Albino is a plug-in VST and AU synthesizer.

The famed Dutch sound designer Rob Papen not only dreamed up the Albino, he also provided more than 1400 fresh presets that cover all type of sounds for today's contemporary music. Papen had earlier provided presets for the Emu Orbit-3 and Access Virus.

Albino includes an up to 32 step rhythm arpeggiator with several modes including: up, down, up/down, down/up, as played, random mode and a chord and modulation mode. It can be retriggered, it can swing with your music and you can mix its step velocity values with the velocity you played the chord. Your own creations can be save or copy/pasted to other presets. Many of the new presets make use of the Arpeggiator and the possibilities are literary endless.

The  Albino comes with a several modules. Three types of oscillators are available: Digital, Analog, and Noise. Also included are two separate stereo filter modules with two filter types: Silk and Cream, as well as four versatile LFOs and eight envelopes, the unique LinPlug Modulation Matrix. Finally, the Albino includes a sophisticated effects section consisting of two independent stereo effects units, each containing eight effects processors. All this features numerous modulation capabilities.

Features

• VST2.0 and AU plug-in synthesizer for PC and Mac
• Modular and extendable design currently with 3 Oscillator
• Modules, 2 Filter Modules, 3. 2 Envelope Modules  and 8 Effect Modules
• 32 note polyphonic (CPU dependent)
• Unlimited sound programs, Sound Browser
• More than 1400 Rob Papen presets
• up to 4 oscillator per voice, various High Quality Oscillator types with countless waveforms
• Amplitude and Frequency Modulation and "Pulse Width Modulation" for all (!) waveforms, Sync
• 2 filters per voice, each with 2 types of  multimode filters, altogether 12 filter modes, saturation control
• 8 envelopes per voice, 2 types: 5 levels / 5 rates with loop and enhanced ADSR Mode
• Variable keyboard and velocity tracking, individual for each envelope
• 4 individual LFO’s with various waveforms, broad range of tempo sync, Symmetry and Phase adjustable, additional LFO-DAD-Envelopes
• Controller hardware (faderbox or synth) can be used to control Albinos parameters using the LinPlug ECS
• Portamento / Glide with various options, constant Time or Rate and Auto-Bend
• Adjustable Precision to bring in the warmth of good old analogue modules
• Sophisticated Arpeggiator with 32 programmeable steps, several modes, swing, several clock settings, save/load/copy/paste and many more functions
• Unique modulation matrix with hundreds of modulation routings
• Spread for ultra-fat sounds (up to 20 Oscillators)
• Microtuning support for different scales
• 2 effect blocks with two chorus’, flanger, phaser, filter/distortion, two delays and reverb effects
• Fully recognized velocity, mono and poly aftertouch, pitch bend, mod-wheel and various other controllers
• Full version comes with a comprehensive PDF manual (box version with printed manual)
• Sample accurate timing, full automation and settings are saved with your song

Purchase Information

The Albino is available in a box including more than 1400 presets, a CD and a comprehensive printed manual in English (in Japan in Japanese) from the distributors listed here

The license fee is 199 US$ / 199 Euro / 27,800 Yen.

Albino is also available directly from LinPlug including the full 1400 presets, a CD (optional), and a English, French and German PDF-manual. Instant Delivery from their shop The license fee is 199 US$ / 199 Euro

Requirements

Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Mac OS X

Screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 (SVGA) and a VST2.0 or AU capable host software (see compatibility list

PC: min 500 MHz, Windows 95 or newer

Mac: min 500 MHz, Mac OSX 10.2.6 or higher