw pad sounds. Tracks well if you set BEND:2st, GLIDE:34. MacOS version 1.2.6 was released Nov 2019 |
(au) LinPlug|FreeAlpha |
? Complex sound pad synth with triangle wave |
(au) NUSofting|Sinnah |
? Delay matrix + harmonics. Noise/FX synth. v1.2.1 released Jun 2021. |
(au) Audiffex|STA Phaser |
? last updated 2014, $20, generally useful but more of a recording effect, no dry/wet dial |
(au) Ignite Amps|TSB-1 Tyrant Screamer |
? good distortion box, no dry/wet dial. Last updated 2013 |
(au) u-he|TripleCheese |
? Classic sound synth, mostly pad oriented. |
(au) u-he|TyrellN6 |
? Continuous variable waveform ARP style synth, no LFO access |
(au) Valhalla DSP|ValhallaFreqEcho |
? Great for messing up drum sounds. |
(au) Royale Audio|Royale Filter |
? Super nice tone knob if you want to cut highs |
(au) SPC Plugins|Gater |
? drops notes out where you press the buttons. |
| Someone please port these forward: |
TAL-Togu Audio Line|TAL Dub |
components are 32 bit and won't work in Ableton. |
(vst) Orca |
Awesome synth but 32 bit so not supported in Ableton |
| Not worth using if driving from bass: |
(au) Green Oak Software|Crystal |
Long dev vintage atmospheric synth (wobbly) |
(au) AIR Music Technology|VacuumPro_x64 |
Two barreled analog synth with gain stages on each section. Squirrely. |
(au) Daichi Laboratory|Synth1 |
No presets, pretty. Midi init fails. |
(au) Digital Suburban|Dexed |
Long dev sawy synth, wobbly control |
(au) Full Bucket Music|Deputy |
bladerunner "strings" synth. 51, 57 (wobbly control) |
(au) Full Bucket Music|FB-3100 |
Jean Michelle Jarre synth. Try 05 S&H Pad (wobbly control) |
(au) Full Bucket Music|FB-3200 |
Programmable version of 3100 synth, no presets. |
(au) Full Bucket Music|FB-3300 |
pads and whole tones synth. 0 or 53 (wobbly control) |
Tokyo Dawn Labs|TDR Nova |
great parametric/dynamic EQ if the need arises. |
(au) TAL-Togu Audio Line|TAL Filter 2 Plugin |
graphic gain control for loops just to add interest |
(au) Thomas Mundt|LoudMax |
Loudness maximizer. |
(au) Xfer Records|Dimension Expander |
Waiting for the need to try this out |