Virtual Waves is a program for sound synthesis, processing and analysis. With it you can make virtual sound generating machines, called synthesizers, by connecting the program's various modules together. The modules form a vast collection of basic synthesizers, effects, modulators, filters, etc.

To create a synthesizer, you place modules in the workspace and connect them together with virtual cables. Then you adjust the modules' parameters to alter the output sound. The sound can then generated, listened to and saved in a .WAV format file and later used in any musical or multimedia application, or sent directly to an external sampler or sound card and played as a musical instrument.

Virtual Waves' modular approach lets you bypass fixed commands and create your own tools based on your personal musical needs. You can synthesize a howling owl, let someone speak underwater, or create an analog bass riff. It's a constantly evolving product, which is able to integrate new types of synthesis and effects as advances in these fields are made. A number of unique types of synthesis (Waveform Sequencer, Spectral Sketch Pad, and more) have already been integrated.

Features

• Generators: Additive Synthesis, Cellular Automata, DTMF Signals, Envelope Generator, F.M. Synthesis, Formant Waves Functions, Karplus-Strong Algorithm, Mathematical Function, MIDI File, Noise Generator, Oscillator, Physical Model: Plucked String, Physical Model: Reed, Sample Player, Spectral Sketch Pad, Wave Sequencer.
• Processers: Amplitude Modulation, Arpeggiator, Compressor/Expander, Concatenator, Convolution Filter, Cut-Up, Delay, Delays/Echoes, Envelope Follower, Flanger, Frequency Modulation, Harmonizer, Mix-Up, Mixer, Morphing, Output, Pitch-Shifting, Qauntification, Repetitions, Resonant Filter, Reverberation, Reverse, Ring Modulator, Sample & Hold, Second Order Filter, Spectral Modulation, Subtract, Time-Stretching, Transfer Function, Vectorial Mixer.
• Analysers: Correlation, Histogram, Oscilloscope, Phase Vocoder, Short Time FFT, Sonogram, Statistics.

Purchase Information

• $199 (upgrade 2.0: $49, upgrade 1.0: $99)

Requirements

• Windows 95/98/NT
• 486
• Sound Card

A 16-bit version is also available from the Product Home Page.