Straightliner is a straight-lined and modern approach to subtractive synthesis. Instead of
trying to faithfully emulate old analog synthesizers with all their physically imposed
limitations, Straightliner takes full advantage of the extended possibilities that software
based synthesis offers: the oscillators support loading of arbitrary (single cycle) audio files.
Flexible modulation generators, which allow to define an arbitrary number of breakpoints, are
available for pitch, filter-frequency and amplitude. The filter has a lot of different modes,
among them the usual suspects like lowpass, highpass, bandpass and a sophisticated Moog-filter
model. The whole signal path is laid out in stereo which allows for big and enveloping sounds
even without any effects. The user interface of the synth focuses on visual editors instead of
the commonly seen hardware oriented interfaces.
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