Nice and easy
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Nice and easy
Created in 2005 and still going strong. Podolski is a free, straightforward, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. One oscillator, one filter, one envelope and an arpeggiator / sequencer. Simple, but with a few tricks up its sleeve. Create high quality sounds with ease.
- Oscillator with variable symmetry (sawtooth to triangle, PWM) and glide
- Polyphonic (up to 16 voices), mono, legato and arpeggiator modes
- 4 envelope modes: ADSR or HDSR, linear or exponential. Sustain has Fall/Rise control
- 2 LFOs: one global, one per voice. Absolute time or host sync, multiple waveforms
- Multimode filter: lowpass, bandpass or highpass with drive and FM
- Combination arpeggiator / 16-step sequencer with extra modulation source
- 2 built-in effects: stereo delay, chorus / flanger
- Resizable UI from 70% to 200%
- Skinnable UI
- Global preferences page
- MIDI learn page and editable list
- Over 300 factory presets
- NEW in v1.2.3: Support for Oddsound MTS-ESP
This plug-in currently does not contain an AAX version for Pro Tools on Mac. But Pro Tools for Windows is still supported.
MacOS Pro Tools users who are not running the native Silicon version should use the previous plugin versions, available from the Release Archive.
Sights and sounds
- Audio Demos
- Screenshots
Track by Faber. Atmospheric ambient/soundtrack piece using only Podolski with a few modified factory presets, plus additional effects. Listen to the full track on SoundCloud or visit Faber’s artist page.
A deep house inspired track from Oddvar using the TUC Toys presets, now part of Podolski’s factory content. Drums and compression added.
The Unshushable Coktor provides a synth-pop jam with an 1980s feel. All the sounds except drums made with TUC Toys presets, now part of Podolski’s factory content. A little reverb, EQ, Satin and Presswerk added
Podolski’s main synth interface (Cozy skin)Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and two LFOs, it also features a Zebra-style arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay effects.
Podolski’s specialities are the Click parameter (emphasizes the filter attack) and its ability to seamlessly morph between three waveforms (WaveWarp).
For this current version, the factory library was overhauled, the TUC Toys soundset was integrated into the main library, all factory presets have been tagged and Podolski is now NKS-ready.
Podolski 2012
Podolski has been refurbished with some new presets by Howard Scarr, has undergone a GUI makeover (two new skins) and supports a wider range of plug-in formats. A new English language manual is also included. Download Podolski for free.
Podolski 2005
Version 1.0 was released as a free gift for visitors to the u-he booth during Musikmesse 2005. Right after Musikmesse it went on the cover mount CD of the German Keyboards magazine (later Sound & Recording). Podolski was u-he’s first “magware” offering, and was distributed with every issue until about 2009.
Bondeo
August 2015
4/5