Aalto can make many different kinds of sounds, including some that have been difficult or impossible to do with softsynths until now.

Here is a bouncing-ball-style patch made with FM: Aalto FM Bounce by Randy AKA Caro

Here’s a clip demonstrating the timbre and waveshape knobs of the complex oscillator. Aalto Timbre+Shape by Randy AKA Caro

MP3s do not compress single-oscillator sounds very well—to say the least! To hear the full-quality sound, use the download links on the Soundcloud players.

Aalto came about because I wanted Soundplane owners to have a rich and expressive sound making tool right out of the box. I designed a small synth that would be easy to learn, easy to use, rich in possibilities, and tightly connected to the controller. Though we still have some work to do on the controller, the synth is nearly done. So we are releasing a MIDI-controlled version of Aalto as an AU and VST plugin this summer.

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